STOL, A KEY TO AIRPORT ACCESS-STOL PORT DESIGN AND OPERATING CONSIDERATIONS

In providing access to major airports across the country, STOL aircraft, now successfully employed, are demonstrating a potential for the further development of air services. An important next step is the construction of a network of STOL ports; at major airports, in downtown areas, and in suburban locations. Questions of STOL port lengths, widths, and orientation, which are common to each of these sites, are discussed. All-weather operation, and questions of capacity and economics are discussed together with certain problems which are peculiar to the location of the STOL port.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

  Technical Information Service, 750 Third Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • Taborek, R J
  • Waechter, R W
• Publication Date: 1968-10-21

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport access; Airport planning; Airports; Location; STOL aircraft; STOL ports
• Old TRIS Terms: Airport location; Short takeoff aircraft
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00073806
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: FLIGHT TRANSPORTATION LABORATORY, MIT DEPT. OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
• Report/Paper Numbers: 68-1047
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 1974 12:00AM