AIRPORT TERMINAL PLANNING
Using the Dallas/Forth Worth Airport as an example, it is necessary to point out that airport terminal planning must be done with a broad view of the future and an understanding of the problems of the past. A general criterion concerning expansibility and automation with passenger convenience as a goal is presented. An airport transit system is also described, pointing out the fact that distances between terminals must be traversable in a minimum of time. Moving passengers from their deplaning gate to another terminal or to a remote parking area is a prime consideration. This same transit system is sued to move employees, baggage, mail and rubbish throughout its entire circulatory system, thus completely automating the airport. A future convenience for travellers of all kinds could be an inter-city transit system tied in with the airport transit system.
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Supplemental Notes:
- From Airports for the 89's. Proceedings of the 4th World Airport Conference, London, England 3-5 April 1973.
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Corporate Authors:
Institution of Civil Engineers
One Great George Street, Westminster
London, United Kingdom SW1P 3AA -
Authors:
- Sullivan, T M
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1973
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 79-84
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Airport planning; Automation; Baggage; Baggage handling; Expansion; Gates; Intercity transportation; Intermodal terminals; Intra airport transit; Parking; Passengers; Postal service
- Identifier Terms: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
- Old TRIS Terms: Terminal facilitation
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00155909
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: International Aerospace Abstracts
- Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 28 1981 12:00AM