Revised Airport Licensing

A series of three projects developed a new annual inspection system for the Aeronautics Bureau of the Alabama Department of Transportation, for use on Alabama’s general aviation (GA) airports. An inspection rating algorithm was developed, a web site was designed, and a new inspection database was created and hosted online. The airport inspector can report the inspection results and post them within a matter of hours. This will help the flying public obtain the latest information on any airport in the State. Other major tasks in the overall project included testing the inspection reporting system and incorporating a pavement management system using Micro PAVER 5.0 to develop pavement condition index values. The project team helped the airport inspector become familiar with the inspection software during his regular inspections, and the system will be used for future GA airport licensing in the State. For convenience sake, this report reviews and repeats the accomplishments of the first two projects prior to the detailed discussion of the third project. A brief overview of all three projects is given below: UTCA project 01111, “Comparing Airport Licensing Developments: Alabama vs. Selected States and the FAA.” This project evaluated Alabama’s GA criteria compared to a nationwide sample and made recommendations to the ALDOT Aeronautics Bureau. UTCA project 02101, “Web-based Airport Licensing.” This project developed, tested, and refined an inspection algorithm, and placed the inspection report on line. UTCA project 02410, “Revised Airport Licensing.” This project added an airport pavement evaluation feature to the inspection process.

• Record URL:
  • http://utca.eng.ua.edu/research/projects/?id=02410
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• Corporate Authors:

  University Transportation Center for Alabama

  University of Alabama
  Tuscaloosa, AL  United States  35487

  Alabama Department of Transportation

  1409 Coliseum Boulevard
  Montgomery, AL  United States  36130-3050
• Authors:
  • Abraham, Renju
  • Williams, Jonathan
  • Haynes, Charles D
• Publication Date: 2003-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 62p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Databases; General aviation airports; Inspection; Licensing; Pavement management systems; Software; Websites
• Geographic Terms: Alabama
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01079281
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UTCA Report 02410
• Contract Numbers: Research Project 930-518
• Files: UTC, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 22 2007 10:13AM