Course Details
Course Code: TLMT415 Course ID: 2989 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Undergraduate
This course is a study of managerial and leadership issues associated with airport operations, to include human resource, union, commercial, legal, security, air and air support operations, and other issues.
Course Schedule
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Start Month | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/29/2022 - 09/02/2022 | 09/05/2022 - 10/30/2022 | September | Summer 2022 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 05/21/2022 - 11/04/2022 | 11/07/2022 - 01/01/2023 | November | Fall 2022 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 07/25/2022 - 12/30/2022 | 01/02/2023 - 02/26/2023 | January | Winter 2023 Session B | 8 Week session |
Current Syllabi
After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
- Describe sources of funding for airports and airport funding policies in the United States.
- Outline the various airport types and roles.
- Examine airport master planning process and its objectives.
- Describe the difference between economic impact and cost/benefit studies and their applications.
- Identify the majjor environmental impact issues faced by airports, particularly noise issues, and the applicable regulatory requirements and argue advantages/disadvantages.
- Define and contrast the various land use planning and control options available to airport managers to deal with noise.
- Identify and describe the important airside and landside facilities and services found at large U.S. airports.
- Express the nature of the ground access problem at large U.S. airports.
- Recount how airport capacity and delay are measured.
- Recognize an organizational chart representing the management structure and organization for an airport authority.
- Identify and explain the kinds of activities normally handled by airport operations staff.
- Present the important airport operational regulations covered in FAR Part 139: Certification of Air Carrier Airports & 49CFR part 1500: Airport Security.
- Express the public relations concerns of airport managers.
- Name and contrast the different types of airport use agreements, and sources of airport revenues and expenses. Develop an airport annual budget.
- Detail the difference betweeen economic impact and cost/benefit studies and their applications.
- Understand the impotance of SATS and its effect on airport management.
| Name | Grade % |
|---|---|
| Discussions | 38.00 % |
| Week 1: Rules Regulations and Policies | 4.75 % |
| Week 2: Free Flight | 4.75 % |
| Week 3: Passenger Categorization | 4.75 % |
| Week 4: Safety Risk Management | 4.75 % |
| Week 5: Airport Security | 4.75 % |
| Week 6: Capacity Problem & Solution | 4.75 % |
| Week 7: Drones – Hazards or Opportunities? | 4.75 % |
| Week 8: Runway Incursions | 4.75 % |
| Assignments 1 | 10.00 % |
| Assignment 1: Week 2 Article Review | 10.00 % |
| Introductory Forum | 2.00 % |
| Introduction | 2.00 % |
| Assignment 2 & 3 | 30.00 % |
| Assignment 2: Week 3 Paper | 15.00 % |
| Assignment 3: Week 5 Paper | 15.00 % |
| Assignment 4 | 20.00 % |
| Assignment 4: Week 7 Research Paper | 20.00 % |
After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
- Describe sources of funding for airports and airport funding policies in the United States.
- Outline the various airport types and roles.
- Examine airport master planning process and its objectives.
- Describe the difference between economic impact and cost/benefit studies and their applications.
- Identify the majjor environmental impact issues faced by airports, particularly noise issues, and the applicable regulatory requirements and argue advantages/disadvantages.
- Define and contrast the various land use planning and control options available to airport managers to deal with noise.
- Identify and describe the important airside and landside facilities and services found at large U.S. airports.
- Express the nature of the ground access problem at large U.S. airports.
- Recount how airport capacity and delay are measured.
- Recognize an organizational chart representing the management structure and organization for an airport authority.
- Identify and explain the kinds of activities normally handled by airport operations staff.
- Present the important airport operational regulations covered in FAR Part 139: Certification of Air Carrier Airports & 49CFR part 1500: Airport Security.
- Express the public relations concerns of airport managers.
- Name and contrast the different types of airport use agreements, and sources of airport revenues and expenses. Develop an airport annual budget.
- Detail the difference betweeen economic impact and cost/benefit studies and their applications.
- Understand the impotance of SATS and its effect on airport management.
| Book Title: | Airport Planning & Management, 7th ed - e-book available in the APUS Online Library |
| ISBN: | 9781260143324 |
| Publication Info: | McGraw-Hill Lib |
| Author: | Young & Wells |
| Unit Cost: | $75.00 |