Airport Operations Assignment
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Running head:Research paper 1RESEARCH PAPER ON AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, SECURITY AND ITS ECONOMICVALUE & CHALLENGESPresented byStudent affiliationSupervisor15th, March 2018
Running head:Research paper 21.0.Overview of Airport operationsThe Aerodrome industry requires operations to be monitored and managed by relevantinstitutions and personnel’s to certain required international standards and specifications (Chao& Li, 2017). Operations in airports need to cover certain guidelines for use of surfaces, zoning,wildlife considerations, traffic management, security measures, lighting, and signage provisions.The mentioned guidelines need to be made basic and provided to the users of the facilities.Airport operations are guided by the use of notices found in ideal locations within the facility.The notices provide information for establishment of the facility, conditions required foroperations, any changes in facility components, risks and hazards faced, and other informationnecessary to make necessary decisions (Graham & Halpern, 2018). Airport management requiresplans to be developed to cover apron, snow and ice control, environment management, airfield,safety, emergency response plan, security measures, and ground side maintenance. Theformulated plans will form priorities for operations in the airport. The Airport operations are headed by a directorate of airport systems. The directorate isresponsible for carrying out procurement, planning, maintenance and installation of terminalequipment’s in passenger facilitations and automation systems for cargo[ CITATION Goe17 \l1033 ]. The holder of the position is responsible for modernizing and creating airport securityinfrastructures. Air traffic management (ATM) is another central part in airport management.The role of ATM is to cover matters relating to air traffic services, airspace management, and airtraffic flow management. 2.0.Ground handling and security challengesGround handling is a primary concern in any airport maintenance plan. It involves ensuring thatairport run ways are well maintained and good pavement management is achieved. A level,strong, and managed pavement surfaces are critical in providing safe movements of all aircraftson airport airfields (Bruno, Esposito & Genovese, 2015). The management needs to carryoutinspections, maintenance programs, and correct runways and Aprons areas to ensure that theairport pavements are safe. Some of the security challenges originating from pavement
Running head:Research paper 3management may include: holes in run ways, poor drained surfaces, availability of contaminants,cracks and variations on the surface that can lead to accidents[ CITATION Jan15 \l 1033 ].It is the work of the airport management to carryout run way maintenance mechanisms. Theproblem areas that require maintenance include: eroding edges, bumpy surfaces, water pondingareas, and open or sited joints. The common runway surfaces found in several of the airspace arethe Gravel, concrete, turf and paved. The notable type of Asphalt problems include: cracking inform of patterns, transverse, longitudinal, and others include transverse, surface spilling, ruttingand longitudinal cracking (Kim, Feron, Clarke, Marzuoli & Delahaye, 2017). To ensure a goodground handling management in airports is achieved a damage formal program that controlsforeign objects hazards and reduce maintenance costs need to be implemented.3.0. Government role on oversight of cargo securityOver the years the cargo security has evolved from a mere theft to other terrorism related threatswhich have created a national cargo security need. Cargo security entails safety of the aircraftsand valuable items held in it (Vasigh & Fleming, 2016). Governments take a major role inensuring cargo security is managed. Their role is to lead in formulating security programs forairports and ensuring users and authorities to comply with them. Government and its authoritieshave set policies on security directions, provided specific requirements for airports securityprograms, specified areas that need access control, and provided guidance on identificationdisplay locations (Mott, McNamara & Bullock, 2017). The airport cargo security remains a government cargo agenda that needs continuous vigilanceand monitoring activities. In providing an oversight function in cargo security the governmentintends to lower cases of theft, manage terrorism, avoid illegal trades, lower insurance costs, andavoid loss of business that could lead to decline in airline cargo revenue (Liu, Sun & Dong,2015). Other role of the government include: providing screening services, creating andregulating security requirements for all parties involved in airport cargo security. In addition ittakes a major lead in explosive detections ensuring that cargos are free from any explosions andthreats from explosives. Another government oversight role is to test all sort of new technologiesimplemented within the airport periphery[ CITATION DeF16 \l 1033 ].
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