Aviation Terminal Design and Forecasting Quiz

Ticketing, baggage check-in, baggage claim, seat assignment, federal inspection services, and security.

Airline ticket counters and offices, terminal service spaces for concessionaires, lobby for circulation and passenger and visitor waiting areas, public circulation space, outbound passenger space, intraline and interline baggage space, airport administration and service areas, federal inspection service facilities, and security functions.

Assembly, conveyance to and from the aircraft, and aircraft loading and unloading.

Concourse for circulation to departure lounges and other terminal areas, departure lounge or gate hold room, passenger boarding device, airlines operations space, and security facilities for inspection of passengers and baggage.

Lobby for circulation, public circulation space, outbound passenger space, intraline and interline baggage space, terminal service spaces for concessionaires, airport administration and service areas, and federal inspection service facilities.

Inspection of passengers and baggage.

To facilitate passenger transfers from the processing component to the aircraft.

To process passengers in preparation for starting, ending, or continuation of an air transport trip.

Ticketing, baggage check-in, baggage claim, seat assignment, federal inspection services, and security.

Airline ticket counters and offices, terminal service spaces for concessionaires, and airport administration and service areas.

Local and regional socioeconomic data, demographics, geographic attributes, political developments, travel attitudes, changes in user charges, availability of airports and airspace capacity, general economic situation, economic factors directly related to airlines, competition between airlines and other modes of transportation, environmental constraints, technological advancement, safety, security, and convenience of air travel.

Short-term forecasting (5 years or less), medium-term forecasting (6 – 10 years), and long-term forecasting (11 – 20 years).

It is used to support near-term development, operational planning, personnel requirements, and incremental improvements or expansions of facilities.

It is used to plan capital investments such as extensions of existing runways, terminal buildings, and adding tower facilities.

It is used to plan major capital investments such as land acquisition, building new terminals, runways, and taxiways.

Open sky policies, trade agreements, travelers’ preferences in terms of routes and destinations, and technological advancement in aeronautics, telecommunication, and air navigation.

General economic situation - local, national, and international, economic factors directly related to airlines, fuel price, competition between airlines serving the airport, competition between other modes of transportation, environmental constraints on the airport, safety, security, and convenience of air travel.

Competition between airlines serving the airport and competition between other modes of transportation can impact the demand for air transport.

Technological advancement in aeronautics, telecommunication, and air navigation can impact demand for air transport.

It is to ensure that there are sufficient facilities to meet the demand for air transport and to avoid congestion or capacity constraints.

Linear terminal design offers clear orientation, short walking distance, simple construction, and flexibility for expansion, but may be inconvenient for high-volume airports due to potential congestion.

Pier/finger terminal design allows incremental expansion, centralization of resources, and efficient passenger management, but may result in long walking distances and kerbside congestion.

Satellite terminals offer centralized resources, short taxiing distance for aircraft, and flexibility for new generation aircraft, but may incur high capital and operating costs and lack expansion flexibility.

Open apron terminals provide flexibility for aircraft maneuvering, additional parking positions, and ease in aircraft maneuvering, but involve high costs associated with transport vehicles and increased traffic on the aprons.

Passenger terminal systems serve as the interface between passenger airport access modes, processing passengers, baggage conveyance, and flight interfaces. The access interface component includes circulation, parking, kerbside loading/unloading, and is associated with facilities like kerbside.

The average annual growth rate for passenger movements from 2011 to 2019 is 0.03.

Time series and econometric models are used for forecasting aviation activity, along with market share forecasting and simulation for traffic flow estimates.

Clear orientation, short walking distance, simple construction, and flexibility for expansion are key features of linear terminal design.

The main features of passenger terminal systems include serving as the interface between passenger airport access modes, processing passengers, baggage conveyance, and flight interfaces.

Long walking distances and kerbside congestion are potential drawbacks of pier/finger terminal design.