How are airports managed?

Airports typically own all of their facilities and make money by leasing them to airlines, air-freight companies, and retail shops and services, as well as by charging for services like fuel and parking and through fees and taxes on airline tickets. The revenues pay off the municipal debt and cover the operating costs.

What do airport maintenance do?

Aircraft maintenance is the performance of tasks required to ensure the continuing airworthiness of an aircraft or aircraft part, including overhaul, inspection, replacement, defect rectification, and the embodiment of modifications, compliance with airworthiness directives and repair.

What does an airport operations manager do?

An airport operations manager is responsible for organizing and directing all airport operations and overseeing maintenance programs for airport facilities.

What are the types of airport operations?

Types of Airport Operations

• Landside operations.
• Airside operations.
• Billing and invoicing.
• Information management.

How does airport runway work?

Plainly put, airport runways are numbered according to compass bearings. This means runway numbers are based on the compass with 360 representing north, 90 representing east, 180 representing south, and 270 representing west. Runways are numbered between 01 and 36. The second number differs by 18 or 180 degrees.

What is runway maintenance?

The term Runway Maintenance is usually used to refer to activity required to keep the runway in a safe condition for aircraft use. Whilst this self evidently means making sure that the integrity of the top surface is absolute, it is also defined in terms of minimum surface friction.

What is aircraft maintenance schedule?

A Maintenance Schedule contains details of what is to be maintained on an aircraft and how often. The details are those published by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) who may also be the Type Certificate Holder (TCH) of that product.