COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AIRPORT DESIGN - I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5055 AIRPORT DESIGN - I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BURAK ŞENGÖZ

Offered to

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to provide the necessary knowledge for the design of airport including civil aviation activities, airport financing, aircraft characteristics, air traffic control, airport planning and control.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To investigate airport characteristics with advance in technology.
2   To edit literature data concerning civil aviation activities.
3   To analyze airport planning and control with advance in aircraft technology
4   To illustrate runway orientation with variation in the number aircrafts.
5   To investigate the levels of forecasting and forecasting methodologies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Nature of Civil Aviation Historical development Air transport and the national economy Growth of air transport and future trends 1. Homework and presentation assignment
2 The Nature of Civil Aviation (con d) State role in aviation and airports Aviation organizations and their functions
3 Aircraft Characteristics Related to Airport Design Trends in size, speed and productivity of transport aircraft Characteristics of aircraft 1. Homework submission and presentations
4 Air port pavements, runway characteristics and categories. Computation of runway length 2. Homework and presentation assignment
5 Air Traffic Control Elements of air control system Major components and functions of the national airspace system Air traffic separation rules
6 Air Traffic Control Navigational aids
7 Aids for the control of traffic Automation in terminal and en route air traffic control
8 Airport Planning Elements of an airport planning study 3. Homework and presentation assignment
9 Airport Planning (con d) Elements of an airport planning study (con d)
10 Forecasting in Aviation and Airport Planning Levels of forecasting Forecasting methodologies 3. Homework submission and presentations
11 Forcasting requirements and applications
12 Forcasting applications and examples
13 Airport Configuration (con d) Runway Configurations Holding bays Holding aprons Relation of terminal area to runways
14 General discussions Homework submission and presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):

Horonjeff, R., Mckelvey, F.,X.(1994) Planning and Design of Airports McGraw-Hill Series in Transportation,USA, Forth Edition.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The visual presentations and presentation slides.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3, 4-5: Consideration with mid-term exam and final exam
LO 2: Consideration with assignments and presentations

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be considered in the evaluation. The rules of writing term paper topics, and it will be distributed to students at the beginning of the period

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Burak ŞENGÖZ: burak.sengoz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The course schedule will be announced by the faculty member is created.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 4 10 40
Preparing presentations 4 10 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 212

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15434
LO.255453
LO.35523
LO.44543
LO.55434