Airport Planning
Backed by decades of experience and recognized as an industry leader, our aviation services group provides a full range of airport planning services, including strategic airport master plans, business plans, feasibility studies, environmental investigations and environmental assessments.
Master Airport Planning Experts
Ever-changing FAA requirements practically demand that airports maintain a current master plan.
Whether airport administrators are engaged in first-time master planning or updating a current strategy, our comprehensive planning process generates useful and easy-to-understand information to guide them in their efforts. Key components of our master planning include:
- Traffic analyses and forecasts
- Runway safety area studies
- Feasibility studies
- Airport property development
- Land use planning and analysis
- Airport layout plans
- Ceiling, visibility, and wind analysis
- Terminal requirements
- Community input analysis
Although the components of every plan may be different, all of our master plans are grounded in accurate technical reporting and include recommendations that are compatible with municipal land use and zoning regulations.
Effective Business Planning
Like master planning, effective business planning can be the difference between a successful airport and one that struggles. Through targeted business planning, our experts establish essential benchmarks that help airport administrators:
- Analyze where the airport has been, where it stands today and where it needs to be
- Define their direction
- Properly allocate resources
- Understand the competitive environment
- Identify and evaluate alternatives
- Balance actions and recommendations with available resources
Full Service Capabilities
Our full service business planning capabilities include:
- Financial planning
- Airport mission, goals, and objectives development
- Competitor analysis
- Essential airport management document review
- Revenue enhancement strategy
- Detailed expense analysis
- Projected cash flow and profit/loss statements
- Airport management analysis
- Marketing program support