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Aviation Organizations and Their Functions . . . . . . 37
Federal Agencies of the United States
Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Federal Aviation Administration . . . . . . . . . . 37
Transportation Security Administration . . . . 42
Environmental Protection Agency . . . . . . . . . 42
National Transportation Safety Board . . . . . . 43
State Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
The International Civil Aviation
Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Industry and Trade Organizations . . . . . . . . . 45
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Web References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
2 Aircraft Characteristics Related
to Airport Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Dimensional Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Landing Gear Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Aircraft Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Engine Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Atmospheric Conditions Affecting
Aircraft Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Air Pressure and Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Wind Speed and Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Aircraft Performance Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Aircraft Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Payload and Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Runway Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Declared Distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Wingtip Vortices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
3 Air Traffic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
A Brief History of Air Traffic Management . . . . . . . 96
The Organizational Hierarchy of Air Traffi c
Management in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
The Air Traffic Control System
Command Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Air Route Traffic Control Centers . . . . . . . . . 97
Terminal Approach Control Facilities . . . . . . 98
Airport Traffic Control Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Flight Service Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Air Traffic Management Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
