Several dozen airports throughout the United States are in various stages of planning or execution to improve select components of their checked bag inspection systems.
The Naples Airport Authority made APF the first airport in Florida to transition its aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles to fluorine-free foam that does not contain controversial PFAS.
As sustainability manager for the Metropolitan Airports Commission, Emmy Waldhart spends a lot of time and effort thinking about decreasing waste, including how to help guests and airport staff fill their reusable water bottles at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP).
When Hampton Roads Airport (PVG) in Chesapeake, VA, went on the market through a bankruptcy auction, most people saw a tract of marshy land with old runways and a few rickety buildings.
The recent runway reconstruction at Rosecrans Memorial Airport (STJ) in St. Joseph, MO, provides drastic improvements in safety and operational capability for the shared-use airport.
The new Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) that opened in September 2020 features many enhancements to save energy and reduce the facility’s carbon footprint, including charging stations for electric ground support equipment.
A $31 million facility completed this summer at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM) is helping the Alabama airport accommodate fast-growing demand for cargo support and position it for even more cargo-related growth.
Centennial Airport (APA) just outside Denver added a new strategy to its existing foreign object debris (FOD) program that is getting great reviews from the maintenance staff.
Creativity and the spirit of the season are flowing throughout the community as the second annual holiday tree decorating contest gets underway at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB) in Northeastern Wisconsin.
That was literally true at Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD), where skyrocketing demand for parking coupled with seemingly insurmountable land-use constraints led to the recent development of the first vertical airport parking structure in South Dakota.
Kermit was right—it’s not easy being green. We were seeing the first signs of the impacts of climate change when I gave an address at the 2004 AAAE/ACC Airport Planning and Design Symposium.
The new issue you’re holding in your hands, or looking at on your screen, is our last edition of 2024. It’s been a good year. No, it’s been a great year for most of us in the airport industry.
