b'18 HSV OPERATIONSHuntsville Intl Develops Master Plan for Wayfinding and Signage BY MIKE SCHWANZAs passenger traffic at HuntsvilleInstead of making piecemeal FACTS&FIGURESInternational Airport (HSV) grewimprovements, management decided to steadily in recent years, officialsstart from scratch and revamp all airport Project: Wayfinding & Signage Master Plan realized they had an issue that had to besignage for better consistencyfrom Location: Huntsville Intl Airport, in ALaddressed. Signage at the Alabama airportapproach roads and curbside areas to the 2024 Operations: 1.64 millionwas making it difficult for passengers toterminal, gates and parking garage.Cost: $1.3 million for master plan, design & preliminarynavigate through the facility.With funding approval from the construction; $1 million for final construction There was aHuntsville-Madison County Airport Funding: FAA Grants big need for this,Authority, the airport hired Gresham Smith Master Plan Development: April 2024-April 2025states Jim Flowers,to develop a comprehensive master Remaining Timeline: Final design details & initialchief design andplan for wayfinding and signage. Plan construction fall 2025-early 2026; remaining constructionconstruction officerdevelopment spanned April 2024 to April scheduled to start mid-2026 at HSV. Over the2025, and the Authority approved the plan Master Plan & Design: Gresham Smith years, we did a fewin May 2025.Virtual Display Subconsultant: Arora Engineers projects that impactedJIM FLOWERSGresham Smith began its process with wayfinding. However,a wayfinding assessment of the entire Key Benefits: Establishing comprehensive plan tosome of our oldest signs are 35 years old improve wayfinding for passengers; new signage, lighting airport. We spent two days walking & virtual displays will brighten & modernize terminal;and became more difficult to maintain.the airport to familiarize ourselves with improved signage for curbside, garage & airport roads willThey no longer serve our passengers well. passenger flow and identify problem increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness; minimizing risks October 2025AirportImprovement.com'