The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s recently updated advisory circular on airport design provides the latest information the industry needs right now, an administration official said.
FAA's advisory circular on airport design, which provides guidance to airport sponsors and consultants designing and developing airports throughout the U.S., is dated March 31 and took effect immediately, according to an FAA news release issued Monday, April 4. The new advisory circular canceled the prior version issued Sept. 28, 2012.
"The advisory circular provides a critical roadmap for the aviation industry when planning, designing and developing the nation's airports," FAA Associate Administrator of Airports Shannetta R. Griffin said in the news release. "This update contains the latest information the industry needs as we work collaboratively to build safe, sustainable and accessible airport infrastructure to safely transport passengers, goods and services."
FAA Associate Administrator of Airports Shannetta R. Griffin
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Griffin was appointed associate administrator of airports for FAA by President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in June of last year.
Despite the pandemic, airports nationwide have been undergoing improvements, including three of the four terminals at LaGuardia and an overhaul of JFK in New York, a new terminal at Liberty National Airport in Newark, New Jersey, and a new Delta terminal at LAX in Los Angeles.
The circular's main goal is to advise airports on how to build airports with safety and FAA regulations in mind. FAA's advisory circular on airport design outlines the administration recommended standards for acceptable levels of efficiency, safety and capacity. Airport builders and remodelers use the circular as a guideline when they design and implement projects at the nation's airport. The circular details requirements to be met at Federal Aviation Regulation, Part 139 Certification of Airports.
Airport sponsor recipients of federal funding via the Airport Improvement Program and the Passenger Facility Charge Program must fully comply with FAA's advisory circular.
Circular updates included restructuring, explanations about terms use, expanded information "in certain chapters" and additional graphics in support of the circular's information, the news release said.
