Guidebook on landside freight access to airports
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2011-02-01
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Abstract:The purpose of this project was to identify challenges and solutions to providing landside
freight access to airports. Depending on where an airport is located (e.g., innercity, suburban, or
rural), airports face various challenges to providing safe and efficient freight access routes to and
from the airport. Access routes include adequately designed roadways and/or rail lines to and
from the airport area that serve all airport cargo movement needs. The cargo requirements of
airports may vary greatly, based on either small packages carried in the belly of passenger
airliners or specialized air cargo operations requiring palletized loading of cargo-only aircraft.
Cargo operations can take place around the clock, necessitating properly planned transportation
access to ensure that these activities can take place.
This guidebook provides cities, counties, regional planning agencies, metropolitan
planning organizations, state agencies, shippers, and airport operators with a discussion of the
issues and solutions related to landside freight access to airports. It is a result of numerous case
studies developed from surveys and interviews of airport and freight industry personnel across
the state and nation. It provides recommendations and examples of techniques to plan for and
provide safe and efficient landside freight access to airports.
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