Airport Planning: A Practical Guide for Planners and Airport Managers

by Lynn S. Bezilla

Overview

Airport Planning: A Practical Guide for Planners and Airport Managers, by Lynn S. Bezilla, is a readable, real-world resource offering comprehensive insight on effective airport planning and development. Drawing from Mr. Bezilla's 37 years of air¬port planning experience, including 20 years as Director of Planning and Environmental Services at Baltimore/Wash¬ington International Airport (BWI), the book begins with an overview of the airport planning profession and airport components. Subsequent chapters consider airport management, operations, and finance; strategic planning; master planning; system planning; forecasting; and environmental considerations; all geared toward understanding how airports really work and how to most effectively plan their development. Mr. Bezilla emphasizes the human element of airport planning, including special chapters on coordination and communication as well as mentoring young planners.
Mr. Bezilla's conversational, often humorous style brings airport planning to life as he explains what airport planners do and why. He emphasizes clear, confident, creative thinking as he helps readers navigate the framework of federal, state, and local regulations and realities governing airports.
This carefully-researched volume is an invaluable resource for airport planners early in their careers. Airport Managers will gain insight into the complex airport planning process. Experienced planning professionals will be energized by Mr. Bezilla's ability to see beyond FAA Advisory Circulars and rigid planning processes to a holistic view of airport planning that is at once realistic and inspired.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449599317
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/09/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Lynn Bezilla has 37 years of airport planning experience, including 20 years as Director of Planning and Environmental Services at Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI). He was responsible for all facility planning, forecasting, environmental analysis, and capital project development at BWI, as well as at Martin State Airport, a reliever for BWI. Lynn was also responsible for preparing airport system plans for the State of Maryland.
Previously Lynn worked for several consulting firms and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in Washington, D.C. He began his career as an airport system planner with the New York State Department of Transportation.
A native of Pennsylvania, Lynn holds a Bachelor of Science in Earth Science from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Science in Geography from Penn State University.
He resides in Columbia, Maryland, with his wife, Rena.