Strategic and Business Planning
This document defines an airport’s mission, vision, goals, and strategies for achieving long-term success.
What is the Strategic Airport Business Plan?
This financial plan estimates annual revenues and expenses necessary to support airport operations.
What is the airport operating budget?
This comprehensive document defines the airport’s long-term development goals, facility requirements, and land use.
What is the Airport Master Plan?
This plan defines appropriate uses of land surrounding the airport to ensure compatibility with airport operations.
What is the Airport Land Use Plan (ALUP)?
The strategic business plan helps airport management align operations and investments with this overarching vision.
What is the airport’s long-term mission and objectives?
This plan identifies major development projects and associated funding sources, typically covering a five-year horizon.
What is the Airport Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP)?
The graphical depiction of the existing and proposed airport layout is found in this document.
What is the Airport Layout Plan (ALP)?
This type of land use is restricted near airports to minimize noise conflicts and preserve safety.
What are incompatible residential and noise-sensitive uses?
A well-written business plan helps airport management anticipate challenges and identify measurable progress toward these.
What are strategic goals and performance indicators?
The ACIP serves as a tool for coordinating local priorities with this federal funding source.
What is the Airport Improvement Program (AIP)?
FAA approval of this document is required before federally funded airport development projects can proceed.
What is the Airport Layout Plan (ALP)?
Airport managers coordinate with this level of government to ensure local zoning protects airspace and approaches.
What are local planning and zoning authorities?
The process of reviewing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in the planning process is called this.
What is a SWOT analysis?
This budgeting principle ensures that revenues are sufficient to sustain operations and future capital needs.
What is financial sustainability?
This planning principle ensures that airfield improvements and expansion projects are compatible with environmental, operational, and financial considerations.
What is sustainable airport development?
The process of aligning local land-use plans with airport development plans is called this.
What is land-use compatibility planning?
When the strategic business plan is regularly reviewed and updated to reflect new data and changing priorities, it demonstrates this management principle.
What is continuous improvement?
When airport management aligns its budget with strategic goals and measurable performance outcomes, it is applying this best practice.
What is performance-based budgeting?
The Airport Master Plan typically includes forecasts, alternatives analysis, and implementation schedules, collectively known as this.
What is the master planning process?
When airport management ensures that adjacent development does not interfere with flight paths or safety surfaces, it is maintaining this FAA standard.
What is the protection of airspace and approach surfaces under Part 77?