Airport Engineering (17th Edition)

The outline of the book is:

Chapter 1 : Introduction to the subject of Airport Engineering, Airport terminology, Open skies policy and more.
Chapter 2 : Explains Airport Survey
Chapter 3 : Discuss Airport Planning
Chapter 4 : Elucidates Planning and Design of Terminal Area
Chapter 5 : Gives main aspects connected with the Runway Design.
Chapter 6 : Gives features associated with Taxiway Design
Chapter 7 : Newly added chapter on Aviation Fuel
Chapter 8 : Gives aspects and various methods of the Airport Pavement Design
Chapter 9 : Gives topics on Airport Grading and Drainage
Chapter 10 : Explains Visual Aids required for aircraft
Chapter 11 : Describes Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems
Chapter 12 : Discuss topics on Heliports and Stolports.

The text-matter has been arranged systematically into Twelve Chapters and various complicated topics are explained in lucid language assisted by:

* 114 Self-explanatory and neatly drawn sketches;
*  21 Illustrative problems;
*  35 Important useful tables;
* 254 Typical questions at the end of the chapters.

The book should prove to be extremely useful to the Civil Engineering students preparing for the Degree Examinations of all the Indian Universities, Diploma Examinations conducted by various Boards of Technical Education, Certificate Courses as well as for the A.M.I.E., U.P.S.C., G.A.T.E., I.E.S. and other similar competitive and professional examinations. It should also prove of interest to the practising professionals.