Each day airport sponsors and management staff are challenged with an increasing range of operational, financial and environmental issues affecting their airport. Changes in air service, the political climate, environmental compliance, residential encroachment and budget constraints confront the airport. At the same time, technological advances in satellite navigation, increasing corporate jet fractional ownership, very light jet (VLJ) development and the small aircraft transportation system (SATS) offer exciting opportunities for the airport’s future.

Armstrong Consultants understands these demands and offers comprehensive airport planning services for a wide range of commercial service, corporate and general aviation airports. Our staff members are highly qualified professionals with skills in airport management, physical planning, airport operations, engineering, environmental science, and socioeconomics. Several of our staff members are also licensed pilots, offering the added benefit of understanding the airport from a “users” perspective. Specializing exclusively in airport consulting, Armstrong Consultants offers an extensive level of expertise and depth of experience in airport planning tasks.

In addition to meeting airside development needs, Armstrong Consultants incorporates community goals, values and needs into implementation plans that will achieve the highest and best use of available airport land, maximize airport revenues and enhance the economic benefit of the airport to the local community.

Our Airport Planning Capabilities Include:

Master Planning
   • Airport Master Planning
   • Airport Layout Plans
   • Site Selection Studies
   • Public Involvement Programs
   • Obstruction Analysis
   • GPS Instrument Approach Planning
   • GIS Mapping & Systems Integration
   • Air Cargo Facilities Planning

Terminal & Landside Planning
   • Passenger Terminal Planning
   • Executive Terminal and Corporate Aviation Facilities
   • Hangar & Landside Development Planning
   • Airpark & Airport Industrial Park Master Planning
   • ARFF, SRE and Airport Support Facilities

Implementation Planning
   • Capital Improvement Programming
   • Compatible Land Use Planning & Zoning
   • Economic Impact Assessment / Financial Planning
   • Minimum Standards Development
   • Rates & Charges Analysis
   • Strategic Airport Business Plans
   • Airport Certification Manuals (FAR Part 139) & Airport Emergency Plans
   • Voluntary Noise Abatement / Fly Friendly Programs
   • Standard Lease and Aeronautical Service Agreements