First published in 1979, Airport Engineering by Ashford and Wright, has become a classic textbook in the education of airport engineers and transportation planners. Over the past twenty years, construction of new airports in the US has waned as construction abroad boomed. This new edition of Airport Engineering will respond to this shift in the growth of airports globally, with a focus on the role of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), while still providing the best practices and tested fundamentals that have made the book successful for over 30 years.

Committee Serial No. 91-13. pt. 1: Considers future direction of Federal involvement in airports and airways development. pt. 2: Continuation of hearings on S. 1637 and related S. 2437, and S. 2651, to amend the Federal Airport Development Act to provide additional Federal assistance with the construction, improvement and expansion of airports, airport terminals and related facilities to relieve congestion at airports.