Book description
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.
Norman J. Ashford
is Professor Emeritus at Loughborough University of Technology in the
UK. He has taught at Georgia Institute of Technology and Florida State
University in the United States. He was editor of numerous professional
journals and has published over 130 articles in various professional and
research publications. The author of four multi-edition books, he
currently serves as the Managing Director of his own aviation consulting
company, which has worked on over 100 airports in over forty-three countries.
Saleh A. Mumayiz is an international consultant in airport
planning and development for more than twenty-five years, serving with
leading corporations in this field. He served in academic research and
continuing education roles in leading U. S. universities. As an active
participant in professional (ASCE) and research (TRB) organizations
for more than twenty years, he served as chair and member of various
TRB and ASCE committees, authoring papers and organizing conferences,
workshops, and seminars.
Paul H. Wright is Professor Emeritus at Georgia Institute of
Technology. He has been active in continuing education programs and
has served as a consultant to transportation agencies in the United
States and Central America. The author of numerous papers, he is
coauthor of three other books: Highway Engineering,
Transportation Engineering: Planning and Design, and
Introduction to Engineering.
