CQUniversity Unit Profile
AVAT12022 Airport Management
Airport Management
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General Information

Overview

In Airport Management, you will gain insights into the major issues and planning considerations relevant to airport management. Key planning considerations for contemporary airports, including runway and taxiway design, airfield and airspace design and capacity, as well as operational aspects including risk management, adverse weather, ground handling operations, airfield technology (including navigation aids), and airport community relations, will be addressed. This unit also provides a framework for understanding how airports function, the many demands placed upon airport professionals by a wide range of stakeholders, and what is needed for airports to be successful at both an operational and business level.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 2
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisites - Introduction to Aviation AND AVAT11008

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 1 - 2023

Cairns
Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Class and Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Class Timetable

Bundaberg, Cairns, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville
Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

Assessment Overview

1. Online resource/s
Weighting: 30%
2. Critical Review
Weighting: 30%
3. Group Work
Weighting: 40%

Assessment Grading

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.

Unit Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
  1. Critique the challenging economic, social and environmental issues relevant to airport management plans and the need to deliver best-in-class facilities and services
  2. Explain the process of airport capacity planning within the context of changing airline industry structure, national airport policy goals and planning constraints
  3. Critically evaluate the key drivers that shape an airport’s commercial and non-aeronautical business performance
  4. Identify the key components involved in approving airport development projects by appraising the arguments for and against expansion
  5. Analyse Airport Master Plans and capital expenditure (CAPAX) programs.

N/A

Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes
N/A Level
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Professional Level
Advanced Level

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes

Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Online resource/s - 30%
2 - Critical Review - 30%
3 - Group Work - 40%

Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes

Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
5 - Team Work
6 - Information Technology Competence
7 - Cross Cultural Competence
8 - Ethical practice
9 - Social Innovation
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures
Textbooks and Resources

Textbooks

Supplementary

Airport operations

Third edition. (2013)
Authors: Ashford, Norman, author.; Stanton, H. P. Martin, author.; Moore, Clifton A., author
New York : McGraw-Hill
New York New York , USA
ISBN: 1-283-65618-3
Binding: eBook
Supplementary

Airport Planning & Management, Seventh Edition

7th edition.; 2019 (2019)
Authors: Young, Seth B; Wells, Alexander T
McGraw-Hill Education
New York New York , USA
ISBN: 9781260143324
Binding: eBook
Supplementary

Strategic Airport Planning

Edition: 1ST (2022)
Authors: Brown, Mike
Routledge
ISBN: 1-03-200237-9
Binding: eBook

Additional Textbook Information

IT Resources

You will need access to the following IT resources:
  • CQUniversity Student Email
  • Internet
  • Unit Website (Moodle)
Referencing Style

All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)

For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.

Teaching Contacts
Mike Malouf Unit Coordinator
m.malouf@cqu.edu.au
Daniel Parsons Unit Coordinator
d.parsons@cqu.edu.au
Schedule
Week 1 Begin Date: 06 Mar 2023

Module/Topic

The Airport System

Chapter

Chapter: Moodle & Selected Readings

Online Resources: Regulatory Things

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 2 Begin Date: 13 Mar 2023

Module/Topic

Airport Master Planning

Chapter

Chapter: Moodle & Selected Readings

Online Resources: Master Plans

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 3 Begin Date: 20 Mar 2023

Module/Topic

Measuring & Forecasting Demand

Chapter

Chapter: Moodle & Selected Readings

Online Resources: Airport Data

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 4 Begin Date: 27 Mar 2023

Module/Topic

Airside Design

Chapter

Chapter: Moodle & Selected Readings

Case Studies: Design Choices

Events and Submissions/Topic

Online Quiz: Online Resources

open Monday (27 March) 08:00

due/close Friday (1 April) 23:45


Online quiz Due: Week 4 Friday (31 Mar 2023) 9:00 pm AEST
Week 5 Begin Date: 03 Apr 2023

Module/Topic

Airside Operations


Chapter

Chapter: Moodle & Selected Readings

Airport Online Simulation Familiarisation & Group Allocations

Events and Submissions/Topic

Group Work: Airport Online Simulation

open Monday (3 April) 08:00

Vacation Week Begin Date: 10 Apr 2023

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 6 Begin Date: 17 Apr 2023

Module/Topic

Terminal Design


Chapter

Chapter: Moodle & Selected Readings

Case Studies: PaxEx

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 7 Begin Date: 24 Apr 2023

Module/Topic

Terminal & Security Operations


Chapter

Chapter: Moodle & Selected Readings

Case Studies: Breaches

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 8 Begin Date: 01 May 2023

Module/Topic

Accessibility


Chapter

Chapter: Moodle & Selected Readings

Case Studies: Inaccessible Airports

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 9 Begin Date: 08 May 2023

Module/Topic

Landside Design & Operations


Chapter

Chapter: Moodle & Selected Readings

Case Studies: Managing Third Party Providers

Events and Submissions/Topic

Critical Review: Airport Master Plan

due Monday (8 May) 17:00


Critical Review Due: Week 9 Monday (8 May 2023) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 10 Begin Date: 15 May 2023

Module/Topic

Aeronautical Business


Chapter

Chapter: Moodle & Selected Readings

Case Studies: Route Development

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 11 Begin Date: 22 May 2023

Module/Topic

Commercial Management


Chapter

Chapter: Moodle & Selected Readings

Case Studies: Real Estate

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 12 Begin Date: 29 May 2023

Module/Topic

Community Relations


Chapter

Chapter: Moodle & Selected Readings

Case Studies: Bad Neighbours

Events and Submissions/Topic

Group Work: Airport Online Simulation

Simulation ceases (29 May) 17:00

Review/Exam Week Begin Date: 05 Jun 2023

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Group Simulation & Individual Reflection Due: Review/Exam Week Monday (5 June 2023) 9:00 am AEST
Exam Week Begin Date: 12 Jun 2023

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Group Work: Airport Online Simulation

due Monday (12 June) 17:00

Assessment Tasks

1 Online resource/s

Assessment Title
Online quiz

Task Description

An open-book online quiz designed to assess your skills in locating, reviewing, and applying information and data from relevant online sources. The quiz consists of 10 questions with multiple-choice answers. You have 60 minutes to complete the quiz and you will be required to access online resources such as regulations, standards, policies, airport master plans, aeronautical data, and operational statistics.

The quiz will open on the Monday following our third Tutorial (27 March) and must be submitted by the following Friday (1 April) via the relevant portal in Moodle.


Assessment Due Date

Week 4 Friday (31 Mar 2023) 9:00 pm AEST

Quiz is sat in Moodle


Return Date to Students

Week 4 Friday (31 Mar 2023)

returned immediately online once the quiz has been sat


Weighting
30%

Assessment Criteria

The quiz comprises 10 multiple-choice questions designed to assess the students' skills in locating, reviewing, and applying information and data from relevant online sources. The quiz has a weighting of 30% of total grade.


Referencing Style

Submission
Online

Submission Instructions
The quiz is sat online in Moodle

Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Critique the challenging economic, social and environmental issues relevant to airport management plans and the need to deliver best-in-class facilities and services
  • Explain the process of airport capacity planning within the context of changing airline industry structure, national airport policy goals and planning constraints
  • Identify the key components involved in approving airport development projects by appraising the arguments for and against expansion

2 Critical Review

Assessment Title
Critical Review

Task Description

You are to locate, download and review an Airport Master Plan and critically review it in relation to one or more of the following topic areas:

· Objectives (clarity, regulatory alignment, community engagement)

· Demand Forecasting (comprehensiveness, assumptions, justifications)

· Airside Infrastructure Requirements (capacity, compliance, operational impacts)

· Terminal Infrastructure Requirements (capacity, experience, accessibility, operational impacts)

Your critical review must take the form of a 3000-word essay addressing the following:

· Description of the airport and its Master Plan, including the regulatory framework, if any, governing its development and publication

· Review of concepts and best practices behind the chosen topic area(s)

· Analysis of the selected Master Plan against these concepts and practices

· Identification of positive attributes within the Master Plan and recommendations to address identified deficiencies


Assessment Due Date

Week 9 Monday (8 May 2023) 11:45 pm AEST

online


Return Date to Students

Week 11 Monday (22 May 2023)

Online


Weighting
30%

Assessment Criteria

The essay will be marked out of 30 points as follows:

1. Content (15 points)

o Description

o Review

o Analysis

o Positives & recommendations

2. Research (10 points)

o Mixture of sources (regulatory, academic, industry, public)

o Acknowledgement of sources

o Correct referencing style

3. Writing (5 points)

o Logical structure/organisation of ideas

o Clear, concise and understandable written English

o Appropriate presentation style (report format, headings, cross-references)

o Within word limits


Referencing Style

Submission
Online

Submission Instructions
submit into Moodle

Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Critique the challenging economic, social and environmental issues relevant to airport management plans and the need to deliver best-in-class facilities and services
  • Critically evaluate the key drivers that shape an airport’s commercial and non-aeronautical business performance
  • Analyse Airport Master Plans and capital expenditure (CAPAX) programs.

3 Group Work

Assessment Title
Group Simulation & Individual Reflection

Task Description

In teams of three or five, you will develop and operate an airport in simulation using the AIRPORT Online platform. The simulation will commence during the Week 3 tutorial, with team members working together to establish and achieve their airport’s objectives over the following seven weeks.

During the simulation, the team will act as the airport’s governing body and maintain a log of meetings and decisions. In line with these decisions, the team will manage their simulated airport.

At the end of the simulation period, the team will review their airport’s performance and critically review relevant metrics against the established objectives. This review will be submitted as a 1000-word report along with a copy of the airport log.

Each team member will also submit a 500-word personal reflection on their team’s and airport’s performances, making note of any significant lessons learned.


Assessment Due Date

Review/Exam Week Monday (5 June 2023) 9:00 am AEST

upload into Moodle


Return Date to Students

Exam Week Friday (16 June 2023)

online


Weighting
40%

Assessment Criteria

This assessment will be marked out of 40 points as follows:

1. Report (15 points)

o Objectives

o Airport performance

o Critical review

o Within word limits

2. Log (15 points)

o Meeting regularity

o Analysis of parameters

o Discussion & decisions

o Implementation

3. Personal Reflection (10 points)

o Critical review of team performance

o Critical review of airport performance

o Lessons learned

o Within word limits


Referencing Style

Submission
Online Group

Submission Instructions
upload into Moodle

Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Explain the process of airport capacity planning within the context of changing airline industry structure, national airport policy goals and planning constraints
  • Critically evaluate the key drivers that shape an airport’s commercial and non-aeronautical business performance
  • Identify the key components involved in approving airport development projects by appraising the arguments for and against expansion
  • Analyse Airport Master Plans and capital expenditure (CAPAX) programs.

Academic Integrity Statement

As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.

Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.

When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.

Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.

As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.

What is a breach of academic integrity?

A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.

Why is academic integrity important?

A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.

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