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4 2 Review of Existing Research The research team reviewed existing, on-going and planned research from a variety of sources. The most prolific source of research relating to the area of airport O&M is the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)
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5 The research team categorized ACRP research topics by high-level topic areas to organize the resources and to help identify some overarching trends in existing research. Overall, the distribution of existing ACRP sources we reviewed include: • Overarching Operations and Maintenance topics – 17 publications o Subtopics for publications in this category include: commercial ground transportation, fueling infrastructure, pavement maintenance, general guidance / maintenance best practices, winter and irregular operations and evolving trends • Safety related topics – 15 publications o Subtopics for publications in this category include: airside operations, communication and coordination, management systems, wildlife, and winter and irregular operations • Sustainability related topics – 12 publications o Subtopics for publications in this category include: energy efficiency and renewable energy, fueling infrastructure, general guidance and/or implementation tools, pavement, new and evolving trends • Integrating Advanced Technologies and IT-related topics –11 publications o Subtopics for publications in this category include: emergency operations, general guidance and/or implementation tools, Building information modeling (BIM)
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6 management systems, ramp and apron safety practices, wildlife hazard management and airfield separation for example. This continues to be a top priority of the FAA, airports and airlines moving forward.
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7 can integrate the development of benchmarking tools into future research products, the organization will find there is an appetite not only with the airport industry, but more broadly across the transportation industry stakeholder community. 2.3 Federal Aviation Administration The FAA submits their National Aviation Research Plan (NARP)
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8 Council (ACC) 's "Trends in U.S.
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9 Advanced and disruptive technologies can also play a role in improving collaborative decision making between stakeholders including the FAA, airlines and airports. This will also have an impact in reducing delays and ensuring continuity of operations which is another high-level theme identified for inclusion on the roadmap.
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