Research Roadmap in the Area of Airport Operations and Maintenance

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Web-Only Document 37: Research Roadmap in the Area of Airport Operations and Maintenance outlines the key research gaps and areas of interest for airports in the field of operations and maintenance (O&M) over the next five years. Based on the result of the outreach and literature review, forty-two research ideas were generated and categorized into nine high-level themes, including:

• Continuity of Operations
• Financial Resources and Procurement
• Facility and Operational Modernization
• General Asset Management and Maintenance
• Integrating Advanced and/or Disruptive Technologies
• Safety and Security
• Sustainability and Resiliency
• Unmanned Aerial Systems / Vehicles
• O&M Workforce

The completed “Research Roadmap in the Area of Airport Operations and Maintenance” consists of the following products:

• An interactive version of Appendix B.
• Appendix C: Research Ideas Database, which is a searchable Excel file containing all forty-two ideas generated during the project. The Idea Database includes relevant Idea Hub tags for each research idea to further demonstrate the multi-dimensional nature of the knowledge gaps
• Narrated PowerPoint: The presentation provides readers with an overview of the project, the roadmap development process and instructions for how to read the Visual Research Roadmap.

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