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15 Air Cargo Planning Approach and Process The air cargo industry is a service industry that provides shippers transportation of their products, goods, and materials. Unlike passenger transport, whose customers typically travel round trip on aircraft, air cargo packages and parcels are one-way shipments.
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16 Guidebook for Air Cargo Facility Planning and Development Master Plan Step Master Plan Goal Identification of need: Identify the need for a new cargo facility(s) , modification of an existing cargo facility, or other reconfiguration or repurposing of an air cargo facility area, which may be identified by one or more entities.
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Air Cargo Planning Approach and Process 17 well as baggage claim information. The challenge for the airport planner then is the lack of data on air cargo movement and throughput within air cargo buildings and support infrastructure.
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18 Guidebook for Air Cargo Facility Planning and Development ramp space have ample capacity to accommodate increases or whether additional air cargo facility capacity will be required in the near or long term. When conducting this inventory, airport planners should focus on the land and facilities required by airlines, integrated carriers, and air cargo handlers for both air cargo handling and ground support equipment (GSE)
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Air Cargo Planning Approach and Process 19 Many users, such as passenger airlines, freighter airlines, and integrated carriers, require their own buildings. Some airlines will share their buildings with their strategic partners and service providers.
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20 Guidebook for Air Cargo Facility Planning and Development forwarders that are located off airport often will not provide this information if requested by airport management. Import and export information based on international air freight data can be obtained from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Air Cargo Planning Approach and Process 21 the SmartPark video system, which has software that automatically counts vehicles entering and exiting a rest area truck parking facility by using video cameras that monitor the entrance and exit ramps to the truck parking area without the involvement of human operators. It used this information to determine a count of available truck parking spaces.
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22 Guidebook for Air Cargo Facility Planning and Development length. Vehicle detections were transmitted from the cameras to the on-site computer.
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Air Cargo Planning Approach and Process 23 to the cargo warehouse but still require space for maneuvering and storage of tugs and carts. Surveys or interviews of carriers with GSE needs provide the best means of collecting the data.
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24 Guidebook for Air Cargo Facility Planning and Development analysis. Figure 3-3 shows an example of GSE space analysis in Google Earth Pro for the FedEx Express facility at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
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Air Cargo Planning Approach and Process 25 Carved-out office space information can usually be obtained through the building landlord or by requesting it from the tenant. Typically, office space in a warehouse that has adjacent aircraft parking is kept to a minimum to optimize the use of the warehouse floor.
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26 Guidebook for Air Cargo Facility Planning and Development footage was ascertained through a combination of air photographs (Bing Maps) and tenant surveys.
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Air Cargo Planning Approach and Process 27 Source: Google Earth Pro, CDM Smith Analysis. 3.4.4 Air Cargo Warehouse Truck Docks and Doors Air cargo warehouse throughput is often related to the number of available truck docks and truck doors to service the trucking side of the industry.
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