AIRPORTS & AVIATION

Our aviation professionals offer a complete range of services for all types of airports - from air carrier to general aviation. We use a systematic approach for aviation improvements; a program that enhances a community's competitive position well into the future.

WK Dickson is a recognized leader in airport planning and design. As such, our company is uniquely qualified to find the solutions to aviation-related projects and prepare design-ready plans for programming. We know how to get the right information and we know how to produce an efficient and functional design solution.

Our airport technical staff has been involved in over 500 airport projects, ranging from master plans to overall design of general aviation, reliever and air carrier airports. However, the majority of our aviation work focuses on airport rehabilitation, renovation, and upgrades at non-hub air carrier and busy general aviation airports.

Areas of expertise include:

• Airport Management Assistance
• Airport Master Planning
• Airfield Capacity Modeling
• Airport Lighting
• Environmental & Noise Impact Studies
• Runway, Taxiway, & Ramp Design
• Heliport Design
• Feasibility / Site Studies
• Terminals, Hangars & Cargo
• Approach Aid and Navaid Siting

Overview

Airports & Aviation

Roads & Highways

Traffic Studies

Pedestrian

Greenways

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There are 19,000 airports across the country. The majority of them (nearly 14,000) are private.

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport is world's busiest in terms of sheer passenger numbers with 41,123,857 enplanements (boardings only) by the FAA’s stats. The City’s web site states ATL hosted 83.6 million total passengers in 2004.

Before Air Traffic Control Towers were developed, pilots avoided other aircraft by a method called "see and be seen."