Carbon Emissions and Sustainability: Public Forum

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies (NASEM) has released two new resources on AAM at airports & vertiports. ACRP Research Report 236: Preparing Your Airport for Electric Aircraft and Hydrogen Technologies offers an introduction to the emerging electric aircraft industry, gives estimates of potential market growth, and provides guidance to help airports estimate the potential impacts of electric aircraft on their facilities and to be prepared to accommodate them. A series of appendices provides details on the assumptions and methods used in the research as well as helpful references for airport planning.

ACRP Research Report 243: Urban Air Mobility: An Airport Perspective provides a comprehensive examination of the emerging UAM industry with a focus on its impacts and opportunities for aviation facilities. On the airport planning side, don't miss Chapter 6: Planning Strategies for Integrating Urban Air Mobility into Airports that is the continuation of the conversation started with ACRP Research Report 236. The report features also extensive discussions on aviation security requirements, flight operations, STOLport facilities, etc.

Here are the links to these two reports:

• ACRP Research Report 236: Preparing Your Airport for Electric Aircraft & Hydrogen Technologies
• ACRP Research Report 243: Urban Air Mobility: An Airport Perspective