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Assessing Climate Change Risk
for Our Nation's Airports
Whether it's more frequently inundated runways in one region or an increased occurrence of fluctuating temperatures
affecting aircraft performance in another, climate change impacts pose a diverse set of management challenges to airports.
Very little airport-specific climate change adaptation research has been conducted, making it difficult for airport operators to
assess and mitigate potential climate risks.
As part of the Transportation Research Board's Airport
increase challenges to the operating environment, but it
Cooperative Research Program (ACRP), Dewberry was
also identifies potential opportunities, such as decreased
selected to lead a team to conduct research, create a
de-icing requirements.
guidebook, and develop a screening tool that will help
Once completed, the guidebook and screening tool
airport operators conduct initial screening of the risks
will enable airport planners and managers to assess
and potential benefits posed to their operations and assets
climate risk based on a range of climate projections
from climate change. The client's main objective is for
and airport characteristics. As a result, airport owners,
airport operators to have the information they need to
executives, engineers, planners, and operators can come
understand potential impacts, assess risks, and identify
together and incorporate these considerations into their
actions to adapt to climate change.
existing framework when planning and making capital
Research-Based Tools
to Support Resiliency
investment decisions.
The research phase has been completed and a draft
version of the guidebook is being reviewed by an ACRP
While airports are often nimble and adaptable
study panel. Once the guidebook is finalized, Dewberry
organizations given the range of risks they confront,
will begin to develop the screening tool, based on the
the research and screening tool will help airports better
team's research, and test the software. The team expects
assimilate current climate science into tangible actions
to be finished with the guidebook and screening tool by
that can support development of a more resilient
mid-2014.
operation. This includes how climate change might
Assessing climate change risk will give airports
around the country the opportunity to integrate
climate resiliency into their operations.
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