Course detail
Airport I
FSI-OLZ Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester
The course Airport I is concerned with legislative, operating and technical conditions of the airport traffic in Czech Republic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
4
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
No special requirements.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The course-unit credit requirements: passing the test (75 % at the minimum), the test results are discussed with students. The exam has an oral part only, based on a set of three lot-drawn questions. In case of doubts, an additional question may be asked.
The attendance at both lectures and seminars is compulsory (80% at the minimum), and it is checked and recorded. The absence (in justifiable cases) can be compensated by personal consultation with the lecturer and working out individually assignments. Individual assignments must be finished and handed in during the course-unit credit week at the latest.
Aims
The course objective is to make students familiar with the airport as an element of the air traffic, and of operating and technical requirements for the infrastructure and airport operation in accordance with current legislation.
Students will be made familiar with the operational conditions of the airport. They will learn of scientific aerial terminology related to airports.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-LKT-P: Aerospace Technology , Master's
specialization TLT: Airtransport and Airport Technology, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Types of aerodrome, Operating conditions, Certification
2. Aerodrome reference code
3. Aerodrome data
4. Bearing capacity of carriageways
5. Declared runway distances
6. Runway, Taxiway, Apron
7. Strip, Shoulder
8. Clearway, Stopway, Runway turn pad
9. Obstacle areas
10. Marking
11. Indicators and signs
12. Signals
13. Lights
Exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Legislation to airports in the Czech Republic
2. Airport traffic performance indicators
3. Airports in the Czech Republic
4. Information about airports in AIP
5. Transit airport
6. Regional airports
7. Physical properties of Brno – Tuřany Airport
8. Physical properties of Brno – Tuřany Airport
9. Physical properties of Brno – Tuřany Airport
10. Technical equipment of Brno – Tuřany Airport
11. Technical equipment of Brno – Tuřany Airport
12. Technical equipment of Brno – Tuřany Airport
13. Final seminar of Airport I