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Lightning-Warning Systems for Use by Airports


TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 8: Lightning-Warning Systems for Use by Airports explores the operational benefits associated with delay reductions that lightning detection and warning systems may be able to generate.  The report is designed to help in the assessment of whether such systems are cost-beneficial on an individual airport or airline basis.




Date Posted: 11/03/2008

Type: Recently Released TRB Publications

Subjects: Aviation, Administration and Management, Finance and Economics, Safety and Human Factors
TRB Publication: ACRP Report #8
Project: ACRP 04-02
TRT Terms: Warning systems, Warning devices, Storms, Airport operations, Benefit cost analysis, Airlines, Lightning
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