SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE THREAT OF POTENTIAL AERODROME OBSTACLES ON FLIGHT SAFETY OPERATIONS, IN MALLAM AMINU KANO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KANO-NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorIBRAHIM, Audu
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-24T08:26:33Z
dc.date.available2017-04-24T08:26:33Z
dc.date.issued2016-05
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTEROF SCIENCE IN REMOTE SENSING AND GIS DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study focuses on the spatial analysis of the threat of potential Aerodrome obstacles on flight safety operations, in the study area. The safety of travelling by air is an absolute pre-requisite for air transport, as it is recognized as a very safe and fastest mode of transportation worldwide. The safety of an aircraft around the vicinity of an aerodrome during approach, take-off and taxing around the maneuvering area is very critical and of tremendous significant in flight operations.Quick Bird satellite images, coordinates from field survey using Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) and administrative map of the study area, were some of the materials/data used for the study. Average nearest neighbor statistics was utilized to analyze the spatial patterns of distribution of the identified aerodrome obstacles.Level of conformity of the location of the aerodrome obstacles with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards and recommended practices (SARPS) was determined by characterizing the obstacles into authorized and unauthorized obstacles. The research findings identified eight (8)types obstacles which include antennas, trees, buildings, instrument landing systems (ILS), communication mast, hill, pole and concrete pillar that penetrates into different obstacle limitation surfaces within the study area. The result further revealed that60.0% of the obstacles atMAKIA aerodrome were communication masts, 26.7% are made up of the instrument landing system (ILS).14.8% of the obstacle constitute of trees, 3.0% of the obstructions were buildings, while antenna, concrete pillar, hill and pole contributes 1.5%, 1.5%, 0.7% and 0.7% respectively.The result also indicated that the obstacles on the approach surface, runway, inner horizontal surface, conical surface and transition surface were clustered, while those obstacles on the take-off climb and the outer horizontal surface were dispersed. It was also observed that 147 obstacles lies within the study area, of which only 41 were authorized obstacles, and these obstacles were found on the runway and transitional surface, and are basically Lighting/ ILS for an aircraft approaching the runway. On the other hand, the study revealed 106 unauthorized obstacles, most of them found on the inner horizontal surface. The conical surface has 14 unauthorized obstacles, the runway and transitional surface have 12 unauthorized obstacles while the approach, take-off climb and the outer horizontal surface have 9, 2 and 2 respectively. In view of the threats / risk posed by the identified obstacles, efforts should be made by all the Aviation Stake Holders to keep the study area and of course all the airports free of obstacles that may have direct or indirect operational significance to the safety of an aircraft, so that flight safety operations can be adequately enhanced.Consequently, based on the findings of these studies. It is recommended that Nigeria being a member state of ICAO, should as a matter of urgency be ICAO e –TOD compliant (Electronic, Terrain and Obstacles data). As this will go a long way in checking the menace of Aircraft / Obstacles collision to the barest minimum, so as to ensure regularity, efficiency and above all safety in Aviation Industry.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8917
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSPATIAL ANALYSIS,en_US
dc.subjectTHREAT,en_US
dc.subjectOTENTIAL AERODROME OBSTACLES,en_US
dc.subjectFLIGHT SAFETY OPERATIONS,en_US
dc.subjectMALLAMAMINU KANO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,en_US
dc.subjectKANO-NIGERIAen_US
dc.titleSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE THREAT OF POTENTIAL AERODROME OBSTACLES ON FLIGHT SAFETY OPERATIONS, IN MALLAM AMINU KANO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KANO-NIGERIAen_US
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