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The airport design manual is the guideline for designing airport facilities, thus, has significant influence on airport operations and costs. This research tried to study various airport design manuals, such as Aerodrome Design Manual by ICAO, Airport Design by FAA, and Airport Design Manual by Taiwan CAA. A comparison was made among the above design manuals. This research focused on airport reference code system and airport geometric design elements, such as runway width, runway longitudinal slopes, runway transverse slopes, runway shoulder, runway strips, runway safety area, clearways, stopways, taxiway width, taxiway longitudinal slopes, taxiway transverse slopes, taxiway shoulder, taxiway strips, taxiway safety area, the minimum separation between taxiways, exit and entrance taxiways, holding bay, bypass and aprons. Some inconsistencies was found between ICAO and FAA manuals. A case study for the Kaohsiung International Airport was conducted. The results showed that the runway length was not enough for B747 with maximum takeoff weight at the Kaohsiung International Airport. This deficiency might cause some problems for future demand situations. In addition, most of design elements could fulfill the international standards. The ones not fulfilled the international standards were due to land restrictions.
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