A Guide for Airport All-Hazard Recovery Planning (RFP)

Airports face different types of incidents and disasters, each with their own level of severity, which may result in major operational disruption, contributing to financial setbacks and emotional distress among airport employees, tenants, and passengers. Resources such as FAA AC 150-5200-31C, Airport Emergency Plan and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Response Framework, Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 101, and the National Incident Management System provide foundational guidance to prepare U.S. airports to respond to all types of incidents and disasters. However, many airports do not have detailed recovery plans as they are difficult to develop and airport-specific guidance on incident and disaster recovery is limited. Research is needed to support airports in understanding the recovery process following all-hazard incidents and disasters, whether they are small incidents that cause minimal disruptions or major disasters that cause significant disruptions and require intervention from external stakeholders. The objective of this research is to develop a guide for airports to plan and execute a recovery from all-hazard incidents and disasters. The guide should be scalable to all types of airports and speak to airport emergency planners and executives. The guide must include an executive summary and a template for an airport recovery plan. The template should be inclusive of everything from initial recovery to back to normal operations and include checklists for short-, medium-, and long-term actions.