Description
An airport is the first impression of a country or a city. They must be meticulously planned as they showcase positivity about the place. The two major aspects to planning an airport are air-side development and city-side development. While air-side development consists of technical issues related to runways, taxiways and apron, along with air traffic control tower etc, city-side development connects the aeroplane to the terminal building through the aerobridge. Since India lacks world-class infrastructure facilities, there is a lot of scope for development of existing as well as green airports.
Requirements
Though there is no special course required to be an airport planner, a bachelor’s degree in architecture with airport planning as an elective subject can help in training a person to build such specialised buildings. Thereafter, one can do specialisation and an advanced postgraduate diploma course in airport planning. Certain institutes have special short-term courses in airport planning where one can learn about the basics
Job Prospects
Starting salary for an airport designer working in an architect’s firm is Rs. 25,000 per month, which can rise up to Rs. 3 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh with 15 to 20 years of experience. As an airport planning consultant, you can earn Rs. 1.5 lakh to Rs. 20 lakh per month. There are great opportunities in the government, semi-government and private sector
Pros & Cons
It’s a highly paid profession but getting projects can be a difficult task. There is a good scope of employment in this field.
