DOMESTIC AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING

1.7.0  SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE PROJECT

This scope of this thesis is restricted to the passenger terminal building within the airport and NOT the entire airport as a whole. This is to say that the work involves the only the landside of the airport (and not the airside) which includes the terminal building and auxiliary (supporting) facilities within the landside premises. These are briefly listed below:

v Exterior elements:

  Terminal building;

  Well-defined road network;

  Parking lots;

  Signs;

  Fire station;

  Motel;

v Terminal building:

Entrance hall;

Departure lounge;

Arrivals lounge;

Baggage reclaim hall;

Outbound baggage hall;

Shops and snack bars;

Conveniences;

Supporting office spaces.

  1.8.0  PROJECT JUSTIFICATION

 The passenger terminal building is chosen and located in the Makurdi Airport premises, which is a domestic airport in Makurdi, Benue State, for the following reasons:

The existing terminal building on the site is small and outdated;

Aviation prospects in the state of project location is terribly poor;

The existing facility has no provision for future expansion.

 1.9.0  RELEVANCE OF PROJECT

 This rearch will help to contribute and extend the frontiers of knowledge in the academic development of aviation architecture. It also exposes all aspects of professional details and necessary techniques of scientific investigation in this field.

 In other words, this guide provides the basic criteria to organize, evaluate, plan, programme and design airport terminal facilities. The information presented is intended to make researchers aware of important design considerations and to aid them in project development.