Airport Master Planning & Capacity / Phasing Studies
Greenfield + brownfield airport master plans with capacity, phasing, land-use and demand-forecast modelling.
HOK's Aviation + Transportation practice produces long-horizon master plans that align passenger and cargo forecasts with airfield, terminal, landside and aerotropolis capacity. The team contributed to the Hamad International Airport (DOH) long-range plan now being executed at 70 mppa for 2030, advised on King Abdulaziz International (JED) expansion thinking, and is currently designing AlUla International Airport in Saudi Arabia under the Royal Commission for AlUla. Standard outputs include 20-year demand curves, phasing diagrams that protect operations during construction, IATA Level-of-Service A targets, and concept-grade Revit + IFC models that downstream architects, engineers and contractors can pick up without remodelling. Studies routinely cover Vision 2030 hub plays, secondary-city upgrades and military-to-civilian conversions.
Key specs
| Typical project size | 10-65 mppa horizon |
| Planning horizon | 20-30 years |
| Phasing duration (typical) | 12-25 years across 3-5 phases |
| IATA LOS target | A (optimum) |
| Demand-forecast methods | Top-down + bottom-up + scenario tested |
| BIM deliverable | Revit + open IFC at LOD 200 |
| Reference plans | DOH, JED, AlUla, LaGuardia, SLC, Tampa |
| Planning studio locations | London · Dubai · Atlanta · St. Louis |