Planning, Engineering, and Technology Services
Airport Services Division
Our Airport Services Division provides technical assistance and expertise to assist eligible airport sponsors with a variety of improvement activities that range from planning to construction. The division manages funding programs for improvement projects and supports activities to enhance safe airport environments.Â
- Planning and Environmental Services
- Engineering Services
- Facilities and Technology Services
Our ASD planners and engineers are assigned to each airport as primary points of contact for planning and engineering services. The team is also responsible for managing:
- Licensing of public-use airports
- Licensing and registration of private-use airports
- Aviation system planning on behalf of the Commonwealth and the Virginia Airport Transportation System Plan
- General Aviation Airport Voluntary Security Certification Program
Planning and Environmental Services
Provides planning and environmental guidance to airport sponsors and managers; federal, state, and local officials; and other stakeholders.
Engineering Services
Facilities and Technology Services
Serves as the division’s lead for new technology initiatives such as UAS and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) projects and manages DOAV’s system of state-owned NAVAIDs.
Aviation Programs and Resources
Provides oversight and access to a variety of funding programs and resources for airport facilities and sponsors.
Planning and Environmental Services
The Planning and Environmental Section provides planning and environmental guidance to airport sponsors and managers; federal, state, and local officials; and other stakeholders. The planners assist sponsors with planning, environmental compliance, land acquisition, and terminal building conceptual projects; they manage grants for these projects. A primary function of the section is assisting airport sponsors in the develop their Six-Year Airport Capital Improvement Plans (ACIP’s). Other core section functions are to review and approve master plans and to facilitate environmental resource actions, including the circularization of airspace studies, utility applications, local land-use and permitting requests, and Coastal Zone Resource Management (CZRM) requests.
The section is responsible for developing and maintaining the Virginia Continuous Airport System Planning Program (VCASP), which includes statewide projects such as the Virginia Air Transportation System Plan (VATSP), economic impact studies, pavement management studies, and other projects of statewide and national aviation interests. The section provides expertise to multimodal planning efforts and other aviation policy matters at all levels of government.
Engineering Services
Facilities and Technology Services
