This guidebook guides readers through a step-by-step process for developing a strategic approach to airport planning. It provides information, tools, and techniques that can be used by airport professionals, airport policymakers, and related industry associations to develop or understand strategic plans that guide airport-related decisions and actions. The key content of the Guidebook is set forth in Exhibit 1-1. The Guidebook is based on the knowledge, expertise, opinions, and recommendations of airport executives and other airport industry professionals gained through focus group discussions, an online survey, one-on-one interviews, and workshops. As with other subject areas, the body of knowledge regarding strategic planning rests with the practitioners who apply and advance it. The Guidebook includes proven traditional techniques and tools that have been effectively applied by some airport executives, as well as innovative practices that are emerging in the airport and other industries. For example, the Guidebook addresses the concepts of strategic agility and acuity, which define how an organization can remain strategically adaptable to an everchanging environment and, to the extent possible, be proactive in identifying opportunities, unforeseen events, and changing conditions. It also draws on a number of articles, reports, research efforts, books, and studies that address strategic planning and/or airport planning. Link to ISI CD-ROM image: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/acrp/acrp_rpt_020_CD.iso