This paper takes up the airpot planning as a public policy problem, placing it in the context of relations between the agents involved or interested in the planning process. The aim is to present references from the field of strategic prospective that can be useful for Brazilian airport planning process. Such an important element of the infrastructure in a region, decisions regarding airport development impact several stakeholders, thus contributions of strategic prospective shown to be appropriate. Based on bibliographic review and analysis of airport planning in Brazilian context, the paper reinforces the complex nature of airport planning and the conclusions support the need to analyse the relantionship between the stakeholders and support the applicability of prospective methods for the context of national airport planning, particularly the MACTOR.
airport planning; stakeholders; strategic prospective