DFTERMINATION OF STOL AIR TERMINAL TRAFFIC CAPACITY THROUGH USE OF COMPUTER SIMULATION

THE CAPACITY OF AN AIR TERMINAL FOR SHORT TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT IS ANALYZED. THE TERMINAL IS CONSIDERED TO BE OPERATING AS PART OF AN INTRA-URBAN AIR RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM. THE AIR TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH THE TERMINAL IS MODELED BY A COMPUTER SIMULATION WRITTEN IN BOTH THE FORTRAN IV AND GPSS LANGUAGES. THE MODEL IS USED TO SOLVE THE TRAFFIC CAPACITY PROBLEM UNDER TWO SETS OF TRAFFIC CONTROL RULES. IN THE FIRST CASE, EXISTING FAA RULES, WHICH REQUIRE 3 MILES SEPARATION BETWEEN ARRIVALS AND 2 MILES BETWEEN AN ARRIVAL AND A DEPARTURE, ARE USED. IN A SECOND CASE, THE RULES ARE 2 MILES BETWEEN ARRIVALS AND 1 MILE BETWEEN AN ARRIVAL AND A DEPARTURE. A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE MODEL IS PRESENTED SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT USE THE MODEL. /AUTHOR/GRAY/

• Corporate Authors:

  Naval Postgraduate School

  1 University Circle
  Monterey, CA  United States  93943
• Authors:
  • Rinker, R E
• Publication Date: 1971-9

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 69 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Airport capacity; Arrivals and departures; Highway capacity; Information processing; Intermodal terminals; Mathematical models; Rapid transit; Simulation; STOL aircraft; STOL ports; Traffic simulation; Transportation; V/STOL aircraft
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airspace capacity; Models; Transportation systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227393
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Aerospace Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: Ms Thesis
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 16 1974 12:00AM