A Simulation Model for Airport Runway Capacity Estimation

This paper presents a simulation model applied for estimating the capacity of airport's runway systems. Different from most analytical runway capacity estimation models which use mathematical formulas to compute capacity directly and some other programming-intensive simulation models, the authors utilize a sophisticated discrete event simulation software, Arena, to construct a runway capacity estimation model. This model combines arrival's airside phase (final approach) and groundside phase (landing and taxiing) together. What's more, since the authors have considered several most significant phenomena with effect on the capacity in the model, such as fleet mix, performance, and location of exit way, it can be built into other relevant simulation models to serve as a virtual runway system with enough fidelity and practicability. At the end of this paper, an example for hours' operation in Beijing Capital International Airport demonstrates the estimation made by the authors model is highly reliable.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2014.6958117
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• Authors:
  • Zou, Xiang
  • Cheng, Peng
  • 0009-0002-5985-3836
  • Cheng, Nong
• Conference:
  • 17th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC14)
  • Location: Qingdao , China
  • Date: 2014-10-8 to 2014-10-11
• Publication Date: 2014-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 2669-2674
• Monograph Title: 17th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC14)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport capacity; Airport operations; Airport runways; Landing; Simulation; Taxiing
• Identifier Terms: Beijing Capital International Airport
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01561999
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 28 2015 3:09PM