Analysis of airport weather impact on on-time performance of arrival flights for the Brazilian domestic air transportation system

Air traffic operations are significantly impacted by weather conditions. These external factors may impose operational constraints and generate demand-capacity imbalances, leading to reduced on-time performance, additional airline costs and inconveniences to passengers. Efficient management of such disruptions requires an understanding of the main causes of flight delays towards increasing their predictability. In this study, the authors investigate the impacts of airport surface weather conditions on the likelihood of flight delays for the Brazilian domestic air transportation system. They use historical flight schedule, on-time performance and weather data and estimate a logit model to analyze how different meteorological variables at the airport of destination affect the probability of a delayed arrival. The authors obtain empirical evidence for the impacts of low ceiling and visibility conditions, precipitation and wind gusts on the likelihood of arrival delays for the set of Brazilian airports analyzed.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2020.101974
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969699720305573
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  • © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • de Oliveira, McWillian
  • Eufrásio, Ana Beatriz Rebouças
  • Guterres, Marcelo Xavier
  • Murça, Mayara Condé Rocha
  • Gomes, Rogéria de Arantes
• Publication Date: 2021-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Serial:
  • Journal of Air Transport Management
  • Volume: 91
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0969-6997
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09696997

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Arrivals and departures; Domestic transportation; On time performance; Weather conditions
• Geographic Terms: Brazil
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01760180
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 17 2020 9:53AM