MOVEMENT TIME AS A COST IN AIRPORT OPERATIONS

Increased air traffic has brought significant increases in landing or take-off delays at some of the large metropolitan airports. The Federal Aviation Administration recently proposed hourly quotas for landings and take-offs at the major airports. The quotas would require severe reduction in general aviation traffic. One way in which general aviation movements could be limited, other than through quotas systems, is through revision of landing fees. At most airport landing fees are proportional to the gross weight of the aircraft, A more significant variable is the length of time that a movement takes. Assuming landing fees for large planes are the correct ones, a revision of landing fees to take into account the average time that aircraft of various types occupy the runways and approach paths would result in higher landing fees for general aviation traffic.

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  London School of Economics and Political Science

  Houghton Street, Aldwych
  London WC2A 2AE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Yance, J V
• Publication Date: 1969-1

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
  • Publisher: University of Bath
  • ISSN: 0022-5258
  • Serial URL: http://www.jtep.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport capacity; Airport operations; Finance; Landing fees; Traffic delays
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airspace capacity
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00073850
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: FLIGHT TRANSPORTATION LABORATORY, MIT DEPT. OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
• Report/Paper Numbers: Vol 3, no 1
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 1974 12:00AM