ANALYSIS FOR THE DESIGN OF BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEMS AT AIRPORTS

The first purpose of this study is to examine characteristics of baggage equipment that should be considered in the planning of new systems. Operating characteristics, space requirements, flexibility, impact on passengers, and costs of present and emerging systems are compared. The second purpose compares two techniques for modeling the outbound system in terms of usefulness for planning purposes. The two techniques are monte carlo simulation (probabilistic) and deterministic queuing (non-probabilistic).

• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • KARASH, K
• Publication Date: 1970-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Baggage; Baggage handling; Costs; Equipment; Landside capacity; Passengers; Simulation; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airport design
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00073884
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: FLIGHT TRANSPORTATION LABORATORY, MIT DEPT. OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
• Report/Paper Numbers: R70-30
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 1974 12:00AM