AN EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE TERMINAL DESIGNS FOR AIRPORTS

This thesis is a study of terminal design and their impact on the service provided to the passenger. A GPSS simulation was written to evaluate terminal configuration concepts. This model was given the capability of simulating most known designs. Three designs were selected for specific evaluation in this thesis - finger pier, mobile lounge, and gate arrival types. The two basic level of service variables used were path times and walking distance.

• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • Fay, D R
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Pagination: 220 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport concourses; Airport facilities; Airport terminals; Impacts; Intermodal terminals; Level of service; Mobile lounges; Simulation; Structural design; Walking distance; Walkways
• Old TRIS Terms: Gate-arrival terminals; Pier-finger terminals; Terminal design; Terminal facilitation
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00155457
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM