ACCESS TO AIRPORTS; AN APPLICATION OF DTEM

This report describes the application of DTEM to the study of highway access to major airports in the tri-state region. The airports were studied individually and in completion with each other, in those situations: 1. Existing highway system; three airports, 2. a 1990 highway system; five airports; 3. A 1990 highway system; four airports. The 1990 system was created for study purposes only, and did not represent an official highway plan. The results show that: 2. About 82 precent of the regional population is within an hour's travel time of at least one major airport. 3. Mid-Manhattan is most accessible to LaGuardia but is within an hour of all three airports. 4. The pattern of planned development by 1990 causes the Newark tributary area to gain 9 percent of the regional population. 5. The addition of a fourth major airport in the vicinity of Newburgh in Orange County would place 13 percent of the 1990 population in its tributary area, diverting 10 percent from LaGuardia and 3 percent from Newark. 6. Without the fourth airport, about 77 percent of the 1990 population would be within an hour of a major airport; with it, 89 percent. 7. The distribution of flights among the airports as scheduled by the airlines was a stronger influence than accessibility, on the distribution of passenger trips among the airports.

• Corporate Authors:

  Tri-State Regional Planning Commission

  100 Church Street
  New York, NY  United States  10007
• Authors:
  • Jordan, D
• Publication Date: 1974-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport access; Airports; Landside capacity; Mathematical models
• Identifier Terms: LaGuardia Airport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00155541
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1977 12:00AM