GATE POSITION REQUIREMENTS AT METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS

The number of gate positions required at an airport, or the number of flights that can be accommodated at a given number of gate positions, depends on how efficiently each gate position is used. The airlines schedule and the airport's operating policies influence the efficient use of the gate positions. A simple stochastic model describing the behavior of flights relative to their schedule was developed based on empirical information. The model was then used to study the influence of a common scheduling practice of bank operation on the requirements for gate positions. It was found that a completely uniform schedule generates the minimum requirement. A procedure is measured to estimate the number of gate positions required at an airport.

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• Authors:
  • Steuart, G N
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 169-189
• Serial:
  • Transportation Science
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • ISSN: 0041-1655
  • Serial URL: http://transci.journal.informs.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport capacity; Airport operations; Gates; Mathematical models; Metropolitan areas; Policy; Scheduling; Stochastic processes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airspace capacity; Models
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Policy; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00155685
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM