STAGING RUNWAY EXPANSION BY DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING FOR WASHINGTON NATIONAL AND DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS

A time-staging decision for a long-range runway expansion program has been developed by adapting the dynamic programming methodology to economic optimization for a given planning hoirizon. Specifically, major efforts are made to bring the model into a highly useful form and to further tie the theoretical concept to the working reality by testing the model on real-world examples. Washington National Airport and Dulles International Airport were selected as test cases. The results showed that National could best be served by adding a fourth runway and that Dulles already has too large a runway capacity for its air runway and that Dulles already has too large a runway capacity for its air traffic demand. Viewed in a multiairport perspective for the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region, the possibility of improving both airport operations by shifting some portion of National's demand to Dulles was indicated. A thorough evaluation of the methodology and its applicability revealed that the developed model should be capable of greatly benefiting the planning of airport runway operations. /Author/

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• Authors:
  • Yu, Jason C
  • Kerr, Richard D
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 11-17
• Monograph Title: Airport and air transport planning
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 588
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport capacity; Airport operations; Airport planning; Airport runways; Dynamic programming; Economics; Expansion; Mathematical models; Methodology; Metropolitan areas; Planning
• Identifier Terms: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; Washington Dulles International Airport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Capacity; Models
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159710
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309025540
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM