O'HARE DELAY TASK FORCE STUDY. VOLUME III. TECHNICAL APPENDICES

This joint FAA/City of Chicago/airline study of air traffic delay at Chicago O'Hare International Airport is presented in three volumes. The first volume is an executive summary of the study findings and recommendations. The second volume is the technical report, covering the findings, conclusions and documentation of the data and methodology utilized in the study. The third volume consists of appendices which contain data and explanatory materials. This study of air traffic delay at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, its causes and potential solutions outlines a comprehensive program of delay reduction measures that have the potential to dramatically reduce the level and cost of delay. The study also quantifies benefits of elements of the upgraded third generation air traffic control system. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, AD-A030 237.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Great Lakes Region, 2300 East Devon Avenue
  Des Plaines, IL  United States  60018
• Publication Date: 1976-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 181 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Airport capacity; Airport runways; Analysis; Costs; Landing fields; Queuing theory; Scheduling; Simulation; Takeoff; Traffic; Traffic delays
• Identifier Terms: Chicago O'Hare International Airport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Airsim computer program; Gatesim computer program; Queueing theory
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00146060
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-AGL-76-1-Vol-3
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 16 1977 12:00AM