A FIRST APPROXIMATION SATELLITE TERMINAL SYSTEM EVALUATION MODEL

TO EVALUATE A VARIETY OF OFF-AIRPORT SATELLITE AIR TERMINAL CONCEPTS, AN ITERATIVE EVALUATION MODEL IS DEVELOPED THAT IS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON TIME AND COST IMPEDANCES. AN ANALYSIS IS MADE OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS BY WHICH A PASSENGER GAINS ACCESS TO AN AIRCRAFT AND FROM THIS ANALYSIS, COMPONENT SUB-MODELS ARE DEVELOPED TO DEFINE SYSTEM DEMAND FLOW RATES, LEVEL OF SERVICE SUPPLIED AND SYSTEM COSTS. THESE SUB-MODELS ARE THEN SYNTHESIZED INTO THE DESIRED EVALUATION MODEL AND A METHODOLOGY TO BE USED IN ESTABLISHING OFF-AIRPORT SATELLITE TERMINAL SYSTEM PLANNING GUIDELINES IS DEVELOPED. THE APPROACH UTILIZES GENERAL OR GROSS CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE AIRPORT ACCESS PROCESS AND AVOIDS SPECIFIC DETAILS OF REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS, AIRPORT DESIGN AND TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY. A HYPOTEHTICAL EXAMPLE IS TESTED AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSES ARE MADE FOR A NUMBER OF COST AND TIME PARAMETERS. /AUTHOR (GRA)/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract DOT-FA70WA-2385
• Corporate Authors:

  Princeton University

  Department of Civil and Geological Engineering
  Princeton, NJ  United States  08540
• Authors:
  • Snell, J E
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 173 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport access; Airports; Artificial satellites; Costs; Simulation; Time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost data
• Old TRIS Terms: Satellite program; Time factor
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226629
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Aerospace Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 16 1974 12:00AM