ANALYSIS OF DUAL LANE RUNWAYS

An interservice ad hoc Dual Lane Runway (DLRW) Committee was established in January 1971 to develop, evaluate and demonstrate dual lane runway design criteria, modes of operation and site selection criteria. In support of this effort, data was collected on dual lane runway operations at Cleveland Hopkins, Boston Logan, Los Angeles International, and Atlanta Hartsfield International Airports. The Lincoln Laboratory of MIT was employed to conduct real time (man-in-the-loop) and fast time (canned program) computer simulations of dual lane runway configurations and operation strategies. The bulk of their work dealt with using one runway for arrivals only and one runway for departures only. The dual lane analysis was extended by the Airport Design Branch of the Systems Research and Development Service (SRDS) to include modes of operation where both runways were used for arrivals and one or more runways for departures. A model predicting potential missed approaches was used for this effort. (Modified author abstract)

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Systems R&D Service, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Ball, C T
• Publication Date: 1974-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 61 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Design; Real time control; Real time data processing; Simulation
• Identifier Terms: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport; Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; Logan International Airport; Los Angeles International Airport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Fast time
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057000
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-RD-73-97 Final Rpt
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM