VALIDATION OF AN AIRPORT SIMULATION MODEL

This paper describes the validation of an airport simulation model, called DELCAP for DELay CAPacity, the two quantities which it measures, for use in estimating the traffic rates attainable at major busy U.S. airports. The simulation model outputs are compared to those of other models for simple cases to which both apply and to actual throughput data for several airports, with differences usually less than 6 to 8 percent.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C. Pub. in Proceedings, Bicentennial Winter Simulation Conference, Gaithersburg, Md. 6-8 Jun 76, v1 p273-277 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Bureau of Standards

  Gaithersburg, MD  United States 

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Authors:
  • GILSINN, J F
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic; Air traffic control; Airports; Estimating; Mathematical models; Simulation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Proving; Rates per time
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00166452
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 28 2002 12:00AM