TECHNICAL REPORT ON AIRPORT CAPACITY AND DELAY STUDIES

This report contains documentation of the technical studies leading to the preparation of an airfield capacity and delay handbook for the Federal Aviation Administration. The effort was divided into four major areas: (1) Introduction, including definitions of airfield capacity and delay; (2) Airfield capacity and delay models; (3) Validation of capacity and delay models; and (4) Handbook development, including technical studies, presentation concepts, and production. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., San Francisco, Calif., McDonnell Douglas Automation, Co., Long Beach, Calif. and American Airlines, Inc., New York, N. Y.
• Corporate Authors:

  Douglas Aircraft Company, Incorporated

  3855 Lakewood Boulevard
  Long Beach, CA  United States  90801
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 186 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic; Airports; Civil aviation; Computer programs; Conservation; Handbooks; Highway capacity; Planning; Simulation; Traffic delays
• Uncontrolled Terms: Resource management
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00146689
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-RD-76-153 Final Rpt., DAC-88277
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA72WA-2897
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM