THE DERIVATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE PASSENGER PEAK HOUR: AN EMPIRICAL APPLICATION TO BRAZIL

Many different definitions are currently used to define a design peak hour at airports, such that the majority of passengers receive adequate service levels and only an acceptably small proportion experience the impact of congestion. The evaluation of level of service provision depends on this definition. Previous definitions have either used a nominal hour below the absolute peak or have taken a representative hour from the schedule of flights. This paper endeavors to define this level of traffic empirically. Data for 48 Brazilian airport covering a five-year period are analyzed to develop a methodology for and determine the appropriate peak hour for design standards. This empirically derived traffic level is regressed against annual traffic levels to establish a relationship that should enable the forecast of design peak hour demand with changing annual throughputs.

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• Authors:
  • Wang, P Y
  • Pitfield, D E
• Publication Date: 1999-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 135-141
• Serial:
  • Journal of Air Transport Management
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0969-6997
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09696997

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Flight control systems; Passenger terminals; Passenger traffic; Peak hour traffic; Schedules and scheduling
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00792834
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 27 2000 12:00AM