OPTIMUM SIZING OF AIRPORT TERMINAL FACILITIES

This paper reports on the development of an algorithm for computing the minimum amount of space required for an airport terminal. Current practice of computing space requirements relies heavily on "peak-hour" forecasts. These forecasts are suspect because they fail to show the variations which occur within a peak hour, especially now with the use of wide-body jets. To overcome this deficiency an algorithm was devised which takes as input an airline schedule and produces the minimum amount of space required. Since no formal mathematical technique could be found to solve this large combinatorial problem, the algorithm was based on heuristic programming. It allocates loads from flights to facilities in such a manner that the sum of the areas of the facilities is a minimum. /Author/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Gordon & Breach Science Publishers Limited

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  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Braaksma, J P
  • Shortreed, J H
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 97-109
• Serial:
  • Engineering Optimization
  • Volume: 2
  • Publisher: Street NW
  • ISSN: 0305-215X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Economic efficiency; Forecasting; Freight terminals; Intermodal terminals; Landside capacity; Mathematical models; Optimization; Passenger traffic; Peak hour traffic; Traffic flow; Transfer points; Transfers; Transportation modes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Optimum; Passenger flow; Terminal capacity; Terminus
• ITRD Terms: 1037: Airport; 1195: Change (transp); 5911: Efficiency; 132: Forecast; 6473: Mathematical model
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00144428
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 1977 12:00AM