THE FAA'S AIRPORT LANDSIDE MODEL: ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO DELAY ANALYSIS

Computer implemented analytic models have been developed which will assist in the quantitative assessment of the adequacy of the airport landside; that is, the portion of the airport property not utilized by aircraft. The primary measures of adequacy are passenger delay and passenger processing time. Detailed analytic models have been derived using queuing theory for those airport landside components which are essential to passenger processing. Also, a landside analysis program has been developed to quantify airport landside delay and capacity. The major outputs of this program are the per passenger processing times and cumulative processing times at each terminal unit and groundside area in an airport for both enplaning and deplaning passengers, and a summary of the delay and total processing times at an airport by terminal and for the entire airport. Processing time is separated into delay, service, and travel time. This program has been applied to the existing and planned facilities at the large hub air carrier airports and a large data base has been created for these large hub airports. The data base is constructed so the data can be modified or additional data input can be made in a relatively straightforward manner. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  HH Aerospace Design Company, Incorporated

  Civil Air Terminal
  Bedford, MA  United States  01730
• Authors:
  • Gentry, D E
  • Doyle, K M
• Publication Date: 1978-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 106 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access; Airport terminals; Airports; Arrivals and departures; Cargo handling; Computer programs; Databases; Freight terminals; Intermodal terminals; Landside capacity; Management; Mathematical models; Parking facilities; Passenger service; Passengers; Planning; Queuing theory; Roads; Scheduling; Simulation; Traffic; Traffic congestion; Traffic delays; Travel time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Congestion
• Old TRIS Terms: Deplaning; Management planning and control; Passenger delay; Processing; Queueing theory
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00175460
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-AVP-78-2 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA76WAI-643
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1978 12:00AM