A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AIRPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING

Airport expansion planning must typically adopt a long-term perspective with time horizons of 15-50 years. In order to develop a decision support tool suitable for airport planning at the strategic level, this paper describes an integrated set of macroscopic models for the estimation of the capacity of an airfield and the associated delays. The emphasis is on obtaining reliable approximations to the quantities of interest quickly and with a limited set of inputs. The models account for the dynamic characteristics of airfield capacity and demand, as well as for some stochastic aspects of airfield operations. They are sensitive to airfield geometry, the operational characteristics of the airfield and of the local air traffic control system, and the characteristics of the local air traffic demand for airport access and services. Through its integrated structure, the decision support tool can account for interactions among operations at different parts of the airfield. The model was evaluated and validated at Rome's Fiumicino Airport.

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• Authors:
  • Stamatopoulos, M A
  • Zografos, K G
  • Odoni, A R
• Publication Date: 2004-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 91-117
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0968-090X
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0968090X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Airport capacity; Airport planning; Airport runways; Airport traffic; Airports; Aprons (Airports); Decision support systems; Flight delays; Landside operations (Airports); Mathematical models; Strategic planning
• Identifier Terms: Leonardo da Vinci International Airport
• Geographic Terms: Rome (Italy)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00980566
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 24 2004 12:00AM