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Analytical Method for Calculating Sustainable Airport Capacity

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  • Paola Di Mascio

    (Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, Sapienza—University of Rome, Via Eudossiana 18, 00186 Rome, Italy)

  • Gregorio Rappoli

    (Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, Sapienza—University of Rome, Via Eudossiana 18, 00186 Rome, Italy)

  • Laura Moretti

    (Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, Sapienza—University of Rome, Via Eudossiana 18, 00186 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

Capacity is the attitude of an airport to manage a number of operations in a given time interval within a fixed maximum delay (and under given safety conditions). Capacity studies are commonly carried out on five levels of analysis according to the required detail in order to identify the best option that balances economic, logistic and safety issues. This study focuses on level 3 (i.e., analytical methods) developing a calculation model to assess the runway capacity. The model was calibrated by comparing the outputs of different airport configurations with those provided by the circular of the Federal Aviation Administration Airport Capacity and Delay. The model was well calibrated with maximum differences in the analyzed configurations that stood at 1 or 2 movements/hour. The runway capacity of an international airport was calculated and compared to that of the entire airside, assessed through fast time simulation, in a previous study. The analytical model provides runway capacity slightly higher than that of the entire air system, as it cannot evaluate all the critical issues present in the airport that reduce its maximum theoretical capacity. Therefore, depending on the degree of detail required, you can use the developed model or the simulation software; the use of the latter is possible when the airside infrastructure does not adequately support the runway system or in cases of advanced design level.

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  • Paola Di Mascio & Gregorio Rappoli & Laura Moretti, 2020. "Analytical Method for Calculating Sustainable Airport Capacity," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(21), pages 1-15, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:21:p:9239-:d:441050
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    1. Paola Di Mascio & Riccardo Carrara & Luca Frasacco & Eleonora Luciano & Andrea Ponziani & Laura Moretti, 2021. "How the Tower Air Traffic Controller Workload Influences the Capacity in a Complex Three-Runway Airport," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-14, March.

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