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The Landing Capacity of a Runway

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  • Alfred Blumstein

    (Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc., Buffalo, New York, and Cornell University, Ithaca, New York)

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An expression is developed for the landing capacity (or service rate) of a single runway in which aircraft are restricted by a minimum space separation at the beginning of a common approach glide path and by a minimum time separation at the runway. The conditions at any terminal may be inserted to determine its characteristic landing capacity. Single runways at the New York area terminals are shown to have landing capacities of 30--40 landings per hour. It is shown that the greatest improvement in the present landing rate can be achieved by reducing the separation at the beginning of the common path, and that little is gained by reducing only the time separation at the runway.

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  • Alfred Blumstein, 1959. "The Landing Capacity of a Runway," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 7(6), pages 752-763, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:7:y:1959:i:6:p:752-763
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.7.6.752
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    1. Julia Bennell & Mohammad Mesgarpour & Chris Potts, 2013. "Airport runway scheduling," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 204(1), pages 249-270, April.
    2. Jacquillat, Alexandre & Odoni, Amedeo R., 2018. "A roadmap toward airport demand and capacity management," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 114(PA), pages 168-185.
    3. Cynthia Barnhart & Peter Belobaba & Amedeo R. Odoni, 2003. "Applications of Operations Research in the Air Transport Industry," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 37(4), pages 368-391, November.
    4. Coy, Steven, 2006. "A global model for estimating the block time of commercial passenger aircraft," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 12(6), pages 300-305.
    5. Ruan, Liying & Gardi, Alessandro & Sabatini, Roberto, 2021. "Operational efficiency analysis of Beijing multi-airport terminal airspace," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 92(C).
    6. J. E. Beasley & M. Krishnamoorthy & Y. M. Sharaiha & D. Abramson, 2000. "Scheduling Aircraft Landings—The Static Case," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 34(2), pages 180-197, May.

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