Congestion is a critical issue at most hub airports. This paper tackles this problem occurring at the airport with the most passengers in Japan: Tokyo International Airport. This airport has four intersecting runways, which interfere with each other and complicate the runway operation. To increase the efficiency, the runway operation is modeled by a queueing model, which calculates the average waiting time on each runway. A simple queueing model is applied and extended to describe the complicated runway operation, and several key parameters (e.g., takeoff and landing separations) are estimated via actual data. The accuracy of the model is also validated. Using the proposed models, the arrival traffic is optimized, and it is shown that about 100 min of waiting time can be saved by appropriate runway allocation on a sample day.
Improvement of Static Runway Assignment at Busy Airports Using Queueing Model
Journal of Aircraft ; 52 , 3 ; 819-826
2015-03-12
8 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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