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P.S.Senguttuvan
Manager (Economic Planning)
Airports Authority of India
Indira Gandhi International Airport, Terminal-1B
New Delhi, India
Phone: +91 011 25674503, Telefax: +91 011 25674503
E-mail: essessenn12@yahoo.co.uk
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Abstract
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Airport System
Airside System
* Terminal Airspace
* Runways
* Taxiways
* Apron / Gate
Complex
Landside System
Landside system embraces surface access systems, which is connecting to
an airport to its catchment area, passenger and freight terminal system
(Ashford et al 1997, Janic 2001). The surface access system embraces
individual car, taxicab, rail and road based public transport systems. These
facilities are provided for transport outgoing and incoming passenger, airport
employees and visitors to and from the airport. The airport passenger and
freight terminal system consists of two components dedicated interfaces and
passenger (and freight) terminals, which both enable transfer of passengers
(and freight) between the airport surface transport systems and aircraft and
vice versa (Ashford et al., 1997).
Airside System
The airport airside system consists of airspace around airport called the
Airport Zone or Terminal Airspace, runways, taxiways and apron / gate
complex. The airspace provides accommodation for the arrival of aircraft just
before landing and the departure aircraft just after taking-off. The runway
accommodates the ground phase of landing and taking-off. Taxiways
physically link the runway and apron / gate complex and enable the aircraft
for taxing between two complexes. At apron / gate complex, the aircraft
perform their ground handling services (Ashford et al., 1997; Janic, 2001).
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= 1/E (t)
Where
= Maximum Throughput Rate
E (t) = Expected service time
Level of service (LOS) related capacity is measured through the number of
demands processed per unit of time while meeting some pre-specified LOS
standards (must know to compute).
Airport Capacity Categorization
Airport capacity planning is categorized into four types, namely
Theoretical Capacity
Potential Capacity
Practical Capacity &
Operational Capacity
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Airspace
Airfield
Terminal &
Ground Access
Airfield
Terminal
SHORT-TERM
CAPACITY
LONG-TERM
CAPACITY
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AIRPORT SCALE
DECLARED VFR
DECLARED IFR
CAPACITY
CAPACITY
Atlanta
Large
170
180
Los Angeles
Large
126
137
JFK
Large
75
80
Las Vegas
Large
70
102
Frankfurt
Large
80
100
Heathrow
Large
87
100
Schiphol
Large
104
105
Seoul
Medium
45
51
Hong Kong
Medium
45
42
Bangkok
Medium
60
66
Singapore
Medium
66
60
KLIA, Mal
Medium
50
45
Narita
Medium
44
40
Sydney
Medium
80
70
Taipei
Medium
40
35
Beijing
Medium
60
42
Mumbai
Medium
28
32
Delhi
Medium
24
31
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200
180
Declared
160
Actual
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
Delhi
Mumbai
Beijing
Taipei
Sydney
Narita
KLIA, Mal
Singapore
Bangkok
Hong Kong
Seoul
Schiphol
Heathrow
Frankfurt
Las Vegas
JFK
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Airport
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D
B
C
1311 m +
215-761 m
762 1310 m
Annual Volume
Ops/ Per hour
195000-240000
260000-355000
275000-365000
305000-370000
200000-265000
220000-270000
In the above figure, these runways are used in several different ways. Each
of these combinations may have a different operating capacity, and each
might be suitable for different set of wind, visibility and traffic conditions. A
large-scale airport like Chicago OHare might have 40 or 50 possible
combinations of runway uses. The limitation imposed by the available
runway system varies among the top air carrier airports. Chicago OHare
airport has seven runways; Kennedy has five runways.
Air Traffic Control Equipments and Procedures
ATC Equipments and procedures is also one of the factor impeding airport
capacity constraints. Improvements in aircraft surveillance, navigational and
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H
1.9
1.9
2.7
Z = x * y * 365
Where
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D2
MC
P
R
I
C
E
P (C2)
AC
P (C3)
D1
D2
P (C1)
D1
C1
C2
C3
Demand / Capacity
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PROCESSORS
SH
1
SH
2
LINKS
SH
3
CUSTOMS
Hold
Room
PASSPORT CONTROL
CHECK-IN DESKS
G1
G2
G3
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Passport Checks
Customs
Security Check
Exit Gate
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Airport
70-80 MPA
7000-9000PH
ATLANTA
10-39 MPA
1000-4000PH
SINGAPORE
1 9 MPA
200-1000PH
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235
Actual Capacity - 180
Realised Demand - 250
225
200
200
180
200
180
170
160
160
160
140
Actual Capacity
125
120
120
125
110
100
80
40
75
50
50
45
15
0
10
10
0001- 0101- 0201- 0301- 0401- 0501- 0601- 0701- 0801- 0901- 1001- 1101- 1201- 1301- 1401- 1501- 1601- 1701- 1801- 1901- 2000- 2101- 2201- 23010100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 2400
TIME
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%
OF
DELAYED
Arrivals
40.4
40.1
38.4
37.7
33.6
32.1
30.9
29.6
28.0
26.1
24.6
21.7
FLIGHTS
Departure
37.9
28.9
31.0
29.3
29.9
21.5
26.8
30.8
19.0
20.8
26.3
23.7
EUROPEAN
AIRPORTS
Frankfurt
Brussels
Amsterdam
Paris CDG
Zurich
Madrid
London Gatwick
Munich
Copenhagen
London Heathrow
%
OF
DELAYED
Arrivals
30.8
29.8
25.7
24.6
23.2
19.6
19.6
19.0
17.8
17.4
FLIGHTS
Departures
18.9
27.7
23.2
21.8
23.8
20.0
24.3
19.0
10.3
21.0
45
35
40
30
35
25
ARR
25
DEP
20
30
20
ARR
DEP
15
15
10
10
5
5
AIRPORTS
AIRPORTS
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EUROPEAN SELECTED
CONGESTED AIRPORTS
FLIGHT DELAYS
FLIGHT DELAYS
ARR
DEP
MAX
40.4%
37.9%
MAX
31.0%
24.3%
MIN
24.6%
19.0%
MIN
17.0%
8.0%
ARR
DEP
It is also revealed that the average delay per flight either departure or
arrival, has been generally longer at the U.S than European airports. At
European airports, there has not been any conspicuous difference between
the average delay per arrival and departure flight. Almost all delays have
been shorter than 10 minutes. In the U.S. airports, the departure delays are
higher than the arrival delays. It is varying between 10 and 20 minutes in
the departure and in the arrival, the delay varies between 5 and 15 minutes
(Janic, 2004). Generally, the threshold of 15 minutes is adjustable and
should not be considered delayed at all. In the U.S., on an average of 70-75%
flight delays are caused by weather and congestion about 20-30% of these
delays (BTS, 2001; FAA, 2001; 2002). In Europe, on an average, 1-4% flight
delays are caused by weather and congestion about 30-40% of these delays
(AEA, 2001; EUROCONTROL, 2001).
Quantification of Congestion Costs
Congestion costs can be empirically appraised with flight delays, by
computing total extra time spent by passengers and airlines, and using some
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JULY 1998
JULY 1999
JULY 2000
6.42
7.94
14.36
7.39
7.64
15.03
8.71
8.60
17.31
8.84
7.34
16.18
4.01
4.53
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Table-5
Airlines Congestion Costs (in Million )
Arrivals
Departures
Total Flights
July 1997
14.7
18.0
32.7
July 1998
16.7
17.6
34.3
July 1999
20.3
20.4
40.7
July 2000
22.0
17.2
39.2
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50
30
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24
24
32
66
80
50
44
10500
9200
9000
1200
7100
5000
3500
19000
7200
12000
16000
Thailand
Beijing, China
China
Pakistan
Malaysia
India
India
S.Korea
Singapore
Sydney
Taiwan
New Tokyo
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Pacific
Pacific
Pacific
Pacific
Pacific
Pacific
Pacific
Pacific
Pacific
Pacific
Pacific
Pacific
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184-200
150-175
270
200
56
120
110
153
120
125
40
108
100
81-100
110
120
80
83-100
80-100
74
38-40
50-60
80-100
59
51
60
60
50
74
30
30
50
24
24
24
30
32
66
80
50
44
22000
22000
15500
3300
12500
18400
8000
17000
31000
12000
6000
4600
4500
14000
12000
20000
13000
6000
10500
9200
2100
600
1200
7100
4000
5000
3500
19000
7200
12000
16000
Atlanta
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Los Vegas
California
Miami
Minneapolis
Montreal
New York
New York
New York
Orlando
San Francisco
Canada
Germany
Germany
London
London
London
Russia
Thailand
Beijing, China
China
Jakarta
Pakistan
Pakistan
Malaysia
China
India
India
Japan
S.Korea
Singapore
Sydney
Taiwan
New Tokyo
N.America
N.America
N.America
N.America
N.America
N.America
N.America
N.America
N.America
N.America
N.America
N.America
N.America
N.America
N.America
N.America
N.America
Europe
Europe
Europe
Europe
Europe
Europe
Europe
Europe
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
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