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Airport Surface Management at LGA: Metering the departure traffic

Airport Surface Management at LGA: Metering the departure traffic. Hector Fornes Advisor : Hamsa Balakrishnan. Agenda. Current situation at LGA Current pushback strategy Metering strategy Calibration of the parameters for the model Results and performance measures.

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Airport Surface Management at LGA: Metering the departure traffic

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  1. Airport Surface Management at LGA:Meteringthedeparturetraffic HectorFornes Advisor: HamsaBalakrishnan

  2. Agenda • Currentsituation at LGA • Currentpushbackstrategy • Meteringstrategy • Calibration of theparametersforthemodel • Results and performance measures

  3. Currentsituation at LGA • Origin of theproblems • Over-scheduling • Limitedgates • Crossingrunways (capacityreductions) • Abundance of small planes (shuttles/regional carriers) • Consequences • Operationsclosetocapacity • Capacitylimitations • Long delays • Long queues Source: faa.gov Source: Balakrishna, H. , Hansman, R.J. & Reynolds 2013

  4. Current taxi-outstrategy:Push-back at discretion • Howairlinesdispatchdepartingflights • Consequences of the “at discretion” policy Tower Source: Kladilkar, H. & Reynolds, T. 2013 Source: Balakrishna, H. , Hansman, R.J. & Reynolds 2013

  5. Proposed taxi-outoperations: Metering Queingmodel • Otherconsiderations: • Gateconflicts • (howwehandlethem) Source: Balakrishna, H. , Hansman, R.J. & Reynolds 2013 N-control • GOALS • Reduction of fuel burn while taxiing out • Reduction of emissions • Reduce congestion at the airport Source: Balakrishna, H. , Hansman, R.J. & Reynolds 2013

  6. Calibration of theparametersforthemodel Unimpeded taxi-out time Regressiontree

  7. Results

  8. Results: Reduction of fuel and emissions Taxi-outreductions Unitaryvalues Total results 18.5% reduction

  9. Results: Gateconflicts -Maximum of 6 additionalconflictsover 15 days in each 15-minute period. -Thisrepresents a maximum 1 additionalconflict per 15-minute period

  10. Results:FCFSqueuingpolicy Currentpushbackstrategy Meteringstrategy

  11. Summary of the performance of metering at LGA

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