AIRPORT CAPACITY. A HANDBOOK FOR ANALYZING AIR PORT DESIGNS TO DETERMINE PRACTICAL MOVEMENT RATES AND AIRCRAFT OPERATING COSTS.
Abstract
To determine the adequacy of existing or future airport designs in coping with the steady yearly increases in aircraft traffic rates, some accurate means of analyzing airports must be provided to determine capacities in terms of both the move ment rates and the aircraft operating costs re sulting from the rates of flow of aircraft. This handbook is the result of research into airport operation and has involved studies of aircraft characteristics and pilot/controller requirements and techniques. Much of the data was obtained from exhaustive field surveys. It is designed to permit the user to determine: Capacity of a given airport; Relationship of the capacity of a given airport to the traffic demand; and Effects of the capacity and demand on airport improve ments or changes and vice versa. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0413450