A Slot Allocation Model for High-Density Airports.
Abstract
The slot allocation model discussed in this report is formulated as a linear programming model and tailored to operations at Washington National Airport. The model is designed to accept as input the slate of slot requests presented to the Airline Scheduling Committee for the airport. The model allocates slots among users by maximizing industry profits (the sum of profits for all airlines operating at the airport) subject to constraints on runway capacity, equity, public service and noise pollution. Two versions of the model were formulated and tested. The first leads to an allocation of slots by airline, by hour of the day, but gives no information on markets served. Some representation of markets served is desirable, particularly to judge the impact of allocation on short- versus long-haul service. A second version of the model was, therefore, formulated which leads to a daily allocation by airline and by market (short-, medium-, and long-haul), but not by hour or the day. Hourly allocations can be obtained by using the daily allocations generated by the second version of the model as a constraint in the first or hourly version. Both existing and proposed operating regulations for the airport were examined and alternative objective functions (maximizing passengers carried and maximizing passenger-miles generated) were tested. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA098097
Entities
People
- C. F. Day
- J. Michael White