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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Airport Operations"”.
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Modeling of Airport Operations Using an Object-Oriented Approach
… develops an object-oriented approach to model airport ground network traffic operations. A generic modeling library is developed as a tool kit to model the basic traffic operations in the airfield using an object-oriented approach. The proposed generic modeling library for airfield operations …
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Systems engineering framework to assess the effect of very large capacity aircraft in airport operations
… methodology to assess the effects of VLCA operations at existing and future airports. The procedure described here investigates airport, airline and user impacts of VLCA operations using a systems engineering approach to understand the trade-off between economic and technological …
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Applications of ASDE-X Data to the analysis of airport surface operations
… little research has gone into studying airport surface operations. In recent years a surface surveillance system called Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model-X (ASDE-X) has been installed at over 30 airports in the US as a safety device. The applications of the data being captured …
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Airport surface traffic optimization and simulation in the presence of uncertainties
… taxi delays and long queues for takeoffs at busy airports, increasing operational and environmental costs. These impacts may be mitigated by optimizing runway and taxiway schedules. In prior research, runway scheduling algorithms and taxiway schedule optimization models have been developed …
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Networked control of aircraft operations at airports and in terminal areas
… this thesis is to develop a control strategy for airport operations that integrates the management of arrivals and departures. The strategy is based on four central ideas: (1) the objective of reducing aircraft flight times, taxi times and fuel burn, (2) the emphasis on developing models using …
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Air traffic flow management at airports : a unified optimization approach
… significant proportion of delays is incurred at airports. Much of the air traffic flow management literature focuses on traffic flows between airports in a network, and when studies have focused on optimizing airport operations, they have focused largely on a single aspect at a time. In this …
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Assessing the Effects of Climate Change and Addressing Solutions at L. F. Wade International Airport, Bermuda
… change and associated factors would affect airport operations at the L. F. Wade International Airport. The Government of Bermuda's plans to build a new terminal were also analyzed to determine potential impacts. Predicted future trends of sea level rise and hurricane activity were assessed …
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ChangiNOW : a mobile application for efficient taxi allocation at airports
… that taxis play in bringing passengers from an airport terminal to their final destination is often overlooked in airport operations and design. Due to varying flight arrival patterns at different terminals, taxi drivers are often unsure which terminal they should queue at. In this thesis, we …
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Development of a Fast Method to Analyze Patterns in Airport Noise
Traditional airport noise modeling is limited in its ability to analyze large quantities of flight tracks due to high computation time. As a result, yearly noise reports are often limited to modeling flights from a single “representative day,” which lacks detail arising from the natural dispersion …
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Natural language processing for unmanned aerial vehicle guidance interfaces
… between pilots and controllers at Boston's Logan Airport, as well as Laurence G. Hanscom Field in Bedford, MA, and these were used as the "target language" for this implementation. Knowledge of air traffic control and airport operations, combined with existing natural language processing …
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The Impact of Airport Service Quality on Passenger Satisfaction at the Hong Kong International Airport
… research aims to ascertain the attributes of airport service quality from the perspectives of airport passengers and to examine the impact of airport service quality on passenger satisfaction by conducting research on Hong Kong International Airport. Methodology – An exploratory sequential …
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Integrated allocation and utilization of airport capacity to mitigate air traffic congestion
The combination of air traffic growth and airport capacity limitations has resulted in significant congestion throughout the US National Airspace System, which imposes large costs on the airlines, passengers and society. Absent opportunities for capacity expansion, the mitigation of air traffic …
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Large commercial airports in the United States : operative revenue framework
… changes in the industry are the large commercial airports that handle the greater proportion of passenger traffic. To increase capacity, maintain adequate levels of safety and security, and provide increased convenience and comfort to passengers, these airports need to invest heavily in capital …
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Impacts of Space Launch Operations on Florida East Coast Airspace Users
<p>With an increasing number of space flight operations in the United States, space flight integration into the National Airspace System (NAS) is a pertinent area of research so safe and efficient operations in NextGen airspace can be achieved. The currently implemented procedure for Florida east …
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A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study of Airfield Lighting Maintenance Management Strategy
<p>Asset management programs can keep senior airport managers informed of the performance and life-cycle costs of assets critical to airport operations. With this information, managers can adjust operations and maintenance to minimize costs without sacrificing service quality. However, program …
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Developing an Integrated Method of Controlling the Flow of Departing Passengers: A study of passenger departure processes at Abu Dhabi International Airport
Today, airports form a key part of global infrastructure in an increasingly globalised world. There is great competition between them to attract passengers and serve airlines in their role of transporting people regionally and internationally. Abu Dhabi International Airport is one such airport. …
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Bird strike risk assessment at commercial airports: sub-model development accounting for strike occurrence and severity with strike contributory factors
… avian radar, the FAA wildlife strike database, airport operations, airplane characteristics and meteorological data. Statistical models were developed to quantitatively evaluate the factors that contribute to bird strike occurrence and severity. The study of bird strike occurrence is composed of …
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Design and Throughput Capacity Evaluation of Pickup and Dropoff (PUDO) Facilities
… practice of mostly using curbsides for PUDO operations will not be sustainable as demand increases. This dissertation presents stochastic modeling and computational tools to evaluate the throughput capacity of PUDO facilities in various contexts. This dissertation also studies the optimal …
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On the control of airport departure operations.
This thesis is focused on airport departure operations; its objective is to assign a value to surface surveillance information within a collaborative framework. The research develops a cooperative concept that improves the control of departure operations at busy airports and evaluates its merit …