Simulation Study on Runway Threshold Stagger and Utilization Pattern of Closely Spaced Parallel Runways

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10.2991/icectt-15.2015.49How to use a DOI?

Keywords

civil aviation; operation efficiency; computer simulation; parallel runways; Simmod

Abstract

Closely spaced parallel runways(CSPRs) is the configuration mode frequently employed in planning and construction of the current airport runway. Simmod simulation software was operated here to construct the computer simulation models for different utilization patterns of runways, and made a well-organized analysis and quantitative evaluation of airport capacity and operational efficiency, given in the threshold staggering of CSPRs. Meanwhile, the effects of runway crossover and bypass-taxiing on operational efficiency of airport were also taken into account. The simulation result suggests: Abiding by IFR(instrument flight rules), a set of CSPRs are able to support 800 take-off and landing flights in peak day, while around 55~58 take-off and landing flights in peak hour. When the outside runway threshold is staggered toward the arriving aircraft and provided with the bypass taxiway, the take-off and landing efficiency of airport becomes the highest under the operational pattern(landing on the inside runway and taking off from the outside runway), about 3%~7% higher than that under any other operational pattern.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiong Li
AU  - Xiaoqing Chen
AU  - Dongbin Li
AU  - Dongxuan Wei
PY  - 2015/11
DA  - 2015/11
TI  - Simulation Study on Runway Threshold Stagger and Utilization Pattern of Closely Spaced Parallel Runways
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromechanical Control Technology and Transportation
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 254
EP  - 259
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icectt-15.2015.49
DO  - 10.2991/icectt-15.2015.49
ID  - Li2015/11
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