Aircraft taxiing on the surface contribute significantly to the fuel burn and emissions at airports. This paper investigates the possibility of reducing fuel burn and emissions from surface operations through a reduction of the taxi times of departing aircraft. A novel approach is proposed that models the aircraft departure process as a queuing system, and attempts to reduce taxi times and emissions through improved queue management strategies. The departure taxi (taxi-out) time of an aircraft is represented as a sum of three components, namely, the unimpeded taxi-out time, the time spent in the departure queue, and the congestion delay due to ramp and taxiway interactions. The dependence of the taxi-out time on these factors is analyzed and modeled. The performance of the model is validated through a comparison of its predictions with observed data at Boston’s Logan International Airport (BOS). The reductions in taxi-out times from the proposed queue management strategy are translated to reductions in fuel burn and emissions using ICAO engine models for the taxi phase of the flight profile.


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    Title :

    Queuing Models of Airport Departure Processes for Emissions Reduction


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    Publication date :

    2009


    Remarks:

    Simaiakis, Ioannis and Hamsa Balakrishnan."Queuing Models of Airport Departure Processes for Emissions Reduction." AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 10 - 13 August 2009, Chicago, Illinois.



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    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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