Air traffic management of an airport using discrete event simulation method

This study aims to show an approach to model and solve the airport congestion problem, through the use of a discrete event simulation software. After analyzing the operation of an airport, we modelled it in a discrete event system, in order to carry out, through simulation software Simul8, a prediction of the behaviour of such a system, varying conditions and parameters. In particular, we wanted to study, in terms of economic benefit, the option of airport expansion. Therefore we examined the expansion hypothesis to 2 and 3 tracks of a single-runway airport, so to evaluate the economic convenience of any new situation, based on the relative change in total cost of the flight queue.