Title :
A comparison of two optimization approaches for airport taxiway and runway scheduling
Author :
Hanbong Lee ; Balakrishnan, H.
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Surface congestion causes significant taxi delays at busy airports. This paper proposes two different approaches to optimizing both taxiway and runway schedules simultaneously. The first is an integrated approach based on a single mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model, while the second is a sequential method that sequentially combines runway scheduling and taxiway scheduling algorithms. The two optimization approaches are compared and evaluated using flight schedules at Detroit airport (DTW), by analyzing several airport performance metrics. The effectiveness of the proposed optimization methods in the current operational environment is also investigated through fast-time surface traffic simulations.
Keywords :
air traffic; airports; integer programming; linear programming; airport taxiway; integrated approach; operational environment; optimization approach; runway scheduling; sequential method; single mixed integer linear programming; surface congestion; traffic simulation; Aircraft; Airports; Atmospheric modeling; Delay; Logic gates; Optimization; Schedules;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2012 IEEE/AIAA 31st
Conference_Location :
Williamsburg, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1699-6
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.2012.6382348