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Airport Capacity Constraints and Strategies for Mitigation

A Global Perspective

  • 1st Edition - November 15, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Marc C. Gelhausen, Peter Berster, Dieter Wilken
  • Language: English

When predicting the future of air traffic development, it is imperative for researchers and planners tohave the most accurate information about airport capacity constraints. Ai… Read more

Description

When predicting the future of air traffic development, it is imperative for researchers and planners tohave the most accurate information about airport capacity constraints. Airport capacity constraintsand strategies for mitigation: A global perspective analyses airport capacity constraints with empiricalmethods that forecast future capacities and capacity shortfalls.The book discusses in detail the importance of airport capacity constraints on air traffic development,especially for international hubs, along with mitigation strategies for already congested airports. It analysesempirical data to provide greater insight into the problems of airport congestion and capacity shortage.The authors present detailed global traffic forecasts for the years 2030 and 2040, and mitigation strategiesfor overcoming the problem of limited airport capacity.As expanding current airports becomes increasingly difficult, and time consuming – especially for hubs– the study of current and future airport capacity constraints becomes ever more needed. This bookprovides detailed information about how to correctly assess and quantify the problem of limited airportcapacity, while offering strategies for overcoming these issues for a healthy global air traffic network.

Key features

  • Focuses on airport capacity constraints in the global air traffic network and their implications for the future of air traffic development
  • Features empirical and model-based approaches that forecast airport capacities and capacity shortcomings
  • Provides over capacity mitigation strategies based on sound and reliable data and methodology
  • Addresses capacity constraints at hub airports, providing insight into how to correctly assess and quantify limited capacity for these important players in the global air transportation network
  • Applies econometric models for the implication of restraining factors on the future volume and structure of air traffic

Readership

Transportation researchers, professors and graduate students, State and federal policy decision makers, Employees of government agencies such as DOT, FAA

Table of contents

ForewordMarc Christopher Gelhausen

Part I: Basic concepts1. IntroductionMarc Christopher Gelhausen, Peter Berster and Dieter Wilken2. Concepts of capacity and methods of estimationMarc Christopher Gelhausen, Peter Berster and Dieter Wilken3. Capacity utilisation at airports worldwideMarc Christopher Gelhausen, Peter Berster and Dieter Wilken4. Constrained and underutilised airportsMarc Christopher Gelhausen, Peter Berster and Dieter Wilken

Part II: Models for assessing mitigation strategies5. General strategies for mitigation of airport capacity constraintsMarc Christopher Gelhausen, Peter Berster and Dieter Wilken6. Modelling future air passenger demandMarc Christopher Gelhausen, Peter Berster and Dieter Wilken7. Modelling future airport capacity and capacity utilisationMarc Christopher Gelhausen, Peter Berster and Dieter Wilken8. Modelling future airport capacity enlargements and limitsMarc Christopher Gelhausen, Peter Berster and Dieter Wilken9. Modelling future development of the average number of passengers per flightMarc Christopher Gelhausen, Peter Berster and Dieter Wilken

Part III: Forecasting future air traffic development up to 2040 and assessing mitigation strategies10. Traffic forecast and mitigation strategiesMarc Christopher Gelhausen, Peter Berster and Dieter Wilken11. Summary and conclusionsMarc Christopher Gelhausen, Peter Berster and Dieter Wilken

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 18, 2019
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Marc C. Gelhausen

Marc C. Gelhausen is a member of the scientific staff at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). His research interests include mathematical and econometric modelling, in particular air transport forecasts and airport capacity constraints.
Affiliations and expertise
Research associate, DLR Institute of Air Transport and Airport Research

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Peter Berster

Peter Berster is a member of the scientific staff at the DLR. He has extensive expertise in the analysis and modelling of air transport supply and demand data.
Affiliations and expertise
Research associate, DLR Institute of Air Transport and Airport Research

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Dieter Wilken

Dieter Wilken founded the air transport research group at the DLR, and is a member of the scientific staff. His research interests include air transport supply and demand in Germany and worldwide. Prior to DLR, he worked with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on developing a European model for forecasting passenger transport.
Affiliations and expertise
Deputy Director, DLR Institute of Air Transport and Airport Research

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