Demonstration of reduced airport congestion through pushback rate control
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Simaiakis, Ioannis; Khadilkar, Harshad Dilip; Balakrishnan, Hamsa; Reynolds, Thomas G.; Hansman Jr, Robert J
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Airport surface congestion results in significant increases in taxi times, fuel burn and emissions at major airports. This paper describes the field tests of a congestion control strategy at Boston Logan International Airport. The approach determines a suggested rate to meter pushbacks from the gate, in order to prevent the airport surface from entering congested states and to reduce the time that flights spend with engines on while taxiing to the runway. The field trials demonstrated that significant benefits were achievable through such a strategy: during eight four-hour tests conducted during August and September 2010, fuel use was reduced by an estimated 12,250–14,500 kg (4000–4700 US gallons), while aircraft gate pushback times were increased by an average of only 4.4 min for the 247 flights that were held at the gate.
Date issued
2014-06Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and AstronauticsJournal
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
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Elsevier
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Simaiakis, Ioannis et al. “Demonstration of Reduced Airport Congestion through Pushback Rate Control.” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 66 (August 2014): 251–267 © 2014 Elsevier Ltd
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0965-8564