Queuing Models of Airport Departure Processes for Emissions Reduction
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Author(s)
Simaiakis, Ioannis
Balakrishnan, Hamsa
Date Issued
August 2009
Journal
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Citation
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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Abstract
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.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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