| dc.contributor.author | Bishop, Kristina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hansman, R. John | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T15:36:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T15:36:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-06-07 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71120 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The continuous trend of rising fuel prices increases interest in improving the fuel
efficiency of aircraft operations. Additionally, since fuel burn is directly linked to aircraft
CO2 emissions, reducing fuel consumption has environmental benefits. One approach to
reducing airline cost and mitigating environmental impacts of aviation is to achieve
higher fuel efficiency by increasing aircraft wingspan. One concern is that airports may
not be able to accommodate increased-wingspan aircraft since existing gate infrastructure
may have been sized for the past and current aircraft. This results in a potential tradeoff
for airlines; increasing wingspan increases fuel efficiency, but it also limits the number of
gates available to maintain current aircraft operations. The objective of this thesis is to
evaluate this tradeoff... | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The research efforts for this study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology were
supported by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Environment and
Energy, under the Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Research
(PARTNER) Center of Excellence, FAA Cooperative Agreement No. 09-C-NE-MIT,
Amendment No. 005, and FAA Contract No. DTFAWA-05-D-00012, Task Order Nos.
0010 and 0012, and by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative
Technology Administration (RITA) under the Volpe National Transportation Systems
Center, Contract No. DTRT57-07-D-30006, Task Order No. DTRTV-T01005. These
efforts were managed by Pat Moran and László Windhoffer. Any opinions, findings, and
conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and
do not necessarily reflect the views of the FAA or the DOT RITA Volpe Center. | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | ICAT;2012-4 | |
| dc.rights | An error occurred on the license name. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | An error occurred getting the license - uri. | en |
| dc.subject | fuel efficiency | en_US |
| dc.subject | aircraft operations | en_US |
| dc.subject | fuel burn | en_US |
| dc.subject | CO2 emissions | en_US |
| dc.subject | aircraft wingspan | en_US |
| dc.subject | air transportation | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of the Ability of Existing Airport Gate Infrastructure to Accommodate Transport Category Aircraft with Increased Wingspan for Improved Fuel Efficiency | en_US |
| dc.type | Technical Report | en_US |
