The purpose of this research is to develop capacity modeling factors for small aircraft operations at busy general aviation airports. The capacity modeling factors are used as inputs into airport capacity models to estimate existing and future capacity at the airport. The capacity evaluation can support the need for new runways or the rationale to sustain maintenance of existing runways that are needed for capacity.
The results of this research effort will be used to update the capacity evaluations for small aircraft operations identified in Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5060-5. Specifically, the capacity factors will be input into the Simple Airport Capacity Model currently under development by the MITRE Center of Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) under a separate tasking. The Simple Airport Capacity Model is derived from the worksheet developed for Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 79.
Recent Publications and Presentations
Mitkas, Danae Z. and David J. Lovell (2020). A Data Collection Scheme to Support Applications for Capacity Enhancements at Small Airports. 9th International Conference for Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT) 2020.
Ha, Hui J. and Seth B. Young (2020). Classification of Runway Configurations for Capacity Analysis of Airports Serving Small Aircraft. 9th International Conference for Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT) 2020.
Mitkas, Danae Z., David J. Lovell, and Seth B. Young (2020). Learning to recognize and stratify flight training activities at GA airports using ADS-B data. 8th OpenSky Symposium.