A Vertiport Design Heuristic to Ensure Efficient Ground Operations for Urban Air Mobility
Urban Air Mobility is a novel concept of transportation with unknown market potential. Even in conservative estimates, thousands of operations could be expected on a single vertiport. This exceeds known heliport operations, which is the most comparable existing mode of transport—by far. Vertiport op...
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| description | Urban Air Mobility is a novel concept of transportation with unknown market potential. Even in conservative estimates, thousands of operations could be expected on a single vertiport. This exceeds known heliport operations, which is the most comparable existing mode of transport—by far. Vertiport operations, in particular the dynamics on the airfield, are not well understood; in the following article, we want to address this research gap. By using means of agent-based simulation, the following design drivers were identified: peaks in demand, imbalance between arrivals and departures, pad operations and gate operations. We calculate a practical hourly capacity of 264 movements for our baseline scenario consisting of 4 pads, 12 gates and 20 stand. We are further able to shown that avoiding this peak and staying below a maximum imbalance between arrivals and departures of less than 33 ensures an average passenger delay of less than 3 min. Lastly, we present a parameter study varying the number of pads and gates, the length of approach/departure and boarding/de-boarding and the level of demand. The results of this study are aggregated into a graphical design heuristic displaying the interchangeability of the mentioned aspects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99c4b0f72e43448daa33a7c7c6fd126c2023-12-03T14:37:26ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-07-011214726010.3390/app12147260A Vertiport Design Heuristic to Ensure Efficient Ground Operations for Urban Air MobilityLukas Preis0Mirko Hornung1School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 München, GermanySchool of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 München, GermanyUrban Air Mobility is a novel concept of transportation with unknown market potential. Even in conservative estimates, thousands of operations could be expected on a single vertiport. This exceeds known heliport operations, which is the most comparable existing mode of transport—by far. Vertiport operations, in particular the dynamics on the airfield, are not well understood; in the following article, we want to address this research gap. By using means of agent-based simulation, the following design drivers were identified: peaks in demand, imbalance between arrivals and departures, pad operations and gate operations. We calculate a practical hourly capacity of 264 movements for our baseline scenario consisting of 4 pads, 12 gates and 20 stand. We are further able to shown that avoiding this peak and staying below a maximum imbalance between arrivals and departures of less than 33 ensures an average passenger delay of less than 3 min. Lastly, we present a parameter study varying the number of pads and gates, the length of approach/departure and boarding/de-boarding and the level of demand. The results of this study are aggregated into a graphical design heuristic displaying the interchangeability of the mentioned aspects.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/14/7260urban air mobilityvertiportagent-based simulationdesign heuristicoperational delaypractical capacity |
| spellingShingle | Lukas Preis Mirko Hornung A Vertiport Design Heuristic to Ensure Efficient Ground Operations for Urban Air Mobility Applied Sciences urban air mobility vertiport agent-based simulation design heuristic operational delay practical capacity |
| title | A Vertiport Design Heuristic to Ensure Efficient Ground Operations for Urban Air Mobility |
| title_full | A Vertiport Design Heuristic to Ensure Efficient Ground Operations for Urban Air Mobility |
| title_fullStr | A Vertiport Design Heuristic to Ensure Efficient Ground Operations for Urban Air Mobility |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Vertiport Design Heuristic to Ensure Efficient Ground Operations for Urban Air Mobility |
| title_short | A Vertiport Design Heuristic to Ensure Efficient Ground Operations for Urban Air Mobility |
| title_sort | vertiport design heuristic to ensure efficient ground operations for urban air mobility |
| topic | urban air mobility vertiport agent-based simulation design heuristic operational delay practical capacity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/14/7260 |
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