Demonstration of Reduced Airport Congestion Through Pushback Rate Control
Airport surface congestion results in significant increases in taxi times, fuel burn and emissions at major airports. This paper presents the field tests of a control strategy to airport congestion control at Boston Logan International Airport. The approach determines a suggested rate to meter pus...
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| author | Simaiakis, Ioannis Balakrishnan, Hasmsa Khadilkar, Harshad Reynolds, Tom G. Hansman, R. John Reilly, B. Urlass, S. |
| author_facet | Simaiakis, Ioannis Balakrishnan, Hasmsa Khadilkar, Harshad Reynolds, Tom G. Hansman, R. John Reilly, B. Urlass, S. |
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| description | Airport surface congestion results in significant increases in taxi times, fuel burn and emissions at major airports. This paper presents the field tests of a control strategy to airport congestion control 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 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 12,000-15,000 kg (3,900-4,900 US gallons), while aircraft gate pushback times were increased by an average of only 4.3 minutes. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/608822019-04-10T15:45:08Z Demonstration of Reduced Airport Congestion Through Pushback Rate Control Simaiakis, Ioannis Balakrishnan, Hasmsa Khadilkar, Harshad Reynolds, Tom G. Hansman, R. John Reilly, B. Urlass, S. Airport surface congestion taxi times fuel burn emissions Airport surface congestion results in significant increases in taxi times, fuel burn and emissions at major airports. This paper presents the field tests of a control strategy to airport congestion control 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 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 12,000-15,000 kg (3,900-4,900 US gallons), while aircraft gate pushback times were increased by an average of only 4.3 minutes. 2011-02-02T21:13:30Z 2011-02-02T21:13:30Z 2011-02-02 Technical Report http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60882 ICAT;2011-2 An error occurred on the license name. An error occurred getting the license - uri. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Airport surface congestion taxi times fuel burn emissions Simaiakis, Ioannis Balakrishnan, Hasmsa Khadilkar, Harshad Reynolds, Tom G. Hansman, R. John Reilly, B. Urlass, S. Demonstration of Reduced Airport Congestion Through Pushback Rate Control |
| title | Demonstration of Reduced Airport Congestion Through Pushback Rate Control |
| title_full | Demonstration of Reduced Airport Congestion Through Pushback Rate Control |
| title_fullStr | Demonstration of Reduced Airport Congestion Through Pushback Rate Control |
| title_full_unstemmed | Demonstration of Reduced Airport Congestion Through Pushback Rate Control |
| title_short | Demonstration of Reduced Airport Congestion Through Pushback Rate Control |
| title_sort | demonstration of reduced airport congestion through pushback rate control |
| topic | Airport surface congestion taxi times fuel burn emissions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60882 |
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