Print Email Facebook Twitter Flexible runway use modeling using pairwise RECAT-EU separation minima Title Flexible runway use modeling using pairwise RECAT-EU separation minima Author van der Meijden, Bas (Student TU Delft) Roling, P.C. (TU Delft Air Transport & Operations) Curran, R. (TU Delft Air Transport & Operations) Date 2018-01-01 Abstract If we would take fuel consumption and noise annoyance into account in the runway allocation process,runway allocation can take place more efficiently, both in terms of fuel cost as well as noise annoyance. In this research, the focus is on the further development of a model in order to make the calculationsmore refined. Moreover, the improvements conducted in this research relate to the methodologies to compute the cost of the decision variables and the level of complexity of specific linear programming constraints in the optimization model. Consequently, the aim of this research is to answer the following research question: Can the performance of Standard Flex be further optimized by applying pairwise flight dependencies, while ensuring and contributing to a valid trade-off between runway capacity, noise emission, fuel burn and safety. By means of this research, the flexible runway allocation model has been improved on many aspects. The computation strategy of both objectives has moved from a reference aircraft based computation strategy to an analysis based on each unique aircraft on its own. This refined computational approach has resulted in a better understanding and modeling strategy of the operations that take place at an airport. Finally, the implementation of RECAT-EU separation minima has resulted in a reduction of 5-10% in overall separation times with respect to the regular ICAO WTC strategy, based on multiple air traffic demand mixture scenarios, based on a specific demand of flights?. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ff441ec1-62be-443e-8a55-3f7fd9803af4 DOI https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-3840 Publisher American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA) ISBN 9781624105562 Source 2018 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference Event 18th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2018, 2018-06-25 → 2018-06-29, Atlanta, United States Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2018 Bas van der Meijden, P.C. Roling, R. Curran Files PDF 6.2018_3840.pdf 519.93 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ff441ec1-62be-443e-8a55-3f7fd9803af4/datastream/OBJ/view