Mining the distribution pattern and evolution of the airport noise from the airport noise data and the geographic information of the monitoring points is of great significance for the scientific and rational governance of airport noise pollution problem. However, most of the traditional clustering methods are based on the closeness of space location or the similarity of non-spatial features, wh...

The capacity of Lisbon Airport has been for a long time object of concern, with the airport currently operating close to its saturation limits and constrained by the capacity of its terminal area airspace. In this context, a study based on fast-time simulation techniques, which allow great flexibility in assessing the different airspaces scenarios impact, was realized. This paper describes the ...

As the market expands, regulation to foster orderly growth of the industry begins to become fetters for further growth. In the 1980’s, mission was initiated in Japan to deregulate economic regulations of the domestic aviation market. In line with deregulation policy, airport capacity expansion was accelerated to facilitated growth of the market. In this paper, social welfare of deregulation and...

Airport delays are a significant problem in the United States air transportation system. Between 1999 and 2000 the number of flights delayed increased by 20 percent despite only a 0.4% increase in total operations. Newark International Airport (EWR), one of New York City's primary airports, is one of the airports in the United States most impacted by delays. Newark had the highest percentage of...

Airport policies have been substantially transformed in Western countries in the last two decades. The extent of the reform may be particularly significant in Eastern European countries in the next years, since the main driving factors for the change apply intensively there. From the review of relevant experiences of policy reform in OECD countries, we argue that corporatization and de-centrali...

Airports are important infra-structures for the air transportation business. One of the major operational constraints is the peaks of passengers in specific periods of time. Airline companies take into consideration the airport capacity when building the airline schedule and, because of that, the execution of the airline operational plan can contribute to improve or avoid airport peaks problems...

Based on a study of ICT use at an airport security checkpoint, this paper explores a possible explanation to the paradox that travelers find existing airport security measures inadequate while at the same time believing air travel to be sufficiently secure. We pursue this explanation by showing that, for the security checkpoint to function properly in relation to the overall function of the air...

Recently, considerable attention has been focused on the performance of various airlines and air carriers in terms of efficiency. Although it is obvious that air carriers use airports, few studies have focused on airport operational efficiency. This empirical study evaluates the operational efficiencies of 44 major U.S. airports using data envelopment analysis and some of its recent development...

To acquire a significant footing in today’s competitive airport environments, enhancing service performance for passengers is essential. This study aims to investigate the relationship between queuing time, prime services, security screening, and at Abu Dhabi International Airport United Arab Emirates (UAE). A quantitative methodology was employed. The sample size PLS-SEM analysis passengers’ d...

A prototype decision support tool for terminal area air traffic controllers, referred to as the Final Approach Spacing Tool (FAST), was recently evaluated in operation with live air traffic at the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas Airport. Controllers utilized FAST’s runway and sequence advisories to manage and control arrival traffic during more than twenty-five peak rush traffic periods. This paper pr...