Biometrics in an airport environment can provide a contactless way of identity verification. U.S. Department Homeland Security (DHS) has been trialling and implementing the Biometric Entry Exit Program at Customs Border Control (CBP). Using Traveller Verification System (TVS), program biometrically confirms traveller's their entry or exit, with increased ability to detect fraudulent documents v...

The management of airport surface operations to provide shared situational awareness and to control taxi times through the use of ‘virtual queues’ has become an important component of Air Traffic Management (ATM) research and development in both Europe and the United States. Airport Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) has been implemented at a number of airports in Europe, and multiple departur...

Author: Prakash Subramanian Title: A Simulation Study to Investigate Runway Capacity Using TAAM Institution: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Degree: Master of Business Administration in Aviation Year: 2002 This study outlines a method to evaluate runway layouts using simulation, to aid in the airport planning and decision making process. As a sample study, the maximum throughput capacities...

This paper presents an analysis of the dynamics of evolution of multi-airport systems worldwide that can help to guide their effective development in the future. Given the capacity constraints on existing major airports, the development of multi-airport systems is going to be a key mechanism by which air transportation systems around the world will be able to meet future demand. In order to bet...

The main objective of integrating Web GIS in airport emergency response should be to provide the most appropriate geospatial information to all participants. Airport emergency response still needs a model that will explain its complexity: its participants, their tasks and information needs. This paper presents the UML model of airport emergency response. Such a model facilitates a common unders...

Airport layout planning is a highly complex discipline which requires much forethought, as inadequate or suboptimal solutions could be both dangerous and costly. However, designing a good airport requires compromises between the requirements of all stakeholders involved, ranging from aviation authorities and airlines to passengers and nearby residents. This is a highly delicate issue as evidenc...

With the slogan, “Leading the World in IT Airport Applications e-Airport”, an experimental service was recently conducted at Japan's gateway to the world, the New Tokyo International Airport (hereinafter referred to as “Narita Airport”), to provide on the day flight information about aircraft arriving and departing, as well as railroad access information, which was accessible using a mobile pho...

The control logic of frequency adjustment for pump and cooling tower fan has been presented in this paper, based on the operation mode of a chiller with one pump and one cooling tower. Optimum outlet water temperature control of cooing tower has been put forward through analysis and comparison among factors influencing it based on measured data. A mathematical model of energy consumption has be...

In 2001, the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center completed an evaluation of GPS vulnerabilities and the potential impacts to transportation systems in the United States. One of the recommendations of this study was for the operation of backup system(s) to GPS; Loran-C was identified as one possible backup system. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been leading a team consist...