London Heathrow is an extremely popular airport, where efficient take-off sequencing is important for ensuring a high runway throughput. Aircraft are usually released from the stands as soon as possible, providing the maximum pool of aircraft at the runway from which to choose from when sequencing. This paper considers the task of predicting the delay that aircraft will experience, so that some...

Detection of runways in aerial images is part of a project to automatically map complex cultural areas such as a major commercial airport complex. This task is much more difficult than appears at first. Runways are not merely homogeneous strips in the image due to several markings on the surface, changes in the surface material and presence of other objects such as taxiways and aircraft. We use...

In this paper we consider the problem faced by runway controllers at London Heathrow Airport as they attempt to determine the best order for aircraft to take off. The order in which aircraft take off can have a large effect upon the throughput of the runway and the consequent delay for aircraft. Although two runways are available for use at Heathrow, in order to control noise for residents on t...