Humanitarian Flight Optimization

Humanitarian organisations have a goal to help people in need by providing help in all kinds of ways.<br/>Supplies and humanitarian workers have to be transported to every place where support is required. Even remote locations, where transport over conventional roads might be impossible, have to be accessible. Aviation is the solution for these...

Robust model for operational stand and gate planning Schiphol

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of individually established buffer times, based on historical delay data, on the robustness of an operational stand and gate allocation schedule. Using flight schedules and the structural lay-out of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, a stand and gate allocation model is created using BEONTRA...

Optimize Landside Airport Operations Using A Discrete Event Simulation

With this research the landside departure processes of four airports have been simulated using a discrete event simulation. By increasing today’s passenger numbers the bottlenecks of each of these airports are determined. An optimization to the used equipment has been performed in order to make the process more efficient. Furthermore, the...

Aircraft Stand Capacity Model for Strategic Airport Planning: A Schiphol Case Study

The main objective of a Master Plan is to develop an integral long-term development plan to guide the future of an airport. One important element is the capacity analysis as a first step in strategic airport planning. The research commissioned by NACO is boiled down to the main research objective: to contribute to the development of Strategic...

Development Of A Preliminary Lifing Analysis Tool For The F135-PW-100 Engine

In the near future the Royal Netherlands Air Force will replace their fleet of F-16’s with the F-35. In the past the NLR has aided the Air Force with life cycle and deterioration analysis work on the F100-PW-220 engine, which powers the F-16. Understanding the physical system of the engine allows for on-condition maintenance. The same is...

Value analysis of integral bird control at an airport

The effect of pushback accuracy on static apron capacity at AAS

Schiphol Airport has to cope with a passenger demand that will double over the next 20 years. In reaction to this growth Schiphol is designing new and redesigning existing piers to increase its capacity. Besides expanding and rebuilding the apron area, more efficient ways of handling passenger<br/>air traffic movements are currently under...

A Many-objective Tactical Stand Allocation: Stakeholder Trade-offs and Performance Planning: A London Heathrow Airport Case Study

Airports are highly complex systems that can generate economic growth<br/>on their own. Accordingly, airports should take proactive actions to<br/>create a status quo between the stakeholders(the airport itself,<br/>airlines, passengers) in the tactical planning of the aircraft stand<br/>allocation. Namely, the harmonization between the...

Improved Flexible Runway Use Modeling: A Multi-Objective Optimization Concerning Pairwise RECAT-EU Separation Minima, Reduced Noise Annoyance and Fuel Consumption at London Heathrow

A minimization of disturbance caused by aircraft noise events and a reduction of fuel consumption during the initial and final phase of flight. These are the two objectives that play an important role in the Flexible Runway Allocation Model. By taking into account fuel consumption alongside noise annoyance, this model enables to analyze and...

A multi-agent operational planning model for airport stakeholders: using capacity forecasts in winter scenarios

Tailored SID & Profile Allocation for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Currently, only one Standard Instrument Departure (SID) track and one flight procedure is used per runway departure fix combination. In contrast to tailored arrivals, the potential benefit of tailored departures has been left relatively undiscovered. The research objective is to quantify the potential benefit of tailored SID-s and profile...

Flexible Arrival & Departure Runway Allocation Using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming: A Schiphol Airport Case Study

Runway capacity of a complex runways system can be limited by several factors. Currently, the runway usage at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AAS) is described by a preference list established by multiple stakeholders. It makes an important trade-off between minimizing noise exposure to the environment and maximizing capacity. The existing model...

Impact of Electric Taxi Systems on Airport Apron Operations and Gate Congestion at AAS

Growth in air traffic demand and increasing attention for environmental impact of the air travel industry and airports has spurred the innovation of the Electric Taxi System (ETS). The ETS incorporates an electric motor in the main or nose landing gear of an aircraft, powered by the auxiliary power unit (APU) of the aircraft. The system allows...

Runway Pressure Research: The effect of en-route delay absorption on the runway throughput

Major airports in Europe experience a number of arrivals close to the maximum of their capacity throughout the day. Multiple aircraft arrive at the airport in a short time window and often have to be delayed in the airspace surrounding the airport before they are cleared to land. A higher fuel burn and costs for the airlines is the result, but...

Effect of EGTS on airport taxi movements at AAS

KLM and Schiphol Group have requested an investigation into the impact of EGTS on the entire airport operations. Previous research into this technology has shown that the potential benefits for airlines, airports and society are decreased noise and emissions, fuel savings, and autonomous pushback possibilities that allow for greater versatility...

Effect of EGTS on airport taxi movements at AAS

KLM and Schiphol Group have requested an investigation into the impact of EGTS on the entire airport operations. Previous research into this technology has shown that the potential benefits for airlines, airports and society are decreased noise and emissions, fuel savings, and autonomous pushback possibilities that allow for greater versatility...

Investigating the further development of a Decision Support Suite for use in Airport Planning

The aim of this thesis project was to investigate the further development of an airport Decision Support Suite (DSS) - the Airport Business Suite (ABS). A financial model was developed and implemented by incorporating new approaches and methodologies to Airport Strategic Planning, with various financial guidelines and practices suggested by...

Improved Prediction of Runway Usage for Noise Forecast

The research deals with improved prediction of runway usage for noise forecast. Since the accuracy of the noise forecast depends on the robustness of runway usage prediction, improved accuracy of runway usage prediction will result in improved accuracy of noise load prediction. The main motivation behind this research is that the current method...