M. Laubrock

Together with several European airports, Eurocontrol Experimental Centre (EEC) works on the concept, development, and implementation of Airport Operation Plan (AOP) and Collaborative Decision Making (CDM). Within this framework, the Airport Research Center (ARC) has been involved to prove and quantify the benefits for A TC, airport, airlines, ground handling service providers, passengers, and the enviromnent. More punctuality, better utilisation of resources, and improved overall efficiency can be reached through mutual sharing of information. Based on an integrated simulation (Total Airport Simulation) of all processes and information flows at an airport, the potential gain for different concepts will be determined. This approach may be applied to any airport and will provide reliable information to speed up decision processes and implement CDM In order to provide the required simulation technology, EEC and ARC, through a joint venture, have extended the CAST terminal and airside simulation system to a full integrated airport simulator (Total Airport Simulation). For the first time all terminal processes, aircraft traffic, and ground handling procedures are linked dynamically. Not only the movement of passengers, aircraft, and ground handling equipment have been simulated, but also the flow of information between all actors has been considered. In addition to providing a full model of the airport infrastructure, allocation modules were also an essential part of the development. Various resource allocations, e.g. for taxi routing, stands, gates, ground-handling, check-in or baggage belts, build the backbone of the control of every airport and have to cope with the highly dynamic demand. Consequently, the CAST Simulation Software has evolved to become a Total Airport Simulation Software and has reached a new level of possibilities to support aviation industry in its endeavour to develop concepts for improving punctuality and to achieve better efficiency. In addition to extensive evaluation capabilities, the 3D virtual airport environment animation enables one to understand the system and give useful presentations of the results. Besides the application on the strategic level the software can be used on a tactical and operational level in order to provide essential information for an improved airport management and support the control of the system.

DGLR-Symposium: Nachbar Flughafen - The Airport as a Neighbour, Aachen, 2007

Conference Paper

englisch

15,5 x 22,5 cm, 7 Seiten

DGLR-Bericht, 2007, 2007-05, Aachen Aviation Convention - Proceedings; S.85-91; 2007; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V., Bonn

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2007