A search for more airport apron capacity

Robert Caves

Journal of Air Transport Management, 1994, vol. 1, issue 2, 109-120

Abstract: The paper indicates how apron scarcity will increase, and explores the possibilities of alleviating the problem. The efficiency of stand use at busy airports in Europe is presented. The minimum feasible turnround times are seldom achieved, owing largely to scheduling difficulties. Narrow-body jets achieve the best passenger throughput rates, while the largest aircraft give the greatest efficiency per movement. US hubbing operations show shorter turnround times compared with Europe, but similar stand utilization due to gaps between complexes. It will become increasingly more important to improve spatial efficiency. This could be done by using larger aircraft In the long term, novel aircraft configurations could minimize the required plan area.

Keywords: apron throughput efficiency; stand capacity; novel aircraft configurations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1016/0969-6997(94)90006-X

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