Demonstration of reduced airport congestion through pushback rate control

Airport surface congestion results in significant increases in taxi times, fuel burn and emissions at major airports. This paper describes the field tests of a congestion control strategy at Boston Logan International Airport. The approach determines a suggested rate to meter pushbacks from the gate...

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Main Authors: Simaiakis, Ioannis (Contributor), Khadilkar, Harshad Dilip (Contributor), Balakrishnan, Hamsa (Contributor), Reynolds, Thomas G. (Contributor), Hansman Jr, Robert J (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2017-09-08T15:13:42Z.
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