Airport business & capacity planning
Week 1: Capacity
Capacity
Types of airport capacity
- Terminal capacity
- Gate capacity
- Airport access
- Cargo
- Security
- Runway/taxiway
- LoS (level of service)
1. Pax journey
2. Time
3. Constraints
Population & airport capacity
- Catchment area
- Demand at the airport
Pax type
Freq/purpose
Demographics citypairs
Forecasting VFR traffic
- ESA (unicef)
- IMF
- Migration data portal
Airport master planning steps:
Traffic forecast approach
, - New gates
- Accessibility
- ATM
- Analyzing old data!!! Forms a base line
- Type of airport and catchment area
- Dynamics of ppl (business/leisure etc)
Traffic flow
- Passenger movements
International/domestic
Transfer
Schedule/lcc/fsc
- Aircraft movements
Passenger
Full freighter
military
- Air cargo volumes
Annual traffic forecast
1. Trend projection
Extrapolation historical trend
Quick
2. Market and industry surveys
High level research
3. Delphi technique – experts’ opinion
Aviation expert opinions
Questionnaire to selected people
4. Econometric method – regression analysis
Mostly used air traffic forecasting method
Economic, social and operational indicators
Passenger volume distribution
, Passenger’s demand says something about the certain peakyness
throughout the day/year
- Business (morning/evening)
- Leisure (all day)
- VFR
Catchment area is not constant
- Business environment
- Population composition
- Differs by location and position of country
Migration
- People moving to countries with high GDP
Week 1 : Business Figure 1 capacity steps
Business model described the value an organization offers to various
customers and portrays the capabilities and partners required
Week 1: Capacity
Capacity
Types of airport capacity
- Terminal capacity
- Gate capacity
- Airport access
- Cargo
- Security
- Runway/taxiway
- LoS (level of service)
1. Pax journey
2. Time
3. Constraints
Population & airport capacity
- Catchment area
- Demand at the airport
Pax type
Freq/purpose
Demographics citypairs
Forecasting VFR traffic
- ESA (unicef)
- IMF
- Migration data portal
Airport master planning steps:
Traffic forecast approach
, - New gates
- Accessibility
- ATM
- Analyzing old data!!! Forms a base line
- Type of airport and catchment area
- Dynamics of ppl (business/leisure etc)
Traffic flow
- Passenger movements
International/domestic
Transfer
Schedule/lcc/fsc
- Aircraft movements
Passenger
Full freighter
military
- Air cargo volumes
Annual traffic forecast
1. Trend projection
Extrapolation historical trend
Quick
2. Market and industry surveys
High level research
3. Delphi technique – experts’ opinion
Aviation expert opinions
Questionnaire to selected people
4. Econometric method – regression analysis
Mostly used air traffic forecasting method
Economic, social and operational indicators
Passenger volume distribution
, Passenger’s demand says something about the certain peakyness
throughout the day/year
- Business (morning/evening)
- Leisure (all day)
- VFR
Catchment area is not constant
- Business environment
- Population composition
- Differs by location and position of country
Migration
- People moving to countries with high GDP
Week 1 : Business Figure 1 capacity steps
Business model described the value an organization offers to various
customers and portrays the capabilities and partners required