Abstract
This project is intended to provide a thorough depiction of potential improvement in the flight scheduling operations at Lambert Airport in St. Louis. After researching the airline industry and analyzing historical data, we developed a model to simulate flight times and create an efficient schedule that minimizes total flight delay throughout the day. Through our model and own observation on the airline industry as a whole, we hope to provide insight into how to increase efficiency in flight scheduling at airports.
Background:
Every day, millions of Americans travel through U.S. airports in hopes of reaching their final destination in a timely fashion. Reaching 738 million commercial passengers in 2005, the aviation industry is booming and is expected to accommodate 1 billion passengers by 2015. With contributions of $640 billion dollars to the U.S. economy, it is clear that the aviation industry is critical to the nation’s economic well-being.
Our project takes on the challenges presented by the Airport Cooperative Research Program’s (ACRP) sponsored national university competition addressing airport issues and the National Airspace System. The purpose of the competition is to raise awareness of the benefits of the Airport Cooperative Research Program and the importance of airports to the National Airspace System infrastructure within both the academic community and the greater nation.
This project is intended to provide a thorough depiction of potential improvement in the flight scheduling operations at Lambert Airport in St. Louis. After researching the airline industry and analyzing historical data, we developed a model to simulate flight times and create an efficient schedule that minimizes total flight delay throughout the day. Through our model and own observation on the airline industry as a whole, we hope to provide insight into how to increase efficiency in flight scheduling at airports.
Background:
Every day, millions of Americans travel through U.S. airports in hopes of reaching their final destination in a timely fashion. Reaching 738 million commercial passengers in 2005, the aviation industry is booming and is expected to accommodate 1 billion passengers by 2015. With contributions of $640 billion dollars to the U.S. economy, it is clear that the aviation industry is critical to the nation’s economic well-being.
Our project takes on the challenges presented by the Airport Cooperative Research Program’s (ACRP) sponsored national university competition addressing airport issues and the National Airspace System. The purpose of the competition is to raise awareness of the benefits of the Airport Cooperative Research Program and the importance of airports to the National Airspace System infrastructure within both the academic community and the greater nation.