Metroplex Demand Analysis and Applications

,A metroplex is a group of two or more adjacent airports whose arrival and departure operations are highly interdependent. The NASA Airportal Project’s Characterization of and Concepts for Metroplex Operations study investigated current sources of metroplex inefficiency and evaluated methods for improving performance. Metroplex demand analysis supported the study by generating traffic demand schedules for the evaluation of four hypothetical metroplex configurations. Each generated traffic demand schedule was the adaptation of a real-world airport traffic demand schedule to a hypothetical metroplex airport according to the specified demand loading and airspace geometry. The generated traffic demand sets were applied in subsequent analyses of metroplex airspace geometry, scheduling, and metering precision. This paper discusses the metroplex demand analysis process, its application to the Characterization of and Concepts for Metroplex Operations study, and its application to metroplex demand redistribution impact evaluation.

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