THE PROGRESS IN RUNWAY CAPACITY AT SPANISH AIRPORTS PICAP (Airport ATC capacity research programme) ICRAT 2004 MIGUEL ANGEL BUENO Aeronautical Engineer Zillina, November 2004

0- Introduction

1- Background BEFORE... NOW... PICAP (ATC Runway capacity research programme)

2- Requirements/ Data Airfield Infrastructures Rules and ATC Procedures Runway Occupancy Times (ROTs) Aircraft Performances Traffic Mix

2- Requirements/ Data Airfield Infrastructures Rules and ATC Procedures Runway Occupancy Times (ROTs) Aircraft Performances Traffic Mix

2- Requirements/ Data Airfield Infrastructures Rules and ATC Procedures Runway Occupancy Times (ROTs) Aircraft Performances Traffic Mix

2- Requirements/ Data Airfield Infrastructures Rules and ATC Procedures Runway Occupancy Times (ROTs) Aircraft Performances Traffic Mix

3- Methodology DATA ANALYSIS ROTsINFRAESTRUCTURES ATC PROCEDURES TRAFFIC MIX HYPOTHESIS DEFINITION RESULTS SIMULATION PROCESS RCA AIP. LoA DATA BASE... OTHER SOURCES OPERATIONAL DATA ACQUISITION DEBATE

4- Simulation Process FIRST THEN WITNESS SEPARATION BETWEEN CONSECUTIVE OPERATIONS MAXIMUM CAPACITY OBTENTION SCHEDULE DELAY

5- Results INDICATORS CAPACITYQUALITY SERVICES DELAY SENSITIVITY PUNCTUALITY PGS (Separation Assurance Percentage) PGS (Separation Assurance Percentage) GRAPHIC DEMAND RMP (Maximum Runway Throughput) RMP (Maximum Runway Throughput)

5- Results INDICATORS CAPACITYQUALITY SERVICES DELAY SENSITIVITY PUNCTUALITY PGS (Separation Assurance Percentage) PGS (Separation Assurance Percentage) RMP (Maximum Runway Throughput) RMP (Maximum Runway Throughput) GRAPHIC DEMAND

5- Results RMP (Maximum Runway Throughput)

5- Results PGS (Separation Assurance Percentage)

5- Results GRAPHIC DEMAND

5- Results DELAY

5- Results SENSITIVITY

5- Results PUNCTUALITY

6- PICAP So Far… U p to date, 27 out of 45 Spanish airports have been already studied using PICAP, covering around the 85% of total movements. The remaining 28 airports are expected to be studied along next years. S ince PICAP started to be applied, significant capacity gains have been achieved in several Spanish airports. From winter 1997 to date, the overall capacity figures can be quantified in 252 new operations in the whole airport network of Spain. P ICAP has become the one only Spanish CAA (DGAC) Certified Methodology on ATC runway capacity. More than runway operations collected and analysed and over hours of simulation computed. E urocontrol recognised in 2001 this methodology as a best practice.

P icap+ software tool development. 7- PICAP +

8- Benefits Permanent operational evaluation. New ATC Procedures influences. Master Plans assessment. A s for capacity, PICAP has proved to be a reliable methodology on which decision- making process should be based on: T he experience acquired allow to easily identify the main airports “bottlenecks” and the areas where most efforts have to be made: ATC Procedures. Airfield infrastructures. AIP. Other Indicators.

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