REAL-TIME SIMULATION STUDIES CONCERNING THE OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF TWO LANDING THRESHOLDS ON ONE RUNWAY AT FRANKFURT/M

摘要

All forecasts concerning the future growth of civil aviation predict an increasing traffic demand, especially at the major hub airports. The capacity of the runway system is essential in the discussion concerning capacity-enhancement. One of the most important bottlenecks is the achievable landing rate, especially if the closely-spaced parallel configuration of Frankfurt's runway system is taken into consideration. This configuration does not allow independent operation due to radar separation and wake vortex requirements even for staggered approaches.