Manuscript for Presentation at the TRB Annual Meeting and for Publication in TRB’s Journal

摘要

The successfully designed airport concourse must perform at a level that meets the needs of itspassengers, One key element for airport designers and planners to consider is the concourse congestioncreated as a result of terminal use. One method for assessing concourse performance is to set and attemptto meet an appropriate level of service (LOS) for airport passengers based on congestion. A simulationmodel is developed to estimate the occupancy of zones within a concourse. Specifically, factors such asthe flight frequency, aircraft size, gate configuration, and passenger walk speed are considered in thesimulations. Zones inside the concourse are introduced and examined for how various diversions(concessions, restaurants, etc.) within the concourse, the capacity of departure lounge in each gate, andmoving walkways affect passenger flow in each zone.A finger-pier concourse with 12 gates along its perimeter and four sets of moving walkways isconsidered as an example to estimate passenger occupancy in each zone and the resulting percent of timea day the concourse attains LOS B for three cases, 1) concourse without moving walkway, 2) concoursewith wide moving walkway, and 3) concourse with narrow moving walkway. This research providesinsight into how various concourse operation strategies affect when and how passenger congestion formswithin the terminal. The results indicate that a concourse with sufficient corridor width and departurelounge capacity could further benefit from installing moving walkways.