Evaluation of Emissions from Delayed Departure Flights at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA)

摘要

Avoiding flight delays has become a crucial factor in each airport and airline since a huge economic cost results as consequences. Researches are conducted to measure aviation delay and its economic cost while its environmental cost is sparsely addressed. In this research, the delay of departure flights at ground operations are referred when waiting to take-off. More emissions arouse than usual from excess fuel consumption when a flight experiences delay. A methodology is developed in this research to evaluate the impact of departure flight delays at ground operations. Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) is taken as a case for developing the methodology.