26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-8.6.1

AN OPTIMIZATION MODEL FOR REDUCING AIRCRAFT TAXI TIMES AT THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

S. Rathinam, J. Montoya*, Y. Jung*
Univ. of California, USA; *NASA, USA

Keywords: Taxi Scheduling, Surface Operations, Mixed Integer Linear Programming

Taxi delays contribute significantly to total aircraft delays. Apart from saving operational costs, reducing total taxi delays by controlling the movements of the aircrafts can also have environmental benefits. In this paper, we model and solve a taxi-scheduling problem with data collected at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

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