TY - GEN
T1 - Fuel starvation caused by hub closure
AU - Wang, C.
AU - Drees, L.
AU - Holzapfel, F.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Many airlines run their home base as a hub airport to enable the efficient transfer of connecting passengers, causing several inbound and outbound peaks during the day with the airport operating near its maximum capacity. Disturbances, such as thunderstorms or blocked runways, however, can greatly interfere with the schedules. In those situations, airport capacity reduces greatly, sometimes the entire airport has to be closed. The inbound traffic has to be diverted to nearby, usually smaller airports. If a disruption occurs during a heavy inbound situation, the diverted traffic may not be easily handled by the diversion airports due to their restricted capacity, causing possible fuel starvation onboard those aircraft that have to hold until a landing slot becomes available. This study will demonstrate an approach to determine such probability of fuel starvation and and show the effects of additional fuel that can be taken on board prior departure.
AB - Many airlines run their home base as a hub airport to enable the efficient transfer of connecting passengers, causing several inbound and outbound peaks during the day with the airport operating near its maximum capacity. Disturbances, such as thunderstorms or blocked runways, however, can greatly interfere with the schedules. In those situations, airport capacity reduces greatly, sometimes the entire airport has to be closed. The inbound traffic has to be diverted to nearby, usually smaller airports. If a disruption occurs during a heavy inbound situation, the diverted traffic may not be easily handled by the diversion airports due to their restricted capacity, causing possible fuel starvation onboard those aircraft that have to hold until a landing slot becomes available. This study will demonstrate an approach to determine such probability of fuel starvation and and show the effects of additional fuel that can be taken on board prior departure.
KW - Accident prediction
KW - Approach management
KW - Flight safety
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85013685616&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85013685616
T3 - 30th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2016
BT - 30th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2016
PB - International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
T2 - 30th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2016
Y2 - 25 September 2016 through 30 September 2016
ER -