Time to burn: Flight delay,terminal efficiency,and fuel consumption in the National Airspace System |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania, 102 Meyerson Hall, 210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States;2. Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 200 South 33rd Street, 203 Moore Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States;3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NEXTOR, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 109 McLaughlin Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1720, United States;4. Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Assistant Administrator of NextGen, Systems Analysis and Modeling Directorate, NAS Modeling Division, Washington, DC, United States;1. University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States;2. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, United States;3. Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC 20591, United States;1. Department of Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, USA;2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 107 McLaughlin Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA;3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 114 McLaughlin Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA;1. Escola d’Enginyeria de Telecomunicació, i Aeronàutica de Castelldefels, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain;2. Department of Planning and Transport, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Improved Air Traffic Management (ATM) leading to reduced en route and gate delay, greater predictability in flight planning, and reduced terminal inefficiencies has a role to play in reducing aviation fuel consumption. Air navigation service providers are working to quantify this role to help prioritize and justify ATM modernization efforts. In the following study we analyze actual flight-level fuel consumption data reported by a major U.S. based airline to study the possible fuel savings from ATM improvements that allow flights to better adhere to their planned trajectories both en route and in the terminal area. To do so we isolate the contribution of airborne delay, departure delay, excess planned flight time, and terminal area inefficiencies on fuel consumption using econometric techniques. The model results indicate that, for two commonly operated aircraft types, the system-wide averages of flight fuel consumption attributed to ATM delay and terminal inefficiencies are 1.0–1.5% and 1.5–4.5%, respectively. We quantify the fuel impact of predicted delay to be 10–20% that of unanticipated delay, reinforcing the role of flight plan predictability in reducing fuel consumption. We rank terminal areas by quantifying a Terminal Inefficiency metric based on the variation in terminal area fuel consumed across flights. Our results help prioritize ATM modernization investments by quantifying the trade-offs in planned and unplanned delays and identifying terminal areas with high potential for improvement. |
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| Keywords: | Aviation Fuel consumption Air Traffic Management |
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