Upgraded FAA Airfield Capacity Model. Volume 2. Technical Description of Revisions

The FAA Airfield Capacity Model, a computer program designed to quickly calculate the runway capacity of an airport, has recently been upgraded. Several new features have been implemented in the upgraded version. Among these are improved input and output formats for easier usage, the capability to compute runway capacity for up to eleven different percentages of arrivals in a single run (as opposed to a separate run for each percentage), and provisions for calculating the capacity of alternating arrivals to a pair of parallel runways. Several other runway configurations have been added to the model, or improved, as well. Other changes have been made to the internal logic of the model which will result in reduced running times and/or improved accuracy. The resulting capacities may, therefore, differ from the results obtained with the previous version. In most cases this will not affect the ranking of the potential airfield changes under evaluation. This report documents the upgraded FAA Airfield Capacity Model. Volume II is a detailed technical description of the revisions to the program, including flow charts of the logic and evaluations of various alternative logics. This volume is intended as a programmer's guide, but it may also be useful for the experienced analyst who desires a fuller understanding of the model. See also Volume 1, AD-A104 154, AD-A033 685 and AD-A036 354.