Airport Capacity and Configuration – IES PYQ

1. In an airport, if 4 groups of 5 gates each located well-separated are considered for traffic and the future-to-present traffic ratio is 3, then the total requirement of future gates will be _____ .

[IES 1998]

1. 36
2. 44
3. 68
4. 32

2.  Consider the following factors:

1. Air traffic control measures
2. Aircraft traffic composition
3. VFR/IFR operation
4. Runway configuration

Which of these factors affect the capacity of a runway ?

[IES 2002]

1. 2 and 3
2. 1 and 4
3. 1, 2, 3 and 4
4. 1, 2 and 3

3. Which of the following gives the number of gate positions in an airport ?

[IES 2005]

1. Capacity of apron 60 x 2
   x Number of aircraft movements
2. Capacity of taxiway 60 x 2
   x Average gate occupancy time
3. Capacity of holding apron 60 x 2
   x Average gate occupancy time
4. Capacity of runway 60 x 2
   x Average gate occupancy time

4.  If M_i = Proportion of i^th type of aircraft in the mix,
T_i = “Gate occupancy time” of the i^th type of aircraft,
G = Number of gates (considering that all the available gates can be used by all aircrafts)
Which one of the following equations gives the ultimate gate capacity C ?

[IES 2006]

1. C =
   G x 60 Σ M_i T_i
2. C = Σ
   M_i G
   x T_i
3. C =
   G Σ M_i x T_i
4. C =
   Σ G x M_i Σ T_i