A Note on Runway Capacity Definition and Safety

Document Type : Technical note

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Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Zip 14588, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The following is a discussion on the different aspects of the term capacity as well as a brief look at the commonly used capacity definitions in industrial and operations engineering in general and in Civil Aviation in particular. We maintain that quality factors (including more specifically here, safety) must be explicitly considered in runway capacity definition, and accordingly, we provide a revision on previous perspectives.

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