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Welcome to TeamAirportDFM
Website. Our goal is to provide you with useful information to
assist you in understanding more about Airport Departure Flow
Management System (ADFMS). Below are a few facts that were used
as the basis for the ADFMS:
- All major U.S. airports are scheduled with departures at
peak travel periods in excess of the runway departure capacity. As a
consequence of over-scheduling, and the procedures for push-back, a
free-for-all occurs amongst the airlines to secure a slot in the long
taxiway departure queues that occur every day. These queues result in
excess fuel burn and emissions, and create unnecessary taxiway
congestion. Researchers have proposed a "departure management" system
in which airlines "reserve" departure slots and are able to trade slots
in the event of a delay or disruption.
- ADFMS is a web-based system to provide ramp
controllers, airport and airlines authoritities with a decision support
tool that automates departure sequencing recommendations to maximize
the use of the runways, reduce delays and fuel waste while idling on
the runway.
- ADFMS uses the concept of virtual queuing to sequence
aircrafts departure at the gates instead of on the runways. ADFMS
also allows airlines to exchange departure slots with themselves or
with other airlines to prevent holding up at the virtual queue and earn
merit points upon exchanging slots. Points are required for
trading and exchanging slots.
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