Abstract:

Taking the time delay spread between the successive flights at the same gate as the measurement of the airport service quality level, an optimization model for the airport gate assignment was built. The model provides the airport controller with an optimal airport gate assignment to reduce the coming influence of the delay as much as possible. The model was solved by the tabu search algorithm using the practical data from a certain airport in China. Simulation results showed the validity of the proposed model.

Key words: air transportation, delay spread, gate assignment model, tabu search algorithm