Viseu Aerodrome Runway Study

Project¹ that calculates served airports and accepted aircraft based on runway characteristics.

Problem

Viseu Aerodrome is interested in servicing bigger aircraft, which enable longer range and carry more passengers per aircraft (Martins, 2018). This requires improving the structural strength of the pavement and increasing the length of its runway.

Proposal

In order to design an airport pavement, it is necessary to know two main characteristics, namely the Pavement Classification Number² (PCN) and the extension³ of the runway.

Thus, the proposed challenge is to design a pavement with capacity (PCN) and extension to meet a desired group of routes⁴.

Project data structure

├── preprocessing.ipynb            # Preprocessing 
├── analysis.ipynb                 # Data analysis
├── data                  
│          ├── raw                 # Raw data
│          ├── processed           # Data processed
├── reports                        # Outputs

Shortcuts

1. Preprocessing
2. Data analysis
3. Data information
4. Future developments

Use

In the analysis.ipynb notebook, run:

AnalysisByRWY(PCN, RWYLenght)

Output:

Aircraft served: Aircrafts
Routes served: Airports

Results

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Citation

Tamagusko, T. (2020). Airport Pavement Design. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.19628.00640

@thesis{Tamagusko2020,
author = {Tamagusko, Tiago},
doi = {10.13140/RG.2.2.19628.00640},
number = {February},
pages = {82},
school = {University of Coimbra},
title = {{Airport Pavement Design}},
type = {Master Dissertation in Urban Mobility Management},
year = {2020}
url = {https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.19628.00640}
}

References

Martins, J. P. F. (2018). Reflexão sobre a viabilidade e localização de uma infraestrutura aeroportuária na região Centro de Portugal (Universidade do Porto). https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.34944.69124

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Please direct bug reports and pull requests to the GitHub page. To contact me directly, send email to tamagusko@gmail.com.

-- Tiago

Copyright (c) 2019, Tiago Tamagusko.

Footnotes

1. Developed for the discipline of Informatics, Systems and Programming (Prof. Alberto Cardoso) at the University of Coimbra, academic year 2018-2019. ↩

2. Indicates, among other elements, the structural strength of the pavement. ↩

3. Aircraft need a minimum runway length to land. ↩

4. Schengen area only, to ease security issues. ↩