Improving the management of air traffic congestion during the approach phase

Abstract

Nowadays most busy international airports and their corresponding terminal areas are suffering from huge congestion issues due to the simultaneity of their arrival aircraft. The aim of this paper is to establish a new separation method using time- based-separation, speed modification during approach phases and Point Merge System (PMS) so as to ensure efficiently the traffic flow. This work took as a case study the busiest airport of Morocco, The Mohammed V International airport of Casablanca. The proposed management model offers very good results when compared with other models such as the first-come first-served (FCFS) model.