Evaluation of air traffic distribution policies in multiple-airport systems

－ Case of Tokyo metropolitan area －

Abstract

The airports in multiple-airport areas are operated as a multiple-airport system. The system assigns roles or functions to the airports using air traffic distribution policies such as the exclusive use of passengers for domestic or international. Those policies are based on planning factors of airports such as location, accessibility and slot capacity. This study develops method of evaluating alternative rules of traffic distribution in a given system by using the criterion of passengers benefit. The evaluated method is used to calculate multiple-airport choice models for both terminal and transit passengers. The model was applied to the Tokyo Metropolitan area and the alternative of distribution rules was evaluated based on several feasible rules.