Contents Chapter 1 Introduction and Background 1 Introduction 1 Intended Audience 2 Overview of Airfield Capacity 3 Existing FAA Guidance 5 Existing Analytical and Computer Simulation Models 5 Need to Update Airfield Capacity Evaluation Methods and Guidance 6 Organization of the Guidebook 9 Chapter 2 Airfield Capacity Concepts 12 Airport Components 12 Airside Components Including Airfield Geometry 13 Airport and Airspace Operating Environment 17 Aircraft Fleet Mix and Performance Measures 21 Other Factors That Affect Airfield Capacity 22 Chapter 3 Existing Airfield Capacity Evaluation Tools 31 Level I-Table Lookup 33 Level 2-Charts, Nomographs, and Spreadsheets 35 Level 3-Analytical Capacity Models 37 Level 4-Airfield Capacity Simulation Models 40 Level 5-Aircraft Delay Simulation Models 43 Chapter 4 New Airfield Capacity Evaluation Tools and Guidance 47 Overview of New and Newly Available Models 47 New Prototype Airfield Capacity Spreadsheet Model (Levels 1, 2, and 3) 47 Newly Available Level 4 Model-The MITRE rwmvaySimulator 55 New Guidance on Specialty Cases 62 Estimating Effects of NextGen on Airfield Capacity 69 Chapter 5 How to Select the Appropriate Airfield Capacity Model 74 Decision Factors 71 Additional Considerations 78 High-Level Matrix for Preliminary Screening of Levels of Modeling Sophistication 81 Decision Hierarchy 81 Examples of Level of Modeling Sophistication Used in Airfield Capacity Case Studies 81 Chapter 6 Subsequent Uses of Airfield Capacity Estimates 88 Making Demand-Capacity Comparisons 88 Providing Data for Environmental Analyses 91 Informing Benefit-Cost Analysis 91 Balancing Airfield Capacities with Passenger Terminal and Landside Facility Capacities 92 Demand/Congestion Management (FAA) 92 Benchmarking with Other Airports 93 Measuring the Progress of NextGen 93 Input to Models for Estimating Aircraft Delays 94 Application of Airfield Service Volumes and Aircraft Delay Thresholds 94 Defining and Measuring Aircraft Delay and Airport Capacity Thresholds 96 Appendix-A Prototype Airfield Capacity Spreads! Model User's Guide A-1 Appendix -B Essential References and Data Sources B-1