Aircraft scheduling considering discrete airborne delay and holding pattern in the near terminal area

Abstract

In this paper, a constructive heuristic using the artificial bee colony algorithm is proposed to resolve the aircraft landing problem considering speed control for airborne delay and holding pattern in the near terminal area. Safety is a top priority in civil aviation management, and air traffic control has to consider handling air traffic promptly. The degree of conservatism in dealing with airborne and terminal traffic should be increased to maintain a high level of resilience for the runways system, enhance the robustness of landing schedule, and reduce the workload of air traffic controllers. The computational results show that the proposed algorithm can resolve the problem in a reasonable amount of time for practical usage.