Demand-Driven Evaluation of an Airport Airtaxi Shuttle Service for the City of Frankfurt
The CORUS-XUAM project defined three two-way U-space corridors linking Frankfurt Airport’s Terminal 2 on the city outskirts with the city-center Trade Fair. These corridors avoid the approach cones of the northern and central runways and bypass hospital no-fly zones and large buildings. In our previ...
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| description | The CORUS-XUAM project defined three two-way U-space corridors linking Frankfurt Airport’s Terminal 2 on the city outskirts with the city-center Trade Fair. These corridors avoid the approach cones of the northern and central runways and bypass hospital no-fly zones and large buildings. In our previous studies, we first used fast-time simulations to evaluate the U-space routing and its operating concept, based on historical air traffic data. Included were arriving and departing airplanes as well as police, and medical helicopters throughout the city. The focus was on the limitations of the airspace, avoiding conflicts with other airspace users and between the airtaxis using a different corridor or delaying the departure, as well as determining the throughput potential of such a corridor system. Building on our previous studies, this study incorporates higher-fidelity traffic simulation data and an updated demand analysis for the airtaxi shuttle service. Our new sizing analysis reveals that ground operations typically, not airspace capacity, constitute the primary bottleneck. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-904a5a5919954f1fb05c00f249b34cd92025-08-20T03:24:26ZengMDPI AGAerospace2226-43102025-06-0112652810.3390/aerospace12060528Demand-Driven Evaluation of an Airport Airtaxi Shuttle Service for the City of FrankfurtFabian Morscheck0Christian Kallies1Enno Nagel2Rostislav Karásek3Institute of Flight Guidance, German Aerospace Center, 38108 Braunschweig, GermanyInstitute of Flight Guidance, German Aerospace Center, 38108 Braunschweig, GermanyInstitute of Flight Guidance, German Aerospace Center, 38108 Braunschweig, GermanyInstitute of Flight Guidance, German Aerospace Center, 38108 Braunschweig, GermanyThe CORUS-XUAM project defined three two-way U-space corridors linking Frankfurt Airport’s Terminal 2 on the city outskirts with the city-center Trade Fair. These corridors avoid the approach cones of the northern and central runways and bypass hospital no-fly zones and large buildings. In our previous studies, we first used fast-time simulations to evaluate the U-space routing and its operating concept, based on historical air traffic data. Included were arriving and departing airplanes as well as police, and medical helicopters throughout the city. The focus was on the limitations of the airspace, avoiding conflicts with other airspace users and between the airtaxis using a different corridor or delaying the departure, as well as determining the throughput potential of such a corridor system. Building on our previous studies, this study incorporates higher-fidelity traffic simulation data and an updated demand analysis for the airtaxi shuttle service. Our new sizing analysis reveals that ground operations typically, not airspace capacity, constitute the primary bottleneck.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/12/6/528air traffic managementunmanned aircraft system traffic managementurban air mobilityvertiports |
| spellingShingle | Fabian Morscheck Christian Kallies Enno Nagel Rostislav Karásek Demand-Driven Evaluation of an Airport Airtaxi Shuttle Service for the City of Frankfurt Aerospace air traffic management unmanned aircraft system traffic management urban air mobility vertiports |
| title | Demand-Driven Evaluation of an Airport Airtaxi Shuttle Service for the City of Frankfurt |
| title_full | Demand-Driven Evaluation of an Airport Airtaxi Shuttle Service for the City of Frankfurt |
| title_fullStr | Demand-Driven Evaluation of an Airport Airtaxi Shuttle Service for the City of Frankfurt |
| title_full_unstemmed | Demand-Driven Evaluation of an Airport Airtaxi Shuttle Service for the City of Frankfurt |
| title_short | Demand-Driven Evaluation of an Airport Airtaxi Shuttle Service for the City of Frankfurt |
| title_sort | demand driven evaluation of an airport airtaxi shuttle service for the city of frankfurt |
| topic | air traffic management unmanned aircraft system traffic management urban air mobility vertiports |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/12/6/528 |
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