Key Performance Indicators for Performance-Based Airport Management from the perspective of airport operations

Abstract

Since the total number of flight movements increases annually, existing capacity restraints at airports are expected to worsen and new restrains will arise considering the air traffic demand and current airport infrastructure. In this context, the current airport operations have to be significantly optimized using the given infrastructure and new airport operational strategies have to be developed regarding to the ambitious targets of Europes Flightpath 2050 and the associated Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda of the ACARE organization. To evaluate the performance of the airport operations reliable, quantifiable and resilient Key Performance Indicators are required. In the context of air traffic, performance is primarily characterized by the amount of flight movements, handled aircrafts on ground, delays in operations and passengers operated. The objective of our research is to derive a consolidated set of Key Performance Indicators, primary focuses the airport airside operations, which will allow both a comprehensive view of the airport system and an efficient, holistic and performance based management of the day of operations enabled by realtime measurements and modelbased predictions for the future system states. To meet this challenge, factors with relevant impact on the airport airside performance are identified, clustered and evaluated to derive reasonable Key Performance Indicators. Three Key Performance Indicators are chosen which are determined with the help of 22 Performance Indicators split in two levels. Applying those Key Performance Indicators in the concept of Performance-Based Airport Management an improved airport performance is expected as the knowledge about upcoming disturbing events during the operations enables the various stakeholders to intervene ahead of time and such to reduce negative impacts. The validation of the chosen Key Performance Indicators and expansion of investigations on further impacts will be in focus of future research.