Urban Air Mobility: Factors Affecting Vertiport Capacity

Rimjha, Mihir; Trani, Antonio

doi:10.1109/icns52807.2021.9441631

Cited by 16 publications

(12 citation statements)

References 2 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…However, the assessment model developed by Kleinbekman and Guerreiro et al does not take into account critical factors such as the operational modes and the utilization of surface area. Rimjha and Trani [30] analyzed not only the capacity and delay status of vertiports but also the utilization rate of pads by constructing an airport operation logic, however, their assessment of the capacity of vertiports still lacks the consideration of the operational modes.…”

Section: Airport Capacity Assessment Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Capacity Assessment and Analysis of Vertiports Based on Simulation

Zhang,

Li,

Fei

et al. 2023

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

City air traffic as a new transportation mode has gradually attracted attention in recent years which will bring endless vitality to future urban development. An objective and accurate assessment of the vertiport capacity for UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) is the basis for implementing air traffic flow management for UAVs, which is also a prerequisite for improving the efficiency of urban airspace resources used. Firstly, new topology designs are proposed and named as connected and compact topology designs based on the existing central airport topology design. Subsequently, three modes of operation are summarized for vertiports with multiple TLOF pads: independent operation, dependent operation, and segregated operation. In the next place, the overall traffic flow of the vertiport model is established based on AnyLogic while analyzing the logic of UAV operation in three modes as mentioned above. Eventually, according to the simulation results, the vertiport operation capacity, the UAVs delay, and surface area utilization under different operation modes and topology designs are analyzed. The simulation result shows that the overall average delay time of UAVs for independent operation mode is about 100 s less than that of segregated operation and it also shows that the utilization rate of independent operation mode under central design is as high as 54.42% while the utilization rate of TLOF pads of other design is less than 50%, and its vertiport capacity is the largest, so the independent operational mode under central configuration is the optimal combination.

show abstract

Section: Airport Capacity Assessment Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Capacity Assessment and Analysis of Vertiports Based on Simulation

Zhang,

Li,

Fei

et al. 2023

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Adding environmental constraints, uncertainties and passenger interaction to the operation of individual vertiports located inside a UAM vertiport network, different vertiport layout and performance capabilities might be required to serve "nominal" demand [97,98]. An airport shuttle network in the Washington D.C. (U.S.) area was analyzed by [98] in regard to changing performances of vehicle speed, boarding time, vertiport operations times and arrival demand.…”

Section: Vertiport Network In Support Of Airportsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In contrast to [98], ref. [97] conducted a sensitivity analysis for several variables (e.g., arrival/departure service time at pad and stall) by applying a lognormal distribution in order to evaluate the impact on vertiport capacity and operational efficiency (for additional details see [99]).…”

Section: Vertiport Network In Support Of Airportsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another study focusing on business models in the Washington D.C. area considers 2-7 movements per half hour [98]. UAM network studies in San Francisco [97] and Los Angeles [92] found a maximum of 325 and 250 passengers, respectively, being serviced per day on the busiest vertiport. These studies showed that a vertiport network tends to have one vertiport with very high demand, a few semi-high-demand vertiports and a lot of low-demand vertiports.…”

Section: Airfield Layout and Capacitymentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Urban Air Mobility: Systematic Review of Scientific Publications and Regulations for Vertiport Design and Operations

Schweiger

Preis

2022

Drones

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Novel electric aircraft designs coupled with intense efforts from academia, government and industry led to a paradigm shift in urban transportation by introducing UAM. While UAM promises to introduce a new mode of transport, it depends on ground infrastructure to operate safely and efficiently in a highly constrained urban environment. Due to its novelty, the research of UAM ground infrastructure is widely scattered. Therefore, this paper selects, categorizes and summarizes existing literature in a systematic fashion and strives to support the harmonization process of contributions made by industry, research and regulatory authorities. Through a document term matrix approach, we identified 49 Scopus-listed scientific publications (2016–2021) addressing the topic of UAM ground infrastructure with respect to airspace operation followed by design, location and network, throughput and capacity, ground operations, cost, safety, regulation, weather and lastly noise and security. Last listed topics from cost onwards appear to be substantially under-represented, but will be influencing current developments and challenges. This manuscript further presents regulatory considerations (Europe, U.S., international) and introduces additional noteworthy scientific publications and industry contributions. Initial uncertainties in naming UAM ground infrastructure seem to be overcome; vertiport is now being predominantly used when speaking about vertical take-off and landing UAM operations.

show abstract

“…In mobility-on-demand operation, whereby more people want to land at inner-city vertiports in the morning or take off after work, higher costs, negative environmental impacts and, after all, operational inefficiencies are expectable from a repositioning of empty eVTOLs. Aiming for higher performance, Rimjha and Trani assume a size of around 8000 m 2 for a vertiport with parking stalls for eight eVTOLs, the necessary taxiing areas and one TLOF [53]. This equals to the size of a football field.…”

Section: Reachability Of Vertiportsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Sustainable Urban Air Mobility in Europe

Biehle

2022

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The first step to steer passenger Urban Air Mobility (pUAM) towards the necessity of sustainability is to understand its impact on our urban transportation systems. This research emphasises the social footprint of passenger drones in scheduled operation as an early business model in European Functional Urban Areas. The literature review is guided by the corresponding Sustainable Urban Mobility Indicators (SUMI). The prospective impact which the introduction of pUAM has on the evaluation of European transportation systems regarding their affordability for the public, their inclusivity for mobility-impaired groups, their accessibility to commuters and the level of customer satisfaction is analysed. Furthermore, the impact of pUAM on the perceived quality of public urban space is examined. Results indicate the overall social footprint of passenger drones in European transport systems to be negative. Early market pUAM may lead to an unbalanced distribution of potential benefits, with services tailored to address only a limited number of citizens. Highlighting pathways for a societal benefiting technology, recommendations are provided for urban planning and city development.

show abstract

Urban Air Mobility: Factors Affecting Vertiport Capacity

Cited by 16 publications

References 2 publications

Capacity Assessment and Analysis of Vertiports Based on Simulation

Capacity Assessment and Analysis of Vertiports Based on Simulation

Urban Air Mobility: Systematic Review of Scientific Publications and Regulations for Vertiport Design and Operations

Social Sustainable Urban Air Mobility in Europe

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About