Quick Sizing, Throughput Estimating and Layout Planning for VTOL Aerodromes – A Methodology for Vertiport Design

Preis, Lukas

doi:10.2514/6.2021-2372

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“…In a branch-and-bound fashion, the optimal gate to pad ratio for four topologies (single, satellite, linear, pier) is determined and the topology with the highest throughput capacity is selected by [127] based on mixed-integer programming. In this way, the optimal spatial layout of the vertiport airfield can be determined for any given area.…”

Section: Sizing Approaches and Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Further airfield elements, next to pads, that are considered across the board are gates, parking stands, taxiways and the passenger terminal. Most sources derive their assumptions from the FAA heliport design guidelines [57] and some give a detailed treatment of airfield element dimensions [7,127,131,132].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Ref. [127] developed an integer-programming-based branch-and-bound approach, which determines the number of pads and gates, the best suited topology and the anticipated throughput based on the shape and size of a given area. In the paper a range of generic scenarios is tabulated to determine the possible throughput on a given area or find the necessary area for a desired throughput.…”

Section: Airfield Layout and Capacitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Refs. [32,127,132] all give a detailed description of the different characteristics. Further topologies that are put forth are the remote apron topology [131], resembling today's commercial airports, the single topology [127], resembling today's helistops and a linear uni-directional flow topology (LIEDT [7], linear process configuration [20]) targeting for a high-throughput potential.…”

Section: Airfield Layout and Capacitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[32,127,132] all give a detailed description of the different characteristics. Further topologies that are put forth are the remote apron topology [131], resembling today's commercial airports, the single topology [127], resembling today's helistops and a linear uni-directional flow topology (LIEDT [7], linear process configuration [20]) targeting for a high-throughput potential. Early contributions of [131] on the ratio between gates and pads have found the ratio to strongly depend on the turnaround time at the gates, which in turn depends on passenger boarding and vehicle charging.…”

Section: Airfield Layout and Capacitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Estimating vertiport passenger throughput capacity for prominent eVTOL designs

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Urban Air Mobility has the potential to substantially reduce travel times in some cases of urban-related transportation. Travel time savings strongly depend on fast processing at vertiports, which presents a key challenge considering demand levels’ vertiports would experience when becoming an established mode of transport. This article sheds light on the passenger throughput vertiport airfields can manage and how the operations are sensitive to changes. One main contribution of this article is the introduction of hourly passenger throughput per area as a performance indicator that allows to compare vertiports of different sizes. VoloCity is studied as a reference vehicle and the resulting space requirement of the carefully specified baseline scenario is 188 square-meters per passenger per hour. A total of 13 prominent eVTOL designs are included in the study from which the current design space between maximum vehicle dimension and number of seats is deducted. The study shows that vehicles with a small maximum dimension yield the highest passenger throughput capacity. CityAirbus performs best (46.3 m2/PAX/h) with a diameter of 7.92 m and Archer Maker performs worst (221 m2/PAX/h) with a diameter of 12.2 m. How the performance indicators can be used as rules-of-thumb in the first-order estimations of vertiport throughput capacity or space requirement is described by means of illustrative examples. The insights presented in this paper might be useful for researches, vehicle developers, and municipalities alike.

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Vertiport Performance Analysis for On-Demand Urban Air Mobility Operation in Seoul Metropolitan Area

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Quick Sizing, Throughput Estimating and Layout Planning for VTOL Aerodromes – A Methodology for Vertiport Design

Cited by 16 publications

References 17 publications

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

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

Estimating vertiport passenger throughput capacity for prominent eVTOL designs

Vertiport Performance Analysis for On-Demand Urban Air Mobility Operation in Seoul Metropolitan Area

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