Urban Air Mobility Demand Estimation for Airport Access: A Los Angeles International Airport Case Study

Rimjha, Mihir; Hotle, Susan; Trani, Antonio; Hinze, Nicholas; Smith, J.C.

doi:10.1109/icns52807.2021.9441659

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“…Similar but a more detailed analysis was conducted by [92] who used a 2019 LAX passenger survey as primary data set to determine the optimal vertiport location and network size based on the passengers' selected top ten origin destinations in the area of Los Angeles (U.S.). Restricted airspace boundaries prohibiting overflying or restricting the placement of vertiports are taken into account.…”

Section: Vertiport Network In Support Of Airportsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Together with the Fuzzy C-means clustering method which places a certain number of clusters in a specific area, ref. [92] concluded with an optimally placed vertiport set of three network sizes: 50, 75 and 100 vertiports. Those vertiports located adjacent to LAX attract zero demand due to the short travel distance or airspace restriction, whereas the vertiport in LA downtown expected the highest demand.…”

Section: Vertiport Network In Support Of Airportsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ref. [92] derived a potential 3.6% market share of UAM operating mainly as an airport shuttle and providing trips from and to LAX. To achieve this, a vertiport network size of 75 vertiports is required.…”

Section: Vertiport Network In Support Of Airportsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other publications use discrete-event-based [7,92] or agent-based [134] simulation approaches. In another work done by [135], the vertiport capacity is determined based on the different vertiport layouts, varying behavior of passengers and vehicles, imbalances in the vehicle fleet and magnitude and shape of the passenger demand profile with special focus on demand peaks.…”

Section: Airfield Layout and Capacitymentioning

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%

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

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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.

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Section: Vertiport Network In Support Of Airportsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Vertiport Network In Support Of Airportsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Vertiport Network In Support Of Airportsmentioning

confidence: 99%