Institute of Transportation, MOTC

　　This study develops an airport simulation model for analyzing the performance of airport operations. This model includes seven modules, i.e., Trip Generation, Gate Assignment, Push Back, Taxiway Maneuvering, Runways Utilization Management, Approaching, and Banking. This model simulates the aircraft ground operations in great detail. Thus, it can provide very detailed information about the performances of runways, taxiways, and gates.
　　A very comprehensive validation test is conducted for this model. The validation criteria include arrival delay distribution, departure delay distribution, push back delay distribution, inter-arrival time distribution, and taxing time distribution. A thorough statistic test is conducted for both mean and probability distribution for each validation criteria. All results show this model works satisfactorily.
　　This model is applied to analyze the capacity for CKS Airport and Sung Shan Airport respectively. The ultimate runway capacity of CKS Airport is 72 operations per hour currently and could be improved to 80 operations per hour when its two parallel runways operate independently and in ideal conditions. Sung Shan Airport can have at most 40 operations per hour currently.