The beginning of the 21st century has marked a sustained growth of air traffic in India, registering a fivefold increase since the early 2000s.
During the last 15 years, aviation infrastructure in India has undergone significant augmentation in terms of airport capacity, ANS infrastructure, manpower addition and advanced technological adoption. Greenfield airports at Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pokyong and Kannur; capacity augmentation of many airports; huge airport expansion in Delhi, Mumbai and Cochin have added significant ground infrastructure capacity. Nevertheless, the exponential growth in air traffic and demand for access at constrained airports regularly creates air traffic congestion.
At any given time, only one aircraft can land or depart from a runway and every aircraft must be separated with another aircraft or object by a certain distance or time to avoid collisions. Due to these factors, every airport or airspace sector has a finite capacity known as Aerodrome Capacity or Airspace Capacity.
This capacity depends on many factors such as the number of runways available, the layout of taxi tracks, availability of air traffic control and current or anticipated weather. There are several variables that affect an Aerodrome Capacity such as bad weather, change in runway-in-use, runway configuration, VIP movement, bird activity, unforeseen situation such as missed approach, necessitating runway inspection and many more.
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During the last 15 years, aviation infrastructure in India has undergone significant augmentation in terms of airport capacity, ANS infrastructure, manpower addition and advanced technological adoption. Greenfield airports at Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pokyong and Kannur; capacity augmentation of many airports; huge airport expansion in Delhi, Mumbai and Cochin have added significant ground infrastructure capacity. Nevertheless, the exponential growth in air traffic and demand for access at constrained airports regularly creates air traffic congestion.
At any given time, only one aircraft can land or depart from a runway and every aircraft must be separated with another aircraft or object by a certain distance or time to avoid collisions. Due to these factors, every airport or airspace sector has a finite capacity known as Aerodrome Capacity or Airspace Capacity.
This capacity depends on many factors such as the number of runways available, the layout of taxi tracks, availability of air traffic control and current or anticipated weather. There are several variables that affect an Aerodrome Capacity such as bad weather, change in runway-in-use, runway configuration, VIP movement, bird activity, unforeseen situation such as missed approach, necessitating runway inspection and many more.
19/07/19 Millennium post
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