The multiple runway aircraft landing problem: A case study for tunis carthage airport

Since the emergence of the "Airport Congestion" that serves over four million passengers per year, the latter crucial component of the air transportation system is becoming a major bottleneck in air traffic control operations. In spite of the pressure of this situation, many operations within an airport are still carried out by man-made systems. As an example, the air traffic controllers are still responsible for implementing arrival sequencing and scheduling solution which made the aircraft landing operation in the terminal maneuvering area a complex and difficult problem for the air traffic control. In this context, this research presents an exact method for the static case of the aircraft landing problem to a pair of runways. The computational experiments, tested with data from Tunis Carthage Airport, show the benefits of the proposed approach compared to the air traffic control rule applied within the relevant airport.