Advance Terminal Planning Study Program Criteria Document

KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
ADVANCE TERMINAL PLANNING STUDY
PROGRAM CRITERIA DOCUMENT
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are inherently different at airports due to differences in how airlines choose to
strategically serve the demand for air travel at each airport. At KCI, aircraft size,
passenger load factors, and Average Seats per Departure (ASPD) were used.
Airlines continually work to align capacity with demand. At KCI, average aircraft
size reflects a mix of narrowbody and regional jet aircraft. Since 2007, average
aircraft size has increased as Low Cost Carriers (LCCs) have continued to capture a
larger share of the KCI market and network airlines have deployed a higher
percentage of large regional jets. Enplaned passenger load factors have increased
24 percent from 60 percent in 2000 to almost 75 percent in 2011 as airlines make
better use of their aircraft assets.
ASPD for each of the major groups of passenger activity was calculated from total
departures and total departing seats. Aircraft load factors were calculated for each
group of passenger operations by dividing total enplaned passengers by total
departing seats. To calculate total operations, the total number of departures was
multiplied by a factor of two. Figure 1.3-2, Historical Passenger Operations
with ASPD, displays historical passenger operations and average seats per flight.
Figure 1.3-2
HISTORICAL PASSENGER OPERATIONS WITH ASPD
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Source:
Landrum & Brown
Landrum & Brown Page 7
April 2013