chapter 4 – facility requirements - San Diego International Airport

Table 4-10
INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS BY AIRLINE
San Diego International Airport
Operations CAGR Share of total
Carrier 2008 PAL1 PAL2
08-
PAL1
08-
PAL2 2008 PAL1 PAL2
Aeromexico 742 1,608 1,978 6.7% 4.6% 26.5% 28.2% 28.7%
Air Canada 1,024 1,746 1,916 4.5% 2.9% 36.5% 30.6% 27.8%
Alaska 732 1,240 1,737 4.5% 4.0% 26.1% 21.8% 25.2%
US Airways 192 274 306 3.0% 2.1% 6.8% 4.8% 4.4%
Europe 114 416 479 11.4% 6.7% 4.1% 7.3% 6.9%
Pacific - 416 479 n.c. n.c. 0.0% 7.3% 6.9%
Total 2,804 5,700 6,894 6.1% 4.2% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
CAGR = compound annual growth rate; n.c. = not calculated.
Source: Landrum & Brown analysis.
Terminal Gate Requirements. Domestic and international gate
requirements were developed for each carrier for PAL1 and
PAL2 using a methodology based on the number of turns per
gate. The number of turns per gate for each airline was assessed
for 2008 to determine the efficiency with which each airline is
currently using its gates. A future turns per gate assumption
was derived for each airline for PAL1 and PAL2 to develop gate
requirements for each planning level.
On average airlines operated 6.6 turns per gate at SDIA in 2008.
This is expected to increase to 6.9 turns per gate by PAL1 and to
7.1 turns per gate by PAL2.
International aircraft typically need to be on the ground longer
than domestic flights so the utilization of the domestic gates is
higher than international gates. The international gates are
currently being used for less than one turn per day on average.
By PAL2, the number of turns per gate on the international gates
is expected to increase to 2.3.
Southwest typically has higher gate utilization than legacy
carriers and this holds true at SDIA. Southwest averaged 10.7
domestic turns per gate in 2008. Given Southwest’s already high
level of gate use, turns per gate were held constant through
PAL2.
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