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Assignment 5: Geometric Design and Airport Demand/Capacity ...

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LOC_GA = local GA operationsLOC_MIL = local military operationsAn itinerant operation is one that starts at an airport <strong>and</strong> ends at another airport. A local operation starts at one airport <strong>and</strong> endsat the same airport. For each airport do the following:a) Plot the historical number of total enplanements as a function of time.c) Comment on the trends observed for flight operations <strong>and</strong> passenger enplanements. What happened in the years 2001 <strong>and</strong> in2008 to cause the observed dem<strong>and</strong> shifts?Problem # 4Historical passenger enplanement data for the Punta Cana <strong>Airport</strong> is shown in the following table. An Excel file is also availablewith the data.Table 1. PUJ Passenger Dem<strong>and</strong>.Year Arriving Passengers Departing Passengers1,984 2,976 2,9761,985 6,951 6,9511,986 9,438 9,4381,987 11,925 11,9251,988 30,236 30,2361,989 50,733 50,7331,990 71,231 71,2311,991 69,924 69,9241,992 108,538 108,5381,993 164,717 164,7171,994 226,716 226,7161,995 343,135 343,1351,996 395,096 388,7811,997 460,134 448,5831,998 522,609 515,7271,999 657,392 651,5642,000 888,847 878,6862,001 921,448 927,3852,002 962,679 949,8252,003 1,292,089 1,286,103CEE 4674 Trani Page 2 of 3

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