Airport Capacity Benchmark Report 2001

DFW – Dallas-Fort Worth International AirportCurrent Operations – Optimum Rate• Visual approaches, visual separation – South Flow• ASPM data is actual hourly traffic counts• Solid line represents the expected limit of hourly operations• Demand at DFW utilizes maximum rate only for short time intervals, due to taxiway and gate capacity– operational rate over an hour can therefore fall below the estimated capacity180160140150,120ASPM - October 2000 - Visual ApproachesCalculated VMC CapacityOptimum Rate (DFW)Arrivals per Hour1201008060Each dot represents onehour of actual trafficduring October 2000402000 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180Departures per Hour