Simulation and Optimization for the Airport Passenger Flow

Airport is an ideal application area of simulation. Passenger flow is very important for the airport waiting room management and operation. A simulation model is developed to analyse the airport waiting room using commercially available simulation software Arena 9.01 in this paper. The simulation model can be used to gain insights into the presence of bottlenecks and their causes, and to evaluate the key performance measures of the system. Through optimization, different resources can be reassigned. Therefore, it provides the basis for increasing utilization of facilities and improving service level.