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Analysing capacity challenges in the Multi-Airport System of Mexico City 

  • a Miguel Mujica Mota ,
  • b Irene Izco Berastegui  , 
  • c  Javier Faulin 
  • a Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Weesperzijde 190, Amsterdam, 1097DZ, The Netherlands
  • b Institute of Smart Cities, Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, Spain 
  • c Institute of Smart Cities, Dept. Statistics, Computer Science and Mathematics. Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, Spain 
Cite as
Mujica Mota M., Izco I., and Faulin J. (2022).,Analysing capacity challenges in the Multi-Airport System of Mexico City. Proceedings of the 34th European Modeling & Simulation Symposium (EMSS 2022). , 044 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.46354/i3m.2022.emss.044

Abstract

The relentless growth in Mexico City’s aviation traffic has inevitably strained capacity development of its airport, raising the dilemma between the possible solutions. In the present study, Mexico’s Multi-Airport System is subjected to analysis by means of multi-model simulation, focusing on the capacity-demand problem of the system. The methodology combines phases of modelling, data collection, simulation, experimental design, and analysis. Drawing a distinction from previous works involving two-airport systems. It also explores the challenges raised by the Covid-19 pandemic in Mexico City airport operations, with a discrete-event simulation model of a multi-airport system composed by three airports (MEX, TLC, and the new airport NLU). The study is including the latest data of flights, infrastructures, and layout collected in 2021. Therefore, the paper aims to answer to the question of whether the system will be able to cope with the expected demand in a short-, medium-, and long 
term by simulating three future scenarios based on aviation forecasts. The study reveals potential limitations of the system as time evolves and the feasibility of a joint operation to absorb the demand in such a big region like Mexico City. 

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