packages (Long et al. 1999, Stamatopoulos et al. 2003,
EUROCONTROL 2001) that perform both capacity
and delay analyses and, in the instance of the last
two references, include models of aprons and aircraft
stands. After some necessary enhancements and an
adequate amount of testing in a variety of airport
environments, packages of this type may provide airport
planners within a few years with an easy-to-use
and very fast set of tools for the study of a host of
airside issues.