Initial Estimation of the Number of Urban Air Mobility Operations at Aerodromes to Assess Operational Limits: Additional Results

This document serves as a data supplement to our primary research paper titled “Initial Estimation of the Number of Urban Air Mobility Operations at Aerodromes to Assess Operational Limits” [1]. The figures, plots, and datasets presented here are intended to complement the results discussed in Ref. [1]. Readers are encouraged to consult that paper first to better understand the methodology and the broader context of the findings shared in this supplement.

In the main study [1], we evaluated potential throughput constraints at ten aerodromes across the Chicago metropolitan area, based on assumed “plausible” numbers of gates and touchdown and lift off (TLOF) pads at each site. We then estimated the number of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) operations that could be accommodated under varying inter-arrival time assumptions. The assumptions, limitations, and caveats associated with this approach are detailed in Ref. [1].

This document is organized into three sections. Section I presents aerial images for each aerodrome included in the study. Overlaid on these aerial images are the hypothesized locations of TLOF pads and their associated safety areas, along with potential approach and departure vectors. Section II provides the aerodrome throughput analysis results under instrument flight rules (IFR) operational assumptions, while Section III presents the corresponding results under visual flight rules (VFR) assumptions. Together, these sections provide supplementary data to support our work highlighted in Ref. [1].