@inproceedings{38e568349db94ac288caa2d83395ff8d,
title = "Air traffic impacts caused by lightning safety procedures",
abstract = "Lightning poses a threat to outdoor workers servicing gate-side aircraft. For safety reasons, people are brought inside whenever thunderstorms dwell directly over an airport. The halting of outdoor work (ramp closure), however, causes air traffic delays. This study examines the risk of outdoor people exposed to lightning threats and the causality and magnitude of traffic delays due to ramp closures (as opposed to other reasons). The propagation of airport delays incurred from lightning-induced ramp closures through the national airspace system is investigated by means of air traffic simulations. These simulations enable exploration of opportunities to minimize operational inefficiencies while maintaining outdoor personnel safety. Monetary valuation of the safety risks and air traffic delays allows balancing personnel safety and operational efficiency from an economic perspective.",
author = "Matthias Steiner and Wiebke Deierling and Kyoko Ikeda and Michael Robinson and Alexander Klein and Jennifer Bewley and Bass, \{Randall G.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved.; 16th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2016 ; Conference date: 13-06-2016 Through 17-06-2016",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.2514/6.2016-4213",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781624104404",
series = "16th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference",
publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA",
pages = "1--19",
booktitle = "16th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference",
}