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This paper covers the requirements and design phases of the 2005 Groundside Survey at Toronto Pearson International Airport conducted in June 2005. The design process will be covered under the following general topics: data requirements, data use, value of the date and survey concepts. This last topic will be further developed in terms of the core interview surveys, the supporting data, aspects of the data coding and entry phase and the final file linking process. It is these interview surveys and the handling of the data that will create the statistical database that will be used for the generation of air passenger characteristics and distribute these passengers, in time and space, across the groundside facilities with respect to their corresponding flight and its characteristics. The ability to statistically distribute individual flight passenger loads to groundside facilities, over time, is paramount to the development of groundside operational and planning models. Furthermore the survey method allowed for the defining of the catchment area of the airport, both the orientation of trips to the Toronto area and the wider dispersion of trips within Southern Ontario and beyond. This survey methodology allows for the both the routine analysis for modal split with respect to air trip purpose as well as the development of air passenger lead-lag curves for future planning of groundside facilities for a given airside schedule. Conclusions in the paper will focus on the lessons learned in the design, as well as examples of key statistical findings.

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06-0397

English

17p

2006

Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting

CD-ROM

Figures (3) ; References (5)

Data collection; Interviewing; Landside operations (Airports); Methodology; Surveys; Training

Toronto Pearson International Airport

Aviation; Education and Training; Terminals and Facilities

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006 Paper #06-0397

BTRIS, TRIS, TRB

Mar 3 2006 10:21AM