1. Accessibility analysis for Baghdad international airport.
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Sabit, Rusul M. and Asmael, Noor M.
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INTERNATIONAL airports , *AIRPORTS , *TRAVEL time (Traffic engineering) , *INTERNATIONAL travel , *GEOGRAPHIC information systems , *PUBLIC transit , *ZONING - Abstract
Airport accessibility refers to the comfort degree of passengers arriving at an airport, and it is an important factor in international travel. Baghdad international airport is a key part of the transportation system within Baghdad city, and this study examines the accessibility of passengers traveling to Baghdad international airport in order to determine how to improve the spatial and performance metrics of various airport activities to allow the facility to meet international standards. This paper offers a spatial analysis of airport locations, determining accessibility by means of private transportation by car and the suggested future metro lines, as there is currently no public transportation to the airport. A Geographic Information System (GIS) is used to analyse the resulting multi-modal network (highway and metro) based on applying a network analysis tool on adding various attributes to each layer, including measured speed, journey time, journey length, classification, and name, to determine the most direct route between the 14 zones of Baghdad city as origins to Baghdad international airport as a destination. Accessibility is thus expressed by travel time, and considered most specifically after adding the metro line layer to the highway layer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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