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Activity Number:
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175
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, July 30, 2012 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Graphics
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| Abstract - #306044 |
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Title:
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Airport Efficiency: Effect of Wind Direction
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Author(s):
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Lendie Follett*+ and Heike Hofmann
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Companies:
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Iowa State University and Iowa State University
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Address:
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2709 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA, 50014, United States
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Keywords:
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graphics ;
airplane ;
wind ;
euclidean ;
polar
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Abstract:
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Airplanes are affected by wind direction and runway orientation during take-off and landing. Landing and departure delays caused by wind can cost a great deal of time and money. Compensating for these troublesome wind directions by reconsidering flight traffic or even adding a runway could benefit an airport immensely. The focus of this analysis is to graphically relate efficiency, measured as the time between consecutive departing and arriving flights, to corresponding wind direction while also considering runway orientation. Illustrating data such as wind direction in context is ideal. Because of this, it may seem wise to display the wind direction data using polar coordinates rather than Euclidean coordinates. We will explore a way of assessing which type of plot - Euclidean or Polar - is a more efficient way of presenting the data.
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