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The Security Screening model aids in analyzing passenger experiences related to wait times and queue areas at airports by allowing users to define processing rates and lane dimensions. It incorporates demand factors to estimate the required number of screening lanes and enables sensitivity analysis to optimize configurations for desired service levels. The model also calculates passenger space within queues and provides comparisons with other airports to enhance planning and design efficiency.

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Security

The Security Screening model aids in analyzing passenger experiences related to wait times and queue areas at airports by allowing users to define processing rates and lane dimensions. It incorporates demand factors to estimate the required number of screening lanes and enables sensitivity analysis to optimize configurations for desired service levels. The model also calculates passenger space within queues and provides comparisons with other airports to enhance planning and design efficiency.

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Airport Passenger Terminal Planning and Design Security Screening

Security Screening

The Security Screening model is designed to provide a view of the


passenger experience in the queue in relation to wait times and queue area.
The user defines the processing rates and number of lanes, and inputs the
existing or desired screening lane dimensions and queue dimensions. Figure
1 is a screenshot of the model. The cells are color coded in the same manner
as the other models in the spreadsheet. The user makes the inputs into the
white cells and can perform a sensitivity analysis of the screening process by
adjusting the inputs and observing the changes to the wait times and
passenger space values.

Figure 1

Additional information about the inputs or calculations in the user cells is


provided by way of cell comments that will pop up when the user’s cursor is
placed over the cell.

The Demand portion of the Security Screening model is broken out in


Figure 2, where the user determines the percentage of additional traffic at
the airport in question, the throughput in passengers per hour per lane, and
the desired maximum waiting time. These inputs will provide a starting point
Airport Passenger Terminal Planning and Design Security Screening

for the required number of screening lanes. The linked mini-queue model
uses a normal peaked distribution which allows for lags and surges in the flow
to estimate a required number of screening lanes that is more likely to
achieve the desired max waiting time.

Figure 2

In the next section of the model, the user selects and inputs the current
configuration and dimensions of the security screening and queuing area.
Figure 3 is taken from the model and shows how the user can adjust the
number of screening lanes being used in the mini-queue model to see the
impact on the max waiting time in the queue. The preliminary calculation for
the number of required screening lanes in Row 15 was determined by
optimizing the process potential, and thus the real number of screening lanes
must be greater with time lost during periods of flow that are below the
capability of the process.

Figure 3

The last section of the model (as represented in Figure 4) looks at the
queuing area and determines the passenger space within the queue. A pop-up
International Air Transport Association (IATA) Table (Figure 5) is included for
the user to adjust the level of service and see the required changes to either
the number of screening lanes or the dimension of the queue. By making
adjustments and performing a sensitivity analysis, the user can better
understand how to use the space and configuration available to provide their
passengers with the level of service that is desired. Other spaces like Total
Checkpoint Area and Total Security Screening Area are also calculated for
future comparison of space per passenger values with other airports.

Figure 4
Airport Passenger Terminal Planning and Design Security Screening

Figure 5
IATA Table - Comment Pop Up

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