A Simplified Model to Assess the Influence of the Configuration of Commercial Aircraft on Boarding and Deboarding

Table 10

Complete comparison of boarding times for the three aircraft configurations using the random outside-in boarding strategy for different % of carry-on baggage.

	Times (min:sec) for % carry-on baggage
Configuration	—	20%	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%	100%
	50%	4:48	5:09	5:28	5:43	6:00	6:15	6:29	6:42	6:54
	95%	5:10	5:33	5:56	6:10	6:27	6:44	6:56	7:09	7:23
	STD DEV	0:14	0:16	0:17	0:17	0:17	0:17	0:17	0:17	0:17
	50%	4:42	4:59	5:17	5:33	5:49	6:04	6:18	6:30	6:42
	95%	5:04	5:23	5:45	6:02	6:17	6:31	6:44	6:56	7:06
	STD DEV	0:13	0:14	0:15	0:17	0:17	0:17	0:16	0:16	0:16
	50%	4:37	4:53	5:10	5:26	5:39	5:52	6:05	6:18	6:27
	95%	5:00	5:19	5:34	5:52	6:08	6:21	6:34	6:46	6:57
	STD DEV	0:13	0:15	0:15	0:16	0:17	0:17	0:17	0:16	0:16