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An airport has 4 gates. If the weighted average gate occupancy time is 30 minutes and gate utilization factor is 0.5, then the capacity of the gate will be

A. 1 aircraft per hour

B. 2 aircrafts per hour

C. 4 aircrafts per hour

D. 16 aircrafts per hour

Answer: Option C


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Comments ( 3 )

  1. Hamza Hasan
    Hamza Hasan :
    3 years ago

    How one gate capacity is 2 aircrafts per hour. Explain

  2. Diyar Khan
    Diyar Khan :
    4 years ago

    Gate occupancy time = 30 mins

    ∵ Gate capacity for 1 gate = 2 Aircrafts/hr

    ∵ For 4 gates capacity = 2*4 = 8 Aircrafts/hr

    Now gate utilization factor = 0.5

    Final gate capacity = 8*0.5

    = 4 Aircrafts/hr

  3. Maximus Max
    Maximus Max :
    5 years ago

    How to solve this

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