Patent ID: 11887026
Assignee: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
creating, by a processor, a graph network model representing an airport,
wherein the graph network model comprises a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links,
wherein the plurality of nodes includes a gate node, airlinks, a runway with an entrance node and an exit node, and a runway crossing with a crossing node and ground links, and
wherein the graph network model is a directed graph;
calibrating, by the processor, parameters of the graph network model utilizing historical airplane flight information for the airport and based on different operating characteristics of the airport;
periodically determining, by the processor, a set of gate hold times for a second airplane, wherein the second airplane is associated with a misconnected passenger;
periodically modifying, by the processor and responsive to the set of gate hold times, a gate hold time for the second airplane to allow the misconnected passenger to board the second airplane;
assessing, by the processor, connection information associated with the misconnected passenger from a first airplane; and
repeatedly executing, by the processor, the graph network model to obtain a suggested gate pushback time for the second airplane based on the assessing of the connection information.