Figure 1: The capacity/demand relationship over time

Aircraft
movements

µ
h
n
λ
l

T
t
a b

Figure 2: Queue length evolution

no. of
aircraft in
queue

(n - l) T

h-n
n-l

t
a b (n - l) T
b+
(h - n)
T (n - l) T
(h - n)

 Figure 3: The cumulative diagrams

no. of
aircraft

(n - l) T
n b+
(h - n)

n
h
na +lT
na l

t
a a + lT b (n - l) T
b+
n (h - n)

Figure 4: Delay suffered by an aircraft arriving at time t

delay
/
a/c

T (1- l )
n
t
a a + lT b (n - l) T
b+
n (h - n)

 Figure 5: A more general case

No. of aircraft

time

a b c d e f