Modelling of Aircraft Delays in Akure Airport

As the economy of any nation grows, globally it also affect the rate of movement from one country to the other, whereby causing the increase in traffic and also delays in some facilities that should be accessed. Delay is a prominent event mostly experience at airport by both airlines and passengers. This study investigated if there are delays in Akure airport, secondary data were used for the study, data ranging from January 01, 2023 to March 31, 2023, the data were extracted from NCAA and FAAN records, nine hundred aircraft movement records combined for both arrival and departure were extracted respectively. Queue models were developed to ascertain the through situation of arriving aircraft traffic and departing aircraft. The result of the study reveal that there was no issue of delays for departing traffic in Akure Airport, Therefore, it can be concluded that the Akure Airport, is a transit or receiving airport with low aircraft traffic due to highly spaced headways and frequency of service in Akure airport, the study recommends that the state government should boost economic, commercial and tourism activities that will enhance air traffic so that the airport can have more patronage. It was also recommended that the state can float its own airline (carrier) so that the airport can become a hub for operations within a 24-hour period.