Some thoughts on my end:
- netconvert already supports importing aeroways from OSM:
https://sumo.dlr.de/docs/Networks/Import/OpenStreetMap.html#recommended_typemaps
;-)
- we recently build some capabilities for having reversible traffic on
normal roads (not just rail)
- actually many aspects of airplane ground movements are similar to rail
operations
  - reversible movement
  - signals that block entry into some part of the network until it is free
of other vehicles
  - portion working: coupling and uncoupling of vehicles (pushback + plane)
: https://sumo.dlr.de/docs/Simulation/Railways.html#portion_working
- I also see the biggest challenge in free-form movement across the apron.
Normal operations might be modeled as a dense network of intersecting roads
but that would still leave open degrees of freedom used in non-standard
situations. On the other hand, if the origins and destinations on the apron
aren't to complicated one could also try to make it work with a few very
wide roads and the sublane model (and of course we still might tack on a
completely new movement model).

regards,
Jakob


Am Mi., 23. Nov. 2022 um 18:19 Uhr schrieb <[email protected]>:

> On Wed, 23 Nov 2022, at 5:56 PM, The div wrote:
> > That sounds interesting enough to play with for fun :)
>
> Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Seems that we will have a lot of
> material for several upcoming SUMO conferences ;-). The current agent-based
> version actually does not handle takeoffs and landings, planes appear and
> disappear at the ends of taxiways. IIRC we already have bi-directional
> lanes so reversing the runway direction should not be an big issue (well
> ...). If we are lucky, the plane reversing from its gate using a tow truck
> issue could be actually somehow solved by using the railway extension, but
> it definitely needs someone with deeper insight (i.e. Jakob E., Michael
> B.?) to actually say if it is not a "Schnapsidee" (a nonsense idea).
>
> The main problem (as always) will be to find a capable student or students
> who will implement all those bells and whistles ... but as a student
> project, we might get lucky. It will be a challenge nevertheless.
>
> Jan
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