The Airport Acceptance Rate is described as what?

• A. Agreed upon number of aircraft that can land at a given airport in an hour, used by ATC
• B. Maximum number of departures per hour
• C. Average number of flights per hour
• D. Total number of baggage handling events per hour

Answer: (A)

Airport acceptance rate is the agreed-upon inbound landing capacity of an airport—essentially how many aircraft can be permitted to land in one hour. This metric is used by air traffic control to manage inbound flow, sequence arrivals, and maintain safe separation given runway configuration and airspace constraints. It focuses on arrivals, not departures or overall flight counts. So it’s not about the maximum departures per hour, the average number of flights per hour, or baggage-handling events.