In order to alleviate the problem of flight delay is increasingly prominent, especially in the terminal control area.the process of sequencing of arrival aircraft in the terminal control area is divided into two phases, i.e. route phase and gathering sorting phase. The problem of sequencing of arrival aircraft in the terminal control area is studied by adopting a single machine scheduling algorithm combined with cell transmission theoretical algorithm. A cell transmission model of taking the shortest system running time as the target function is established by utilizing standard radar traffic circuit combined with the experience of the practice. The aircraft waiting for landing are segmented into different groups and are given the corresponding weights by using the integration principle of linked aircraft. According to the different effect of linked aircraft a reasonable order is given. The analysis result shows that the optimization model can reflect the dynamic characteristics of the arrival aircraft. This can give a reasonable landing sequence and can provide a reference for the path selection of the arrival aircraft in the terminal control area to meet the needs of actual operation.