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Title:

SMALL AIRCRAFT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AS IMPLEMENTED IN NEBRASKA

Accession Number:

00966593

Record Type:

Component

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Abstract:

The Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) is an improved mode of air travel for personal transportation that makes use of the network of commercial and general aviation airports. It is a system of highly developed aircraft and ground facilities that can safely and affordably move people among several thousand of currently underused airports throughout urban, suburban, and rural America. The SATS is a combined program that consists of three main components: new vehicle technology, airspace infrastructure, and SATS service provider. The objective of this research was to study the SATS service provider component. It consisted of the definition and analysis of the demand forecast, airfield design, terminal area, and ground transportation access metrics and their interrelationships. A computer model that allowed the evaluation of different scenarios of planning and design of airfields for the SATS in Nebraska was also developed. The results of a base simulation for 2001 showed that 88 out of 91 Nebraska airports require some changes to be SATS compatible. The air traffic control and the terminal area components require the most changes. The runway length, runway surface, lighting, marking, aircraft parking, and fuel accessibility also require some minor changes and upgrades. The capacity and ground transportation access of all airports meet SATS requirements. An ongoing research effort continues to develop and calibrate the SATS metrics at regional and national levels. The results were merely preliminary work for SATS implementation in the state of Nebraska.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1850, Air Transportation Challenges: Airspace, Airports, and Access.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Moussavi, M
Vargas, J A

Pagination:

p. 11-19

Publication Date:

2003

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1850
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309085861

Features:

Figures (2) ; References (26)

Geographic Terms:

Nebraska

Subject Areas:

Aviation; Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Research

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Dec 12 2003 12:00AM

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