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https://onlinepubs.trb.or...trcircular/325/325-015.pdf

This paper discusses the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) Advanced Concepts Division's research and development efforts having to do with airport terminal area ATC automation. Some of the National Airspace System (NAS) inefficiencies which can be substantially reduced with further automation and communication improvements are outlined. The objectives and scope of FAA's proposed program are discussed, and some of the activities that are already going on are examined. This program is a research effort to develop automation aids to: reduce Air Traffic Control (ATC) induced delays from the top of descent (cruise altitutes) to the runway; increase throughput and improve the controllers' productivity and effectiveness in handling high volumes of traffic during visual and instrument meteorological conditions; accommodate user-preferred trajectories (i.e., allow aircraft to fly direct and fuel efficient routes when entering or departing terminal areas); and facilitate the adoption of new procedures that increase airport capacity. Automation concepts include aids to the controllers to handle arriving and departing traffic, and to facilitate coordination between controller positions. For each concept, the research includes emphasis on human-machine interactions.

This paper appeared in Transportation Research Circular No. 325, Airport and Terminal-Area Operations of the Future, Report of a Special Meeting, National Academy of Sciences, October 7-8, 1986, Washington, D.C. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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Air traffic control; Automation; Communications; Coordination; Development; Human machine systems; Improvements; Measures of effectiveness; Meteorological phenomena; Productivity; Research; Traffic delays

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration

Effectiveness; Research and development

Aviation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

Feb 29 1988 12:00AM

• A TIME-BASED CONCEPT FOR TERMINAL-AREA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
• AIR TRAFFIC DELAYS AND RUNWAY CAPACITY: WHAT'S THE GAME PLAN AND WHO'S KEEPING SCORE?
• AIRPORT AND TERMINAL-AREA OPERATIONS OF THE FUTURE
• AIRPORT AND TERMINAL-AREA OPERATIONS OF THE FUTURE, REPORT OF A SPECIAL MEETING, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, OCTOBER 7-8, 1986, WASHINGTON, D.C. - ADDITIONAL INPUTS FROM THE PARTICIPANTS
• AIRPORT AND TERMINAL-AREA OPERATIONS OF THE FUTURE, REPORT OF A SPECIAL MEETING, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, OCTOBER 7-8, 1986, WASHINGTON, D.C. - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• AIRPORT AND TERMINAL-AREA OPERATIONS OF THE FUTURE, REPORT OF A SPECIAL MEETING, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, OCTOBER 7-8, 1986, WASHINGTON, D.C. - INTRODUCTION
• AIRPORT AND TERMINAL-AREA OPERATIONS OF THE FUTURE, REPORT OF A SPECIAL MEETING, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, OCTOBER 7-8, 1986, WASHINGTON, D.C. - REPORT OF WORKING GROUP 1
• AIRPORT AND TERMINAL-AREA OPERATIONS OF THE FUTURE, REPORT OF A SPECIAL MEETING, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, OCTOBER 7-8, 1986, WASHINGTON, D.C. - REPORT OF WORKING GROUP 2
• AIRPORT AND TERMINAL-AREA OPERATIONS OF THE FUTURE, REPORT OF A SPECIAL MEETING, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, OCTOBER 7-8, 1986, WASHINGTON, D.C. - REPORT OF WORKING GROUP 3
• AIRPORT AND TERMINAL-AREA OPERATIONS: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSPECTIVE
• AIRPORT AND TERMINAL-AREA OPERATIONS: OPERATOR'S PERSPECTIVE
• AN AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER'S VIEWPOINT: WHO'S IN CHARGE ANYWAY?
• AUTOMATION AND AIRPORT CAPACITY PROGRESS TO DATE
• RESEARCH NEEDS FOR AIRPORT AND TERMINAL-AREA OPERATIONS OF THE FUTURE