TY - GEN
T1 - Designing 4-D trajectories for super-dense operations given weather constraints
AU - Krozel, Jimmy
AU - Mitchell, Joseph S.B.
AU - Prete, Joseph
AU - Smith, Phil
AU - Andre, Anthony D.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - For the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS), we present trajectory design guidelines focusing on dynamic weather avoidance routing in transition airspaces - within 200 nmi of an airport or a set of metroplex airports. Assuming a Net-Centric Operation (NCO) that provides a mechanism to inform all users of hazardous weather constraints and weather avoidance routing requirements, the NGATS can move away from static jet route routing toward a system in which routes are defined dynamically in four dimensions (4D), and adjusted during the course of the day as required by traffic demand and the geometry of severe weather constraints. Such an operational concept will be particularly useful for time periods for which weather is a major constraint to terminal area operations, and when Super-Dense Operations (SDO) are thus required to maintain a high throughput. This paper describes both a Concept of Operations (ConOps) for using 4D trajectories to establish SDO in NGATS and an approach to designing 4D trajectories.
AB - For the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS), we present trajectory design guidelines focusing on dynamic weather avoidance routing in transition airspaces - within 200 nmi of an airport or a set of metroplex airports. Assuming a Net-Centric Operation (NCO) that provides a mechanism to inform all users of hazardous weather constraints and weather avoidance routing requirements, the NGATS can move away from static jet route routing toward a system in which routes are defined dynamically in four dimensions (4D), and adjusted during the course of the day as required by traffic demand and the geometry of severe weather constraints. Such an operational concept will be particularly useful for time periods for which weather is a major constraint to terminal area operations, and when Super-Dense Operations (SDO) are thus required to maintain a high throughput. This paper describes both a Concept of Operations (ConOps) for using 4D trajectories to establish SDO in NGATS and an approach to designing 4D trajectories.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/48349098157
U2 - 10.1109/DASC.2007.4391821
DO - 10.1109/DASC.2007.4391821
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:48349098157
SN - 1424411084
SN - 9781424411085
T3 - AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference - Proceedings
SP - 1A51-1A510
BT - 26th DASC Digital Avionics Systems Conference - 4-Dimensional Trajectory-Based Operaions
T2 - 26th DASC Digital Avionics Systems Conference - 4-Dimensional Trajectory-Based Operaions: Impact on Future Avionics and Systems
Y2 - 21 October 2007 through 25 October 2007
ER -