How Do Layered Airspace Design Parameters Affect Airspace Capacity and Safety?

How Do Layered Airspace Design Parameters Affect Airspace Capacity and Safety?

Hoekstra, J.M. (TU Delft Control & Simulation)
Maas, J.B. (TU Delft Control & Simulation)
Tra, M.A.P. (Student TU Delft)
Sunil, E. (TU Delft Control & Simulation)

2016

In many ATM studies experiments are performed to determine the capacity. This paper looks at the effect of airspace design on the capacity. Using an algebraic approach a relation is derived between the design parameters of a layered airspace design and the capacity of the airspace. The validity of the assumptions which are used in this derivation are tested experimentally. This airspace lay-out proved to be the airspace design which had the highest capacity for the unstructured, extremely high traffic demand used in an earlier experimental study. The result is both a method to relate an airspace design to the capacity as well as a relation which shows the effect on the airspace capacity for an airspace design where different levels or layers are defined each with their own segment of heading angles.

Capacity
Air Transportation System Performance Measurement
Traffic Complexity
Airspace Design
Conflict Probability
Conflict Rate
Separation Assurance
Safety

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7th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation: Philadelphia, USA

7th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, 2016-06-20 → 2016-06-24, Drexel University, Philadelphia, United States

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© 2016 J.M. Hoekstra, J.B. Maas, M.A.P. Tra, E. Sunil