This paper studies the multiple runway aircraft landing problem. The aim is to schedule arriving aircraft to available runways at the airport. Landing times lie within predefined time windows and safety separation constraints between two successive landings must be satisfied. We propose a new approach for solving the problem. The method is based on an approximation of the separation time matrix...

When aircraft take off, a minimum separation time must be enforced between them. The separation required between each pair of aircraft depends upon the weight classes, speed groups and departure routes. This ensures that wake vortices have time to dissipate, in-flight separations are maintained and congestion is controlled. Some separations may need to be increased in bad weather. The take-off ...

This paper proposes a mathematical definition of an aircraft-separation criterion for kinematic-based horizontal maneuvers. It has been formally proved that kinematic maneuvers that satisfy the new criterion are independent and coordinated for repulsiveness, i.e., the distance at closest point of approach increases whether one or both aircraft maneuver according to the criterion. The proposed c...

SOME ASPECTS OF AIRCRAFT DYNAMIC LOADS DUE TO FLOW SEPARATION This paper discusses various topics associated with the study of Aircraft Dynamic Loads due to Flow Separation. Topics discussed include the need for consistent definitions of buffet and buffeting, the advantages of a consistent notation for all the papers, buffeting due to wings and other components, the alleviation of buffeting, th...

At airports with closely-spaced parallel runways, the inability to conduct simultaneous approaches in all weather conditions is a cause of significant delay. One concept for reducing delay is paired approaches, where two airc raft on closely spaced approaches are ‘paired’, and the ‘trail’ aircraft stays within a safe zone relative to the ‘lead’. This positioning guarantees that neither aircraft...

Safety levels are a vital concern as new technologies and procedures are introduced into the National Airspace System. Despite a wealth of information from flight operations and testing programs, there is no accepted method to quantify the relationship between safety levels and aircraft separation standards in the terminal area. This paper presents a modeling approach to quantify the risk assoc...

A multilayer approach to the prevention of conflicts due to the loss of aircraft-to-aircraft separation which relies on procedures and on-board automation was implemented as part of the SATS HVO Concept of Operations. The multilayer system gives pilots support and guidance during the execution of normal operations and advance warning for procedure deviations or off-nominal operations. This pape...

A pair of human-in-the-loop simulation evaluations of a distributed air/ground separation assurance system have been conducted to investigate the function allocation between humans and automation systems as well as ground-based and airborne agents in the Next Generation Air Transportation System and beyond. This paper focuses on an analysis of certain critical conflicts observed between self-se...

Proposals for air traffic management such as Free Flight call for a transfer of responsibility for separation between aircraft from air traffic controllers (ATCos) to pilots. Under many proposals, the role of the ATCo will change from one of active control to passive monitoring. The present study directly compared these types of control with respect to ATCo mental workload, conflict detection, ...

In a simultaneous paired approach to closely-spaced parallel runways, a pair of aircraft flies in close proximity on parallel approach paths. The aircraft pair must maintain a longitudinal separation within a range that avoids wake encounters and, if one of the aircraft blunders, avoids collision. Wake avoidance defines the rear gate of the longitudinal separation. The lead aircraft generates a...