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Overview of the Small Aircraft Transportation System Project Four Enabling Operating CapabilitiesIt has become evident that our commercial air transportation system is reaching its peak in terms of capacity, with numerous delays in the system and the demand still steadily increasing. NASA, FAA, and the National Consortium for Aviation Mobility (NCAM) have partnered to aid in increasing the mobility throughout the United States through the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) project. The SATS project has been a five-year effort to provide the technical and economic basis for further national investment and policy decisions to support a small aircraft transportation system. The SATS vision is to enable people and goods to have the convenience of on-demand point-to-point travel, anywhere, anytime for both personal and business travel. This vision can be obtained by expanding near all-weather access to more than 3,400 small community airports that are currently under-utilized throughout the United States. SATS has focused its efforts on four key operating capabilities that have addressed new emerging technologies, procedures, and concepts to pave the way for small aircraft to operate in nearly all weather conditions at virtually any runway in the United States. These four key operating capabilities are: Higher Volume Operations at Non-Towered/Non-Radar Airports, En Route Procedures and Systems for Integrated Fleet Operations, Lower Landing Minimums at Minimally Equipped Landing Facilities, and Increased Single Pilot Performance. The SATS project culminated with the 2005 SATS Public Demonstration in Danville, Virginia on June 5th-7th, by showcasing the accomplishments achieved throughout the project and demonstrating that a small aircraft transportation system could be viable. The technologies, procedures, and concepts were successfully demonstrated to show that they were safe, effective, and affordable for small aircraft in near all weather conditions. The focus of this paper is to provide an overview of the technical and operational feasibility of the four operating capabilities, and explain how they can enable a small aircraft transportation system.
Document ID
20050237821
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Viken, Sally A. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Brooks, Frederick M. (National Consortium for Aviation Mobility Hampton, VA, United States)
Johnson, Sally C. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2005
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
LF99-1716
AIAA Paper 2005-7312
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA 5th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO)
Location: Arlington, VA
Country: United States
Start Date: September 26, 2005
End Date: September 28, 2005
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Funding Number(s)
OTHER: 23-786-10-10
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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