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Effect of Traffic Position Accuracy for Conducting Safe Airport Surface OperationsThe Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) concept proposes many revolutionary operational concepts and technologies, such as display of traffic information and movements, airport moving maps (AMM), and proactive alerts of runway incursions and surface traffic conflicts, to deliver an overall increase in system capacity and safety. A piloted simulation study was conducted at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to evaluate the ability to conduct safe and efficient airport surface operations while utilizing an AMM displaying traffic of various position accuracies as well as the effect of traffic position accuracy on airport conflict detection and resolution (CD&R) capability. Nominal scenarios and off-nominal conflict scenarios were conducted using 12 airline crews operating in a simulated Memphis International Airport terminal environment. The data suggest that all traffic should be shown on the airport moving map, whether qualified or unqualified, and conflict detection and resolution technologies provide significant safety benefits. Despite the presence of traffic information on the map, collisions or near collisions still occurred; when indications or alerts were generated in these same scenarios, the incidences were averted.
Document ID
20150000564
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Jones, Denise R.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Prinzel, Lawrence J., III
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Bailey, Randall E.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Arthur, Jarvis J., III
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Barnes, James R.
(Booz-Allen and Hamilton Engineering Services, LLC Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
January 16, 2015
Publication Date
October 5, 2014
Subject Category
Research And Support Facilities (Air)
Air Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
NF1676L-18217
Meeting Information
Meeting: Digital Avionics Systems Conference
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Country: United States
Start Date: October 5, 2014
End Date: October 9, 2014
Funding Number(s)
WBS: WBS 284848.02.03.07.01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
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