26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-11.2.4 (AIAA 2008-8860 )

USING AIRSPACEANALYZER TO EFFICIENTLY PROVIDE SPACING FOR AIRCRAFT ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS

W. P. Niedringhaus
The MITRE Corporation, USA

Keywords: airspace Analyzer, sector complexity metrics, automated air traffic control, spacing

We discuss an automated tool, airspaceAnalyzer, which simulates a controller by automatically separating, sequencing, and spacing aircraft. It is used to measure sector complexity by quantify-ing the needed work (delays, maneuvers, degree of success, etc.) airspaceAnalyzer load-balances the effort across two sectors to achieve desired Miles-in-Trail spacing.

contact AIAA to acquire the full paper