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 2008-11.7.2 (AIAA 2008-8908)

AN ESTIMATION OF THE BENEFITS OF AIR TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT

J. DeArmon, J. Hoffman, T. Holden, J. Mayo, G. Solomos, P. Kuzminski, A. Chambliss
The MITRE Corporation, USA

Keywords: aviation, air traffic flow management, delay, benefits, annualization

An analysis was undertaken to estimate the total annual dollar benefit, to airlines and other airspace users, of air Traffic Flow Management (TFM).  Two major components of TFM were considered: managing airport volume and managing airspace during severe weather.  Simulation modeling was undertaken to compare today’s TFM system with a hypothesized “No-TFM” scenario.

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