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 2008-9.11.2 (AIAA 2008-8945)

THE MODERNIZED NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS CAPABILITY (NASPAC)

J. Post, J. Gulding, K. Noonan, D. Murphy, J. Bonn, M. Graham*
FAA, USA; *Metron Aviation Inc., USA

Keywords: air traffic control, air traffic management, modeling, NextGen, simulation

The National Airspace System Performance Analysis Capability (NASPAC) is the FAA’s standard fast-time model for use in simulating the operations of the National Airspace System.  In this paper we summarize the trajectory processing and core logic enhancements added to NASPAC to support large scale portfolio assessments required for NextGen.

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