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 2008-11.11.3 (AIAA 2008-8960)

IMPLICATION OF VARIABILITY IN AIRPORT SURFACE OPERATIONS ON 4-D TRAJECTORY PLANNING

S. Atkins, C. Brinton, Y. Jung*
Mosaic ATM Inc., USA; *NASA, USA

Keywords: 4-D TRAJECTORY PLANNING

This paper first studies the variability currently observed in the movements of aircraft on the airport surface. The paper then explores the implications of variability in aircraft compliance with four-dimensional surface trajectories on NextGen surface traffic management concepts.

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