28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-10.4.2

DYNAMIC SEPARATION MINIMA COUPLED WITH WAKE VORTEX PREDICTIONS IN DEPENDENT RUNWAY CONFIGURATIONS

T. Rad, S. Schönhals, P. Hecker
Inst. of Flight Guidance (IFF), TU Braunschweig, Germany

Keywords: wake vortex, gbas, dynamic separation, approach

A concept for using wake vortex predictions to optimize approach separation is introduced. The goal is an improvement of airport capacity by dynamically changing the separation minima. This concept can even enhance wake vortex safety in closely spaced runway operations.

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