24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-8.1.R

PRELIMINARY VALIDATION OF THE SMALL AIRCRAFT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM HIGHER VOLUME OPERATIONS (SATS HVO) CONCEPT

D. Williams , M. Consiglio, J. Murdoch, C. Adams
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA

Keywords: air traffic management system capacity

This document provides a preliminary validation of the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) Higher Volume Operations (HVO) concept for normal conditions. Initial results reveal that the concept provides reduced air traffic delays when compared to current operations without increasing pilot workload.

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