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 2008-4.11.2

ENVIRONMENT-AWARE RUNWAY ALLOCATION ADVICE SYSTEM

J. M. Nibourg, H. H. Hesselink, Y. A. J. R. van de Vijver
NLR, Netherlands

Keywords: preferential runway system, decision support system

When choosing a runway, air traffic controllers must take into account technical as well as social and environmental factors. The Runway Allocation Advise System supports tower and approach supervisors in making well-informed decisions, and helps explaining and justifying these decisions to the authorities concerned and to neighbours of the airport.

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