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 2008-8.11.2

PERFORMANCE OF THE WAKE VORTEX PREDICTION AND MONITORING SYSTEM WSVBS AT FRANKFURT AIRPORT

F. Holzäpfel, T. Gerz
DLR, Germany

Keywords: wake vortex, airport capacity, closely-spaced parallel runways, meteorology, safety

The design and the performance of the Wake Vortex Prediction and Monitoring System WSVBS are described in detail. The WSVBS has been developed to tactically increase airport capacity for approach and landing on closely-spaced parallel runways by adjusting aircraft separations dependent on weather conditions and the resulting wake vortex behaviour.

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