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 2008-10.10.5 (AIAA 2008-8939)

PRINCIPLES OF AIRSPACE TUBE DESIGN FOR DYNAMIC AIRSPACE CONFIGURATION

R. Hoffman, J. Prete
Metron Aviation Inc., USA

Keywords: AIRSPACE TUBE DESIGN

We describe potential alternative airspace tube design choices and the tradeoffs involved in selecting one set of design parameters over another. We discuss the potential throughput, reliability, workload, and safety gains that can be made through the use of a structured flexible tube network. We calculate airspace metrics for sample tube designs to provide concrete knowledge of the numerical tradeoffs between design parameter choices.

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