27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-11.5.3

IMPROVING METROPLEX OPERATIONS EFFICIENCY USING SPEED SEGREGATION AND TRAJECTORY FLEXIBILITY

H. Idris
Engility Corporation, USA

Keywords: airport systems, metroplex, airport capacity, trajectory flexibility

This paper proposes delegating airspace and segregating traffic at high-density, multi-airport systems according to aircraft speed as opposed to the destination airport, with potential gains in terms of throughput. The proposed approach is analyzed, using a simulation of hypothetical scenarios, in terms of throughput, trajectory flexibility and traffic complexity.

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