09 - Crewed and Uncrewed Aircraft Operations and Traffic Management
EXPLORING DETROIT METROPOLITAN WAYNE COUNTY AIRPORT AS A TESTBED FOR RESOLVING INTEGRATION CHALLENGES FOR AIR TAXI OPERATIONS
S. Abdulhak, University of Michigan, Industrial and Operations Engineering, United States; B. Donaldson¹, A. Kamat¹, K. Hu¹, Z. Huang¹, M.Z. Li, University of Michigan, United States; ¹University of Michigan, Aerospace Engineering, United States
As interest grows in rapidly connecting airports to major cities, there is a significant need to evaluate how air taxis can be deployed without disrupting existing airport operations. We explore the use of a major U.S. hub airport for evaluating air taxi integration challenges, and propose eVTOL trajectories and the use of extended reality headsets to enhance air traffic controller performance.
DOI: 10.71945/icas2026_0682