TY - GEN
T1 - Designing air traffic concepts of operation for thin-haul aviation at small airports
AU - Bhattacharyya, Raunak P.
AU - Pritchett, Amy R.
AU - German, Brian J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/11/8
Y1 - 2017/11/8
N2 - Thin-haul aviation offers the potential for transforming mobility. The thin-haul commuter concept envisions four to nine passenger aircraft operating very short flights for scheduled and/or on-demand air services from smaller airports. However, achieving safe, cost-effective, and high-volume operations will require novel air traffic management concepts integrating these thin-haul aircraft into existing operations, particularly at small airports. This paper describes a process to design such air traffic concepts of operations. The process is demonstrated by designing concept of operations applying helical descents at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the site of the EAA AirVenture air show. The process includes both the design of the geometric airspace structures and the actions that represent the work that needs to be done in the concept of operations.
AB - Thin-haul aviation offers the potential for transforming mobility. The thin-haul commuter concept envisions four to nine passenger aircraft operating very short flights for scheduled and/or on-demand air services from smaller airports. However, achieving safe, cost-effective, and high-volume operations will require novel air traffic management concepts integrating these thin-haul aircraft into existing operations, particularly at small airports. This paper describes a process to design such air traffic concepts of operations. The process is demonstrated by designing concept of operations applying helical descents at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the site of the EAA AirVenture air show. The process includes both the design of the geometric airspace structures and the actions that represent the work that needs to be done in the concept of operations.
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U2 - 10.1109/DASC.2017.8102000
DO - 10.1109/DASC.2017.8102000
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85041005926
T3 - AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference - Proceedings
BT - 2017 IEEE/AIAA 36th Digital Avionics Systems Conference, DASC 2017 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 36th IEEE/AIAA Digital Avionics Systems Conference, DASC 2017
Y2 - 17 September 2017 through 21 September 2017
ER -