Design and evaluation of an air traffic control Final Approach Spacing Tool

Aircraft Landing Scheduling Optimization for Single Runway Noncontrolled Airports: Static Case

“…A IR traffic control automation consists of two basic functionalities: trajectory analysis to provide flight-path predictions, and aircraft scheduling to take advantage of accurate aircraft trajectories to produce efficient landing sequences [1]. In the past decade, researchers at NASA Ames Research Center have been developing an air traffic control (ATC) automation tool called Final Approach Spacing Tool (FAST) to assist terminal radar approach control (TRACON) controllers in efficiently scheduling arriving aircraft [2]. A similar yet simpler ATC automation tool could potentially enhance the current transportation capabilities of the nation's small airports and thus provide some relief to the congestion at hub airports, particularly in high-density corridors for point-topoint travel [3].…”

The Development of the Final Approach Spacing Tool (FAST): A Cooperative Controller-Engineer Design Approach

“…The main function of FAST is to provide landing sequence, landing runway assignments, and speed and heading advisories that help controllers manage and control arrival traffic and achieve an accurately spaced flow of that traffic onto the final approach course (Davis et al, 1991;Davis et al, 1994).…”

A modularized approach for comprehensive air traffic system simulation

“…2 Modules of the computer implementation. 6 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics this particular computer whether the processes are run in parallel or not. On a single processor machine, a parallel computation is not possible.…”

“…The Tactical Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) 1-2 can warn pilots of immediate intrusions, and even provide pilots with advisories for conflict avoidance. In the last decade, researchers at NASA Ames Research Center have been developing a set of computer tools for air traffic control automation, called the Center/TRACON Automation System, or CTAS [3][4][5][6][7][8] . CTAS can assist air traffic controllers by generating flight advisories that guarantee flight safety and allow for an expedient flow of traffic.…”