Nextgen operations in a simulated NY area airspace

Smith, Nancy; Parke, Bonny; Lee, Paul; Homola, Jeffrey; Brasil, Connie; Buckley, Nathan; Cabrall, Christopher; Chevalley, Eric; Lin, Cindy Xide; Morey, Susan; Omar, Faisal; Rein-Weston, Daphne; Yoo, Hyo-Sang

doi:10.1109/dasc.2013.6712607

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“…A full description of the simulation with comprehensive results can be found in [5]. Common to both conditions were Area Navigation (RNAV) arrival procedures designed to provide Optimum Profile Descent (OPD) trajectories, which allowed for more efficient delivery of arrivals to the runway with greater predictability and reduced control instructions.…”

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confidence: 99%

A novel application of the terminal sequencing and spacing system to converging runway operations in a simulated NextGen environment

Homola

Lee

Hall

et al. 2014

2014 IEEE/AIAA 33rd Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

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A novel application of the terminal sequencing and spacing system to converging runway operations in a simulated NextGen environment

Homola

Lee

Hall

et al. 2014

2014 IEEE/AIAA 33rd Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

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“…This research effort has leveraged new NextGen trajectory management technologies and concepts developed by the FAA, NASA, and others to provide a set of integrated solutions that can be used both in New York and elsewhere. 1,2,3,4,5 Extending the prior research on improving NY metroplex operations, NASA has initiated the development of a focused near-to mid-term concept called "Integrated Demand Management" (IDM) under the Airspace Operations and Safety Program (AOSP). The focus of the research has been to develop more powerful, integrated operations and tools for managing trajectory constraints, leveraging existing systems, and adding new automation tools and methods where needed.…”

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Integrated Demand Management: Coordinating Strategic and Tactical Flow Scheduling Operations

Smith

Brasil

Lee

et al. 2016

16th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference

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In recent years, NASA has initiated the development of a focused near-to mid-term concept called "Integrated Demand Management" (IDM) under the Airspace Operations and Safety Program (AOSP). The focus of the research has been to develop more powerful, integrated operations and tools for managing trajectory constraints, leveraging existing systems and adding new automation tools and methods where needed. The IDM concept is predicated on the idea that in situations where the capacity of critical resources (such as airspace or airports) is insufficient to meet demand, a better match between available capacity and the predicted demand would significantly benefit the operations, with potential improvements in throughput, delays, and efficient flight trajectories. In current operations the reasons for the capacity/demand mismatches can vary, and range from problems due to structural limitations (e.g., surface capacity at high-volume airports, high-complexity en route or arrival airspace); to wind-related capacity changes; to the more severe, unstable and dynamic mismatches that occur with convective weather. The IDM solution proposes to address the demand / capacity mismatches by using the strategic flow management capabilities within the traffic flow management system (TFMS) toolset to "pre-condition" demand into the more tactical time-based flow management (TBFM) system, which should enable TBFM to better manage delivery to the capacity-constrained resource(s). The intent of IDM is to leverage the strengths of each of these systems to produce an integrated solution that is more powerful and robust than either could provide alone, or than the two would provide today as uncoordinated systems.Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) was chosen to be the focus of our initial design problem for several reasons. EWR routinely sees scheduled demand at or near airport capacity through much of the day with a varying mix of short-haul and long-haul flights. Although this is usually managed effectively using miles-in-trail and TBFM metering, close-in departures can experience excessive and unpredictable ground delay if the overhead flow is saturated. In the initial development of IDM concept, an alternative solution to this volume problem was proposed that integrates 3 key capabilities: 1) Collaborative Trajectory Options Program (CTOP) capability within TFMS to issue traffic management initiatives that can "strategically" manage demand into the TBFM system; 2) TBFM capability closer to the destination airport to "tactically" manage delivery to the capacity-constrained destination; and 3) required-time-of-arrival (RTA) capability on the flight deck to provide a more controlled traffic demand using the CTOP derived schedule into the TBFM domain.The IDM concept development is ongoing and iterative, based on inputs from the FAA and airline stakeholders, as well as on insights gained from a series of human-in-the-loop

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“…Simulations of arrival operations to LaGuardia's crossing runways exposed the need for tactical schedule update in this situation but the updates were performed manually [56]. The possibility of arrival/departure schedule negotiation to improve departure runway utilization at LaGuardia is currently being explored.…”

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“…Ground based DST development for arrivals are called Controller Managed Spacing (CMS) and Ground Interval Management (GIM). Recent evaluations of these technologies integrated FIM with CMS in a mixed-equipage environment [56,57].…”

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A framework for integrating arrival, departure, and surface operations scheduling

Zelinski

2014

2014 IEEE/AIAA 33rd Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

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This paper proposes a framework for integrating scheduling between arrival, departure, and surface operations to address the drawbacks of domain segregated scheduling. The framework organizes scheduling tasks by time horizon rather than domain. The four-level framework hierarchy includes the configuration schedule, flight schedule, flight schedule update, and schedule conformance. Current NASA research gaps within this framework are discussed and key areas are proposed where future research should focus to facilitate scheduler integration.

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Nextgen operations in a simulated NY area airspace

Cited by 5 publications

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A novel application of the terminal sequencing and spacing system to converging runway operations in a simulated NextGen environment

A novel application of the terminal sequencing and spacing system to converging runway operations in a simulated NextGen environment

Integrated Demand Management: Coordinating Strategic and Tactical Flow Scheduling Operations

A framework for integrating arrival, departure, and surface operations scheduling

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