STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF SEVERAL TERMINAL AREA TRAFFIC COLLISION HAZARD FACTORS

An 11-hour sample of air traffic comprising 584 tracks recorded at Atlanta during peak periods of August 1967 is analyzed for developing a h zard model of terminal area air traffic. The number of acceleration-hazard encounters per hour shows a definite decrease with increasing traffic density, contrary to a random traffic model.

• Corporate Authors:

  Kaman AviDyne

  Burlington, MA  United States  01803
• Authors:
  • Ruetenik, J R
• Publication Date: 1971-1-8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic; Airport capacity; Crash avoidance systems; Near midair crashes; Peak hour traffic; Statistical analysis; Traffic models
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airspace capacity
• Old TRIS Terms: Air traffic activity
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00073612
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: FLIGHT TRANSPORTATION LABORATORY, MIT DEPT. OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
• Report/Paper Numbers: None
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 1974 12:00AM