AN OVERVIEW OF AIRPORT SURFACE TRAFFIC CONTROL - PRESENT AND FUTURE

The Airport Surface Traffic Control System, an integral part of the nation's Air Traffic Control System, is specifically concerned with the safe and efficient control of airport airside surface traffic. The current status of airport surface traffic control in the United States is summarized, and the most important of the planned system improvements are presented.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Systems R&D Service, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Hagerott, R E
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 44 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Airport capacity; Airport surface traffic control; Airports; Cost effectiveness; Economic efficiency; Management; Planning; Problem solving; Safety; State of the art; Surveys; Systems engineering
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airspace capacity; Efficiency
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Ground level; Management planning and control
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00093888
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-RD-75-144 Final Rpt., TSC-FAA-75-20
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 10 1976 12:00AM