A STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SELECTED COMMUNICATIONS ALTERNATIVES, PRESENT SYSTEM DEFINITION

This report provides a description of the present FAA communications system. The data base described will be incorporated in a communications cost model being developed for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by ARINC Research Corporation. The economic data presented were obtained primarily from three sources: (1) the Aviation Cost Allocation Study Working Paper No. 2 (Office of Policy Review, DOT, 1972) for one-time facilities and equipment (F and E) costs; (2) the Airways Facilities Maintenance Cost Srudy (Project Memorandum: PPA FP-604, 1976) for operation and maintenance (O and M) costs; and (3) the DECCO Circuit File for recurring leased costs. Defining such a comprehensive communications cost data base was complicated by the fact that there is no clear definition within the FAA of what constitutes communications. For the purposes of the present cost-modeling effort, however, it is convenient to classify costs into two groups: (1) traditional FAA communications services, including Air/Ground, Ground/Ground, Remote Link, Weather Net, AFTN, Service B, Computer B, and a miscellaneous category of additional communications functions; and (2) services in which some (incidental) communications is required for the functioning of basic FAA systems, viz., air traffic control, surveillance, and navigation.

• Corporate Authors:

  ARINC Research Corporation

  2251 Riva Road
  Annapolis, MD  United States  21401
• Authors:
  • Woodie, P
  • Kolb, W
• Publication Date: 1978-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 48 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Civil aviation; Communication systems; Costs; Databases; Economic impacts; Mathematical models; Navigation; Radio; Radio links; Surveillance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Air to surface; Ground to air; Surface to air; Weather communication
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00175537
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: 1339-01-1-1723
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FAA77WA-4018
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 14 1978 12:00AM