Developing and Applying Methodology for Assessing the Implementation Potential of Reduced Separation Minima

Reduction of separation minima constitutes a viable alternative for accommodating the expected medium-term traffic increase in the European and U.S. airspace. The introduction of reduced separation minima has significant implications and impacts on a variety of dimensions of ATM system operations, affects multiple stakeholders involved in ATM operations. The objective of this paper is to develop and apply a methodological framework for assessing the implementation potential of proposed reduced separation minima (RSM) in different flight phases of the ATM system (en-route, TMA, airport), considering multiple impact categories and the majority of stakeholders affected by the implementation of reduced separation minima. The methodology for the assessment of RSM was applied in two specially held workshops which involved worldwide ATM experts representing the majority of ATM stakeholders. The results presented in this paper include the ranking of a set of proposed RSM for each of the three abovementioned flight phases and the identification of the most prevalent RSM for each flight phase. Moreover, initial sensitivity analysis results are presented and future directions of data analysis are put forth.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Zografos, Konstantinos G
  • Tsanos, Christos S
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2009-1-11 to 2009-1-15
• Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: DVD
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 17p
• Monograph Title: TRB 88th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Air transportation; Aircraft separation; Airport operations; Airspace utilization; Aviation; Flow control (Air traffic control); Landside operations (Airports); Sensitivity analysis
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01122450
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 09-0775
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 19 2009 2:43PM