RUNWAY INCURSION STUDIES IN NASA'S FUTURE FLIGHT CENTRAL

In recent years the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made reduction of runway incursions a priority for surface operations throughout the national airspace system. In a series of experiments conducted in April 2001, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) studied alternatives designed to improve the efficient movement of surface traffic and reduce runway incursions at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The experiments were conducted in NASA Ames Research Center's FutureFlight Central (FFC), a full virtual reality air traffic control tower cab simulator. This paper details the life cycle of the safety studies from design to execution, describes the alternatives that were proposed for runway incursion reduction, and offers a brief summary of the experiment results.

• Record URL:
  http://www.aviationsystemsdivision.arc.nasa.gov/publications/hitl/technical/runway.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

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• Authors:
  • Lockwood, S M
  • Dorighi, N
  • Rabin, B
  • Madson, M D
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control facilities; Airport runways; Aviation safety; Experiments; Ground traffic; Runway incursions; Simulation; Towers; Virtual reality
• Identifier Terms: Los Angeles International Airport; U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00933931
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 27 2002 12:00AM