Federal Aviation Administration Wake Turbulence Program - Recent Highlights

Aircraft-generated wake turbulence has for years been a major factor in the air-traffic-control-imposed separations between aircraft during departure, transit and arrival operations conducted at airports and air corridors of high volume. A brief account of the current wake turbulence program activity is presented herein. A suite of wake mitigation solutions to improve both capacity and safety are being developed, and more importantly, are being implemented. This paper highlights four specific examples from the current wake turbulence program portfolio, which are Federal Aviation Administration Order 7110.308, Wake Turbulence Mitigation for Departure, Wake Turbulence Mitigation for Arrival and Wake Turbulence Recategorization. All of these solutions directly support the Next Generation Air Transpiration System's objective for capacity enhancement goals. The program acknowledges all of the past research and development in the field leading to the current successes, and continues to seek constructive feedbacks from the stakeholders.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9642
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Langley Research Center
  Hampton, VA  United States  23681
• Authors:
  • Tittsworth, Jeffrey A
  • Lang, Steven R
  • Johnson, Edward J
  • Barnes, Stephen
• Conference:
  • Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) Annual Conference & Exposition
  • Location: National Harbor MD, United States
  • Date: 2012-10-1 to 2012-10-3
• Publication Date: 2012-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 8p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic; Aircraft separation; Airport runways; Arrivals and departures; Aviation safety; Turbulence; Vehicle spacing; Wakes
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01449513
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 19 2012 3:52PM