AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL/COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM INTERFACE SIMULATION: PHASE II

A second phase of dynamic simulation is reported to further investigate the nature and extent of interaction between the air traffic control (ATC) system and an airborne collision avoidance system (CAS). Objectives were to investigate the impact on ATC when the preemptive CAS diverted an equipped aircraft into an encounter with an unequipped aircraft, to investigate the effectiveness of a strategy for switching the CAS threat detection from full system mode to landing mode, and to explore the three-way interface between a proposed general aviation version of the CAS, the commercial CAS and ATC system. The environment was a high-density terminal area which provided for simultaneous approaches to parallel runways.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also report dated Mar 72, AD-739 369.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center

  Federal Aviation Administration
  Atlantic City, NJ  United States  08405
• Authors:
  • JOLITZ, G
• Publication Date: 1973-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 199 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Air traffic controllers; Aircraft; Airport runways; Aviation safety; Crash avoidance systems; Crashes; Dynamics; High density; Interfaces; Mode S; Simulation; Switching; Traffic diversion
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
• Old TRIS Terms: Avoidance; Diverting; Faa; Threshold effects; Unequipped aircraft
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051657
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-NA-73-40 Final Rpt
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 5 1974 12:00AM