MODELING AIR TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE MEASURES. VOLUME I. MESSAGE ELEMENT ANALYSES AND DICTIONARIES

The report contains analyses of voice communications between aircraft and controller, with the objective of describing the overall patterns of these transactions. In particular, the distributions of message element frequencies and transmission times are examined. Comparisons between ground-initiated and pilot-initiated transmissions show little differences in the distributions. However, there are considerable differences when the data are broken down into messages made during first, last and other communication transactions. Distributions of operational characteristics (i.e. request, acknowledgment, etc.) also differ between ground- and pilot-initiated transmissions. Detailed dictionaries of the different message combinations appearing as transmissions are given in the second part of the report. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Princeton University

  Department of Civil and Geological Engineering
  Princeton, NJ  United States  08540
• Authors:
  • Hunter, J S
  • Blumenfeld, D E
  • Hsu, D A
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 335 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Air traffic controllers; Air transportation; Communication; Frequency (Electromagnetism); Messages (Communications); Performance; Speech; Transmission; Voice communication
• Old TRIS Terms: Aircraft communication; Message transmission
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057971
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Intrm Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA72NA-741
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1974 12:00AM