Human Factors Considerations in Using HUD Localizer Takeoff Guidance in Lieu of Currently Required Infrastructure

The purpose of this research was to examine the human factors considerations for using Head-up Display (HUD) with localizer guidance symbology in lieu of currently required infrastructure for lower than standard takeoff minima and within the larger conceptual framework of far domain (runway) and near domain (flight deck) visual cues, HUD guidance symbology, and Runway Visual Range (RVR) visibility. To identify the differential contributions of these factors, three baseline conditions without HUD localizer guidance symbology and two conditions with HUD localizer guidance symbology were used. Currently, only about 30% of the Category I (CAT I) runways in the National Airspace System (NAS) are equipped with Centerline Lighting (CLL). Therefore, the human factors considerations in using HUD localizer guidance in lieu of CLL in low visibility conditions were of principal interest. The results of this study have the potential to inform operational credit changes that would allow more reduced visibility takeoffs and increase the number of viable airports available for takeoff under low visibility conditions. The research was conducted on a Boeing 737-800NG Level D simulator at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flight Technologies and Procedures Division facility in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

• Record URL:
  https://www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/2020s/media/202007.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57070
• Corporate Authors:

  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute

  6500 S MacArthur Boulevard
  Oklahoma City, OK  United States  73125

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Flight Technologies and Procedures Division
  Oklahoma City, OK  United States 

  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute

  Cherokee Nation Support, Service, and Solutions
  Oklahoma City, OK  United States  73125

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Office of Aerospace Medicine, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Authors:
  • Kratchounova, Daniela
  • Miller, Larry
  • Choi, Inchul
  • Humphreys, Mark
  • Mofle, Theodore C
  • Nesmith, Blake L
• Publication Date: 2020-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 48p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Flight simulators; Head up displays; Human factors; Symbols; Takeoff; Visibility
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01779149
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/FAA/AM-20/07
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 17 2021 1:17PM