An Investigation of ATC Procedures for IFR Approaches to Triple Parallel Runways.

Abstract

A study was conducted to investigate air traffic control (ATC) procedures applicable to the conduct of simultaneous instrument flight rules (IFR) approaches to a set of three parallel runways. A dynamic simulation was conducted to examine the various aspects of such an operation, including ATC procedures, monitoring requirements, general controller workload limits, and a comparison of the effect of greater and lesser percentages of Mode C-equipped aircraft on monitoring procedures. Results show that the concept of conducting simultaneous instrument approaches to a set of triple parallel runways is feasible using standard ATC procedures and separation standards (except on the final approach course). (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0760634

Entities

People

  • G. Errol Porter
  • William Crimbring

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Aircrafts
  • Flight
  • Instrument Flight
  • Monitoring
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Traffic

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Theoretical Analysis.