Air Traffic at an Uncontrolled Airport and Expected Alert Rates for Collision Detection Logics

Abstract

To provide preliminary design data for refinement of the Automated Terminal Services (ATS) concept, a study of airport traffic was initiated. Data were acquired on aircraft behavior in a typical traffic pattern at Manassas Airport: an uncontrolled, primarily general aviation airport. A time step computer model of the multi-aircraft traffic situation was generated. Various statistics of the traffic were extracted and potential collision warning logics exercised to determine alarm rates. The results have implications for both the effectiveness of airborne collision avoidance systems in the traffic pattern and of ground based concepts that include threat detection such as ATS.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA029973

Entities

People

  • A. Mundra

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems
  • Aircrafts
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Collision Avoidance Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • False Alarms
  • Ground Speed
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design