Terminal Control Area Design and Air Traffic Loadings

Abstract

The response probability density function (pdf) technique adapted here uses the pdf's of the variables governing both the air traffic loadings of stress and the terminal airspace design configurations sensitivity or strengths. This technique is proposed as a method which may be used to predict the relative level of safety and collision risk for TCA design configurations and air traffic loadings. For the first time, a strong relationship was found between near midair collision reports and midair collisions for annual operations within the fifty states. Operations, airports and airspace area were found to relate to these criteria of safety and provide useful interactive predictor equations. Keywords: System design criteria, Near midair collision reports, Midair collisions, Operations, Airports, Airspace area, System response model aviation safety.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1988
Accession Number
ADA199550

Entities

People

  • Thomas H. Higgins

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Navigation
  • Air Traffic
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Collisions
  • Communication Equipment
  • Computer Simulations
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mid-Air Collisions
  • Models
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Random Variables

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Space