The Dependent Converging Instrument Approach Procedure: An Analysis of its Safety and Applicability

Abstract

When an airport experiences low ceiling or visibility conditions the arrival capacity is significantly reduced. This is particularly true at airports that use both their main runway and their crosswind runway in Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC). The consequence of this is an increase in delays. A concept for continuing to conduct approaches in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) to converging runways has been proposed which calls for coordinating the approaches to the two runways such that a stagger between the aircraft is maintained. This procedure is known as Dependent Converging Instrument Approaches (DCIA). This paper develops a DCIA procedure applicable to any runway geometry. The procedure is defined and modeled to capture its safety critical aspects. From this analysis recommendations are made concerning the stagger values and other factors relevant to applying this procedure safely.... Dependent converging instrument approaches, DCIA, Safety analysis, Converging runway display aid, CPDA, Missed approaches, Separation standards.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA263135

Entities

People

  • Anand D. Mundra
  • Arthur P. Smith Iii
  • David R. Barker
  • Gerald A. Dorfman

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Aircraft Landings
  • Aircrafts
  • Airports
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight Paths
  • Flight Speeds
  • General Aviation Aircraft
  • Geometry
  • Glide Slope
  • Ground Speed
  • Instrument Landings
  • Navigational Aids
  • Risk Analysis
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation