Visual Approach Data Collection at St. Louis Lambert Field (STL)

Abstract

Data on aircraft executing simultaneous visual approaches to closely spaced parallel and intersecting runways were collected at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL) between August 2 and October 23, 1990. The purpose of the data collection was to provide an accurate data base of the navigational characteristics of aircraft flying the 'fly visual' segment of the approach. Aircraft position data were collected using the in-place STL surveillance primary and secondary radars. The data were reduced and a limited analysis was performed at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Center by ATC Technology (ACD-340) personnel. The discussion in the Final Report concerns the accuracy of the collected position data and possible sources of error in the data collection. The reduced data were sent to the Standards Development Branch (AVN-540) for further analysis. AVN-540 will report on their findings and recommendations.... Lambert field, St. Louis International Airport, Visual approach.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA263600

Entities

People

  • Amy E. Transue
  • Dominic Timoteo
  • James P. Thomas

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Reduction
  • Databases
  • Information Science
  • Local Area Networks
  • Measurement
  • Operating Systems
  • Radar
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management

Technology Areas

  • Space