A National Airspace System Performance Analysis Capability (NASPAC) Evaluation of the Impacts of the Center-(TRACON) Terminal Radar Approach Control Automation System (CTAS) on. Airport Capacity,

Abstract

This report documents the results and analysis of the Center-Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) Automatic System (CTAS) on National Airspace System (NAS) performance. The NAS Performance Analysis Capability (NASPAC) Simulation Modeling System (SMS) was used to evaluate the impact CTAS would have on system level performance. Simulations were developed that included the effects CTAS would have on airport capacity and compared against simulations that did not include CTAS. Measures of delay and cost of delay were used as key metrics in the analysis. The results indicate that the deployment of CTAS would reduce operational delay and passenger delay by 34,405 and 2,277 hours respectively in 2005. These savings translate into nearly 100 million dollars.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA310610

Entities

People

  • Douglas Baart
  • Joseph M. Richie

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Airborne
  • Aircrafts
  • Airports
  • Automation
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Deployment
  • Flight
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • New York
  • Operations Research
  • Radar
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Technology Areas

  • Space