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Concepts to Improve Air Traffic
Management System
Performance
2002 Award Winner
Michelle J. Blucher, The MITRE Corporation
Wayne W. Cooper, The MITRE Corporation
Christopher T. DeSenti, The MITRE Corporation
Alvin L. McFarland, The MITRE Corporation
Satish C. Mohleji, The MITRE Corporation
Arthur P. Smith III, The MITRE Corporation
ABSTRACT
Demand on the air traffic management system continues to grow. The
Federal Aviation Administration is faced with the challenge of increasing
capacity to meet the rising demand. Several concepts are being researched
that seek to improve system performance in the areas of capacity and
efficiency. This paper presents these research endeavors and how they
affect air traffic system operations. The four concepts under investigation
are focused on various system domains – airports, terminal/transition
airspace, and en route airspace. The concepts presented include the
Departure Enhanced Planning and Runway/Taxiway-Assignment System (DEPARTS),
relaxation of the altitude-for-direction (AFD) rule at higher altitudes,
the Transition Airspace Controller Tools (TACT), and capacity enhancements
for converging runway configurations. The research objectives for each
of the concepts is discussed, including results from studies and experiments
and the expected operational impacts these enhancements have on air
traffic management system performance.
Publication
Reprinted from the Air Traffic Control Quarterly, Vol. 10,
No.3, by permission of the Air
Traffic Control Association, Inc., 1101 King Street, Alexandria,
VA 22314.
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