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Laboratory Evaluation of Dynamic Routing of Air Traffic in an En Route Arrival Metering EnvironmentArrival air traffic operations in the presence of convective weather are subject to uncertainty in aircraft routing and subsequently in flight trajectory predictability. Current management of arrival operations in weather-impacted airspace results in significant flight delay and suspension of arrival metering operations. The Dynamic Routing for Arrivals in Weather (DRAW) concept provides flight route amendment advisories to Traffic Management Coordinators to mitigate the impacts of convective weather on arrival operations. DRAW provides both weather conflict and schedule information for proposed route amendments, allowing air traffic managers to simultaneously evaluate weather avoidance routing and potential schedule and delay impacts. Subject matter experts consisting of retired Traffic Management Coordinators and retired Sector Controllers with arrival metering experience participated in a simulation study of Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center arrival operations. Data were collected for Traffic Management Coordinator and Sector Controller participants over three weeks of simulation activities in October, 2017. Traffic Management Coordinators reported acceptable workload levels, a positive impact on their ability to manage arrival traffic while using DRAW, and initiated weather mitigation reroutes earlier while using DRAW. Sector Controllers also reported acceptable workload levels while using DRAW.
Document ID
20180005649
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Isaacson, Douglas R.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Hayashi, Miwa
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Gong, Chester
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Tang, Huabin
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Wong, Gregory L.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 27, 2018
Publication Date
June 23, 2018
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN56769
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA Aviation Forum 2018
Location: Atlanta, GA
Country: United States
Start Date: June 23, 2018
End Date: June 29, 2018
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Air Traffic Management
Dynamic Weather Routing
Arrival Metering
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