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Design and evaluation of an air traffic control Final Approach Spacing ToolThis paper describes the design and simulator evaluation of an automation tool for assisting terminal radar approach controllers in sequencing and spacing traffic onto the final approach course. The automation tool, referred to as the Final Approach Spacing Tool (FAST), displays speed and heading advisories for arriving aircraft as well as sequencing information on the controller's radar display. The main functional elements of FAST are a scheduler that schedules and sequences the traffic, a four-dimensional trajectory synthesizer that generates the advisories, and a graphical interface that displays the information to the controller. FAST has been implemented on a high-performance workstation. It can be operated as a stand-alone in the terminal radar approach control facility or as an element of a system integrated with automation tools in the air route traffic control center. FAST was evaluated by experienced air traffic controllers in a real-time air traffic control simulation. simulation results summarized in the paper show that the automation tools significantly reduced controller work load and demonstrated a potential for an increase in landing rate.
Document ID
19910060521
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Davis, Thomas J.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Erzberger, Heinz
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Green, Steven M.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Nedell, William
(San Jose State University CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
Volume: 14
ISSN: 0731-5090
Subject Category
Aircraft Communications And Navigation
Accession Number
91A45144
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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