Airport congestion constitutes a key traffic capacity problem in the national airspace system. This paper considers a concept for improving the surface operations at major airports through the use of automation to manage the complex traffic. The concept includes advanced surface-traffic-control automation and flight-deck automation, and it builds on advanced communication, navigation, and surveillance technologies to achieve a seamless integration of these two major components. The surface-traffic-control automation is based on the ground-operation situation awareness and flow efficiency (GO-SAFE) concept previously proposed and studied to enable more efficient usage of runways, especially in situations where active-runway crossing constitutes a significant taxi delay problem. To help achieve the potential GO-SAFE benefits, the flight-deck automation for reliable ground operation (FARGO) concept is proposed to provide the necessary flight-deck automation for enabling precision taxi control to comply with GO-SAFE advisories. The integrated system with highly coordinated automation systems will push the envelope of surface traffic performance to enhance capacity without compromising safety and taxi performance.


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    Title :

    Collaborative automation systems for enhancing airport surface traffic efficiency and safety


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    Publication date :

    2002-01-01


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    1106194 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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