The Virtual Block Control concept makes use of virtual stop bar positions on a controller display and aims at reducing the size of control blocks that are used under low visibility conditions to achieve sufficient spacing between taxiing aircraft. The concept was evaluated in the past as part of a EUROCONTROL initiative in combination with different safety nets for minimum spacing, block boundary crossings and runway entry on the NARSIM Tower simulation platform of the National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands, NLR (Figure 1). The airport chosen at the time was Rotterdam Airport (EHRD). While this airport proved to be ideal for demonstration and evaluation purposes, the simplicity of its layout did not allow drawing conclusions on achievable performance improvements in more complex environments [1].
Enhanced Virtual Block Control for Milan Malpensa Airport in low visibility
2014-04-01
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Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English