Independent parallel instrument approaches are conducted today only if the runway centerlines are 4300 ft apart or more. The rationale behind this criterion is reviewed, and the requirements for reducing the criterion to 3000 ft are evaluated. Although some benefit is derived from improvements in navigational accuracy, the performance of the surveillance system has the greatest impact on the required runway spacing. Dependent alternating instrument approaches to parallel runways are also evaluated. Currently such approaches require a runway spacing of 3000 ft or more. The effects of reducing this runway spacing are discussed, especially with regard to blunder recovery. Reducing the runway spacing required for these approaches could increase the arrival capacity and reduce delays at certain airports and would provide increased flexibility for planning new runways. (Author)
Requirements for Independent and Dependent Parallel Instrument Approaches at Reduced Runway Spacing
1981
194 pages
Report
No indication
English
Air Transportation , Transportation Safety , Runways , Instrument landings , Air space , Air traffic control systems , Parallel orientation , Airports , Ground controlled approach radar , Aviation safety , Airport radar systems , Capacity(Quantity) , Scheduling , Graphs , Tables(Data) , Approach indicators , IFR(Instrument Flight Rules) , Blunder recovery , Missed approaches , Independent parallel approaches , Dependent parallel approaches
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