The Computer Oriented Metering Planning and Advisory System (COMPAS) developed at the DFVLR-Institute for Flight Guidance was tested and evaluated at the institute's air traffic simulation facility, using traffic scenarios of Frankfurt airport with up to 52 aircraft movements simultaneously. The operational objectives of the COMPAS-system are, with regard to Frankfurt airport, to achieve the best possible usage of the available but limited runway landing capacity, to avoid unnecessary delays and to apply economic approach profiles whenever possible. The planning functions which today are still carried out by human controllers will be transferred to a computer. It generates a comprehensive plan for a best overall arrival sequence and schedule. The execution of this plan, however, intentionally remains the task of the human controllers. They are provided with all data necessary to control the approaching aircraft. The systems concept, the dynamic planning algorithms as well as the operational concept for computer assistance and the man-machine interface are presented. Some preliminary results of the experiments and evaluation are reported.


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    Title :

    Computer Assisted Arrival Sequencing and Scheduling with the COMPAS System


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    11 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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