The impact of reducing the wake vortex minimum separation required behind heavy jets on terminal area operation rate was analyzed. The effect on arrival saturation and steady state average delay was determined for various percentages mix of heavy and large jet traffic samples operating under various precision of interarrival spacing. Benefits increase with percentage of heavy aircraft and with precision of control. These results demonstrate the payoff possible from research to reduce the severity of the trailing vortex by aerodynamic means.
Basic Analysis of Terminal Operation Benefits Resulting from Reduced Vortex Separation Minima
1977
25 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aerodynamics , Aeronautics , Aircraft wakes , Landing , Takeoff , Vortices , Scheduling , Air traffic control , Airports , Delay