The findings of a cost/benefit analysis of the deployment of a new airport ground surveillance system TAGS (Tower Automated Ground Surveillance) are presented. TAGS will provide a plan view display of aircraft on the airports taxiways and runways like ground surveillance radar (ASDE); but unlike ASDE, TAGS will perform in heavy precipitation and automatically acquire and display aircraft flight identity. The findings indicate that a TAGS deployment of between four and nine systems is cost/beneficial. The development plan, system costs, analysis appraoch and sensitivity analysis supporting the findings are provided. (Author)
Airport Surface Traffic Control Tags Planning Alternatives and Cost/Benefit Analysis
1977
50 pages
Report
No indication
English
Air Transportation , Radiofrequency Detection , Air traffic control systems , Search radar , Cost benefits , Cost analysis , Airport radar systems , Runways , Taxiways , Airports , Automatic , Display systems , Costs , Sensitivity , TAGS(Tower Automated Ground Surveillance) , Tower Automated Ground Surveillance
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