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.


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    Title :

    Basic analysis of terminal operation benefits resulting from reduced vortex separation minima


    Contributors:
    Credeur, L. (author)

    Publication date :

    1977-10-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English