Federal Aviation Administration has developed an automated time-based metering form of air traffic control for arrivals into terminal area called local flow management/profile descent (LFM/PD). LFM/PD saves fuel by matching airplane arrival flow to airport acceptance rate through time-control computations and by allowing pilot to descend at his discretion from cruise altitude to metering fix in an idle-thrust, clean configuration (landing gear up, flaps zero, speed brakes retracted).


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    Title :

    Flight-Management Algorithm for Fuel-Conservative Descents


    Contributors:
    Knox, C. E. (author) / Cannon, D. G. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1982-11-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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