Method and system for analyzing and processing information on one or more aircraft flight paths, using a four-dimensional coordinate system including three Cartesian or equivalent coordinates (x, y, z) and a fourth coordinate .delta. that corresponds to a distance estimated along a reference flight path to a nearest reference path location corresponding to a present location of the aircraft. Use of the coordinate .delta., rather than elapsed time t, avoids coupling of along-track error into aircraft altitude and reduces effects of errors on an aircraft landing site. Along-track, cross-track and/or altitude errors are estimated and compared with a permitted error bounding space surrounding the reference flight path.


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    Title :

    Trajectory specification for high capacity air traffic control


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    Publication date :

    2010-01-19


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    Miscellaneous


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    Language :

    English







    AIAA-2006-7808 Trajectory Specification for High-Capacity Air Traffic Control

    Paielli, R. / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2006