We developed a novel approach for predicting the landing time of airborne flights in real-time operations. The first step predicts a landing time by using mediation rules to select from among physics-based predictions (relying on the expected flight trajectory) already available in real time in the Federal Aviation Administration System Wide Information Management system data feeds. The second step uses a machine learning model built upon the mediated predictions. The model is trained to predict the error in the mediated prediction, using features describing the current state of an airborne flight. These features are calculated in real time from a relatively small number of data elements that are readily available for airborne flights. Initial results based on five months of data at six large airports demonstrate that incorporating a machine learning model on top of the mediated physics-based prediction can lead to substantial additional improvements in prediction quality.


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    Title :

    A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Aircraft Landing Times using Mediated Predictions from Existing Systems


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA Aviation Forum ; 2021 ; Virtual Event, US



    Publication date :

    2021-08-09


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







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