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Air Traffic Control and Runway Separations
Dr. Antonio A. Trani Professor of Civil and Environmental
Engineering
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Topics Discussed in this Presentation
• ATC provides the operating rules in the NAS
• Airport operational rules influence airport andairspace capacity
• Discussion of flight rules: VFR and IFR
• Discussion or runway separation rules that affectcapacity
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Discussion of Flight Rules
Flight Rules
• IFR - instrument flight rules (ATC controlled flights)
• VFR - visual flight rules (> 3 nm visibility and 1000 ft. fromclouds)
Weather conditions
• VMC - visual meteorological conditions
• IMC - instrument meteorological conditions
An airliner could fly in VMC conditions but always under IFR flightplan rules
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Airways are Like Highways in the Sky
United States
Blacksburg
Miami
Airways
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The Role of Air Traffic Control
Air traffic controllers maintain aircraft separations and help pilots navigate to their destination providing verbal and datalinkinstructions
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Classification of ATC Services
There are 3 control components of ATC and one support component. These components interact all time among themselvesvia telephone or microwave data links.
Control Components:
• Air Traffic Control Systems Command Center (ATCSCC)
• Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC)
• Terminal Approach/Departure Control Facilities (TCA -TRACON)
• Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT)
Support Component (Information)
• Flight Service Stations (FSS)
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US Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC
• Twenty one ARTCC facilities in the U.S.
• 30-50 sectors (horizontal and vertical) in each ARTCC
• Control over 200-300 nm from radar sites (use of multiple radarsto track targets at long distances)
• Use of long range radars for surveillance (12 seconds betweenscans or update rate)
• The size of the ARTCC varies because traffic density vary overNAS (see Figure)
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Enroute Control Sectors in the US
• A well organized and hierarchical system
• Communications are via Voice channels (one per controller)
source: FAA Instrument Procedure Handbook
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Airspace Sectorization to Control Flights
The NAS airspace is divided into Centers to control flights
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Enroute Separations (Vertical)
• In January 20, 2005 the FAA instituted Reduced VerticalSeparation Minima (RVSM) in the domestic US airspace
• Canada and Mexico (and Gulf of Mexico) also implemented thesame RVSM rules on the same day
• The new vertical separations allow six new flight levels to beselected every 1,000 between flight levels 290 and 410
• North Atlantic operations use RVSM since March 1997 andPacific operations since February 2000
• Europe started RVSM operations in January 2002
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• Asia-Europe (South of Himalayas) started RVSMoperations in November 2003 Enroute Separations(vertical)
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RVSM Issues
• Aircraft are required to comply with tighter altimetric capability(not all aircraft in NAS are equipped in 2005)
• Aircraft not meeting new altimetric capabilities can still operatein NAS (below FL 290 or above FL 410 if authorized by ATC)
Literature on RVSM
1. Guidance 91-RVSM, Change 2 (2/10/04) - Guidance Material onthe Approval of Operators/Aircraft for RVSM Operations
2. Air Transportation Operations Inspectorís Handbook (FAAOrder 8400.10). HBAT 03-06 (9/8/03). "Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum Airspace.î HBAT 03-06 is incorporated into 8400.10 Change 27 (5/25/04). 8400.10, Volume 4, Chapter 1,Section 5, Paragraph 220 is now ì RVSM Airspace".
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ATC Surveillance Mechanisms
Radar (Today)
ADS-B, GPS (2005-2010)
GPS = Global Positioning SystemADS = Automatic Dependent Surveillance
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Terminal Approach and Departure ControlFacilities (TRACON)
• Control terminal traffic (both arrivals and departures)
• Typically 50-80 nm from the aircraft
• Some TRACON control more than one airport (SW California)
• TRACONs are divided into sectors to ease workload forcontrollers
• TRACONs meter traffic approaching an airport facility
• Heavy use of verbal advisories ( vectors )- AA52 turn right heading 120- UA53 descent and maintain 170 (17,000 ft.)- Aeromexico reduce to 230 (IAS airspeed)
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• Minimum separation inside TRACON is either 5 nm(>40 nm from radar antenna) or 3 nm (if < 40 nm fromradar antenna) assuming no wake vortex effect is present
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Sample TRACON (Roanoke)
Notes:
1) The volume of airspace controlled by ROA Approach controllooks like an inverted wedding cake
2) Typical of many TRACONs in the U.S.
3) The complexity of the TRACON increases as traffic increases
Class C Airspace
R k Ai tVirginia Tech Airport
5,200 ft.
3,400 ft.3,800 ft.
1,176 ft.
2,132 ft.
Side View
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Sample Flight Paths to and from Miami Airport
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Longitude (deg.)
Miami Intl. Airport
Aircraft Tracks
Tampa Bay
Gulf of MÈxico
Atlantic Ocean
TRACON Radar Coverage
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Detailed View of Flight Tracks (ETMS Data)
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Longitude (deg.)
Miami Intl. Airport
ArrivalsDepartures
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Terminal Area Operations in Atlanta(Departures)
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Terminal Area Operations in Atlanta (Arrivals)
Four Corner Post System
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Detail of Operations at Atlanta
Arrivals in Blue Departures in Red
Airport
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Terminal Area Operations in New York City
One Day of Traffic into 5 New York Area Airports
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Terminal Operations in New York
• Approaches to La Guardia Airport (LGA) (dark green colorlines) are executed in close proximity with departures from JFKAirport (light green color lines)
• Operations at LGA, JFK and EWR require coordination
JFK 31L DEPLGA ARR to 4
LGA ARR to 31
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Air Traffic Control Tower
• Control aircraft traffic (both arrivals and departures) at theairport (includes ramps near gates, taxiways, runways, andairspace up to 5 nm from airport)
• Three controller posts- Local controller (runways and landing areas)- Ground control (taxiways and aprons)- Clearance delivery (provides information on flight plans)
• Some ATCT divide workload into East-West operations
• Use of short and precise language- AA52 taxi to RWY 36 via alpha-3- UA53 clear for takeoff, wind 040 at 12- Aeromexico clear to land RWY 36
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Sample Airport (JFK) with Taxiway and GateDetail
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Legacy Aircraft Wake Categories Used in Air Traffic Control
• FAA aircraft groups (at maximum takeoff weight)– Small (< 41,000 lb)– Large (< 255,000 lb)– B757 (255,000 to 300,000 lb)– Heavy (> 255,000 lb)– Superheavy (Airbus A380 and Antonov 225)
• ICAO groups– Light (< 7 metric tons)– Medium (> 7 tons but < 136 tons)– Heavy (> 136 tons)– Superheavy (A380 and Antonov 225)
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Separating Aircraft Near Runways
• Airspace criteria are intrinsically used for runwayseparations:– Minimum radar separations (driven by the ability to differentiate
targets in a radar display)– Wake vortex separations - driven by the hazard created by flying
behind the wake of a lead aircraft
• Runway occupancy time (ROT)– An important factor in determining aircraft in-trail separations– If ROT is small (i.e., due to high speed runway exits), the in-trail
airspace separations may be reduced at some airports– FAA Task Order 7110.65 rule: if an airport can manage ROT
values at or below 50 seconds, the in-trail separation may bereduced to a Minimum of Radar Separation (MRS) - 2.5 nm
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Example of In-Trail Wake Airspace Separationsin IMC Conditions (ICAO)
Lang, Eriksen and Tittsworth, WakeNet 3 Europe, 2010
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Typical Values of Aircraft Separations ( in the United States under IMC Conditions
Radar is Available
Highlighted values are minimum radar separationsValues behind Superheavy vary from 8-10 nm
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VMC Separations
• Under visual meteorological conditions, pilots are expected tobe responsible for separations (does not apply to commercialflights)
• Data collected at airfields in the United States indicates thatVMC separations are 10-15% below those observed underIMC conditions
• Therefore:– Runways have more capacity under VMC conditions for the same
fleet mix– Higher runway utilization is possible under VMC conditions– Runway occupancy times and VMC airspace separations are closer
in magnitude
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RECAT (Re-Categorization) Phase 1
• FAA Introduced a new re-categorization procedure at MemphisInternational Airport in 2012
• Consult FAA Order N JO 7110.608
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New Wake Vortex Classification• The new Re-Categorization standards have been developed by FAA
and ICAO
• Aircraft groups have changed!
• A = Superheavy aircraft, F = small aircraft
Blank cells are either3 nm or 2.5 nm
If ROT <= 50 secondsthen blanks are 2.5 nm
3.0 nm otherwise
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RECAT Phase 1Wake Vortex Classification
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Air Traffic Control (ATC) Departure-Departure In-Trail Separations
Typical In-trail Separations (in seconds) for Departing Aircraft on the same Runway
Lead Aircraft
Trailing AircraftSuperheavy Heavy B757 Large Small
Superheavy 120 120 120 120 120Heavy 120 120 120 120 120B757 120 120 120 120 120Large 60 60 60 60 60Small 60 60 60 60 60
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A Hypothetical Flight
• Suppose we fly a Cessna Citation II from Virginia Tech Airportto Miami International
• The flight takes us across four ARTCC Centers in the U.S.(Washington, Atlanta, Jacksonville, and Miami)
• The aircraft is under continuos control of ATC services even ifthe day is clear (CAVU conditions)
Cessna Citation II
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The Flight Plan (Current NAS)
• The current plan uses high-altitude Jet Routes (Jet airways)
• A codified instrument approach procedure (Heath II) is usedduring the transition into the Miami TRACON
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Activities of the Flight
• Pilots arrive to VPI Airport (BCB) an hour before the flight (toreview weather and submit a flight plan)
• Few minutes before departure they contact Roanoke ATC forflight plan approval
• BCB has no control tower (but a UNICOM frequency is used toestablish intent - blind verbal statements)
• Out of BCB pilots contact Roanoke TRACON for climbinstructions (to intercept J-48 a Jet Route)
• At FL 100 (10,000 ft.) the pilots contact Washington Center -ZDC (briefly)
• A few minutes later ZDC hands-off the flight to ZTL (AtlantaARTCC)
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Climb Procedure Out of BCB
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Flight Activities
• ZTL controllers (4 sectors total for this trip) direct this flight toswitch to J-53 to Spartanburg VOR (a NAVAID facility)
• The aircraft reaches its enroute cruising altitude of FL 350(heading is around 187 degrees - South)
• The flight then moves over to J-81 West of Augusta, GA
• 100 nm North of Jacksonville ZTL controllers hand-off the flightto ZJX controllers (Jacksonville Center)
• The flight takes J-45 and passes a few miles West of DaytonaBeach (flies over Daytona Beach VOR called DAB)
• The flight is handed-off to ZMA (Miami ARTCC Center)
• ZMA controllers start descending the flight 100 nm from MIAVOR near Vero Beach VOR
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Enroute Part of the Trip
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Final Part of the Trip (Activities)
• The flight is handed over to MIA TRACON 60 nm from theairport East of the West Palm Beach VOR
• The flight progresses inside the MIA terminal area flying acodified Standard Terminal Arrival Route (STAR)
• The flight is continuously given vectors inside the 50 nm radiusfrom MIA
• The TRACON controller sequences our flight behind a ì heavyî(Boeing 757 of American Airlines) and establishes 6 nm ofseparation
• 5 nm from MIA airport the flight is handed-off to MIA tower
• The flight lands on RWY 27 R per local controller instructions
• The flight taxis to the ramp following instructions of a groundcontroller
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Final Approach and Terminal AreaVero Beach
Miami
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Aircraft Instrumentation and Navigation
Modern transport aircraft have plenty of instrumentation to navigate across the U.S. and over the oceans
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Navigation in Free Flight
In Free Flight a pilot navigates directly from an origin to a destination using Satellite Navigation (SATNAV) systems
GPS Networkof Satellites
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Sample Individual Free Flight Track
Flight plans will be more flexible and allow pilots to save time andfuel
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North Atlantic and Oceanic Operations
• 1963 - Reich and Marks start development of the first CollisionRisk Assessment model
• 1968 - Reich-Marks model accepted for oceanic operations
- Established longitudinal, lateral and vertical separation minimums to fly over the North Atlantic
- 120 nautical mile lateral separation (90 nm separationconsidered unsafe using the model)
- The longitudinal separation was 20 minutes initially- 15 minutes in-trail adopted in 1978
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Reich-Marks Model
• Reich- Marks model (target level of safety at 2.5x10e-9collisions per flight hour)
2000 ft
120 nm
Sx = 20 minutes
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Composite Rule Changes
• 1971 - First reduction in lateral separation (120/60 compositerule separation)
2000 ft.
120 nm
60 nmSx = 15 minutes
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MNPS Changes in NATS
• 1981-1983 Minimum Navigation Performance (MNPS)
• Navigation equipment was more accurate
2000 ft.
120 nm
60 nmSx = 10 minutes
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MNPS Changes
• Avionics/aircraft equipment needs to be certified under stricterrules to operate in NATS (North Atlantic Track System)
Vertical Error PDF
Lateral NAV Error PDF
µ = 0 ft.! = 82 ft.
µ = 0 ft.! = 3000 ft.
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RVSM Rule Changes
In 1990 a new study concluded that 1000 ft. vertical separation was acceptable over the North Atlantic
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Separations in the North Atlantic Today
• 1000 foot separation between Flight levels 290 and 390
• 1 (one) degree of latitude separation between tracks in the Organized Track System
• 10 minute in-trail separation if aircraft are not equipped with FANS 1/A technology and the aircraft have the same speed
• In-trail reduction possible for two equipped aircraft (5 minutes if flying the same Mach number)
• Reserved “premium” flight levels (350-390) for aircraft equipped with FANS 1/A Technology
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FANS 1/A Technology
• FANS = Future Air Navigation System
• Technology in the flight deck that allows pilots and ATC controllers to communicate over datalink channels
• Datalink communications:
• ATC control clearances
• Pilot requests (i.e., climb requests, weather detours)
• Position reports (automatic or pilot initiated)
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Check videos on the internet by Eurocontrol and Duncan Aviation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK87g6Nlcyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTqe5nQeWV0
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Separations in the North Atlantic Today
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Daily Traffic in the North AtlanticOrganized Track System (OTS)
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Symbology to Help ATC Personnel
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Westbound Organized Tracks (October 12, 2015)source: skyvector.com
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OTS System Improvements
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• Allowing climbs inside the tracks at busy times
• Reduce in-trail separations (RlonSM) below 5 minutes (requires better information on aircraft position)
• Reduce distance between adjacent tracks (RlatSM) from 1 to 1/2 degree (more flights will benefit from near-optimal tracks)
ICAO Implementation Plan
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Extended Range Twin-Engine Over the WaterOperations
• ETOPS is the acronym of extended range, twin-engine over thewater operations
• ETOPS operations with twin engine aircraft started in 1985 withBoeing 767-200 flights (between Europe and North America)
• Today more than 90% of the North Atlantic flights are conductedusing twin-engine aircraft
• Airlines worldwide conduct 1,700 ETOPS flights per day
• More than 5.5 million ETOPS flights since 1985 using twinengine aircraft (source: Boeing 2007)
• These aircraft have demonstrated high reliability and thus arecertified to fly over the oceans with 180 to 207 minute diversionrules (time to a nearest airport at single engine speed)
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• More recently, Boeing obtained certification for longer diversion rules for the Boeing 777 family of aircraft (see article at http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q2/070514b_nr.html)
• Boeing expects to certify newer versions of Boeing 777 aircraft to fly 330 minute diversion rules
• More information at Transport Canada web site : http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/commerce/manuals/tp6327v00a/definitions.htm
• More information about ETOPS from the FAA is found at: http://www.faa.gov/newpress_releasesnews_story.cfm?newsId=7975
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ETOPS Trans-Pacific Flights
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ETOPS Requirements (Transport Canada)
1) Required aeroplane limitations including airline procedures for ETOPS certification
2) Revision to the performance section including fuel consumption rates;
3) Flight crew procedures;
4) Aircraft certication - "the aeroplane has been found to meet the type design reliability and performance criteria for ETOPS operations in accordance with this document. Compliance with these type design criteria alone does not constitute approval to conduct ETOPS operations"
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Sample ETOPS Flight
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Note: There are critical sections of this flight where the aircraft could be ~120 minutes away from the nearest airport (assuming a single engine speed)
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Possible Diversion Points (Airports)
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Keflavik
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Have There Been Diversions?
Two very well known cases:
a) Air Transat Airbus A330-200 lost both engines (due to fuel starvation) over the Atlantic and landed safely at Lajes (in the Azores)
See report at: http://www.moptc.pt/tempfiles/20060608181643moptc.pdf or read article at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236
b) Boeing 767-200ER traveled more than 300 minutes in a flight from North America to Hawaii (landed safely with engine operative)
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Types of Critical Failures in ETOPS Operations
Pressurization failure
• Pressure vessel (fuselage) no longer maintains a low-altitude cabin conditions (<8,000 ft) at cruise altitude
• Aircraft is required to descend to 10,000 ft. allowing passengers to breathe normally
• High drag condition (high density due to low altitude cruise)
• Fuel reserves are critical because two engines are running
Engine failure
• Engine failure requires a descent to a suitable one-engine cruise altitude
• Modern twin engine aircraft have single-engine service ceilings of 21,000-29,000 ft.
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• Modest drag condition (intermediate altitude)
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Separations in the National Airspace System
Much smaller than over NATS (5 nm for distance > 40 nm from radar)
• Positive control (radar control for all IFR flights)
• 2000 ft. above 41,000 ft. (flight level 410)
• 1000 ft. below FL 410
• Above FL 290 RVSM requires aircraft equipment certification
Free Flight introduces a new dimension in complexity
• NASA / FAA want to reduce incidents and collisions by a factor of 5-10 in the next decade
• Need to assess the collision risk over NAS if reduced separation criteria is used
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Implications for Air Transportation Engineering
• NAS system capacity is typically constrained at the airport level
• Many ATC services housed at the airport- Airport surveillance radars- VOR - very high frequency omnidirectional range and TACAN
systems- ILS - instrument landing systems- Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)
• ATC aircraft separations dictate the capacity of the airport and in some cases that of the airspace
• Runway separation criteria are dictated by ATC technology (more on this later)
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Runway Separations at Airports Depend on Airport Surveillance Technology
The same technology used to establish the position of aircraft in the airspace is used to perform surveillance activities near airports
• Radar technology has inherent weaknesses for surveillance
• The farthest from the antenna, the larger the uncertainty to determine accurate positions
• Primary radar (skin paint)
• Secondary radar (transponder inside aircraft - Modes C and S)
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Independent ILS or Precision Approaches
• IFR operational conditions
• 4,300 ft. between runway centerlines
• Standard radar systems (scan rate of 4.8 seconds or more)
• Radar surveillance is available
Airport Terminal
Independent arrival streamsRunway 1
Runway 2
4,300 ft. or more
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Independent Parallel Approaches using the Precision Runway Monitor (PRM) in IFR
• The purpose of this standard is to use the Precision Runway Monitor (PRM) to allow independent ILS approaches to parallel runways separated down to 3,000 feet (FAA, 1998)
• This standard currently applies with PRM (fast-scan technology)
• Radar scan rate of 1 second or less
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What is a PRM - Precision Runway Monitor?
Two pieces of software and hardware comprise the PRM system:
• Air Traffic Controller display (shows the aircraft blips plus the NTZ - No Transgression Zone (NTZ)
• Fast scanning radar (with tau <= 1.0 seconds)
This system reduces the uncertainty of knowing where aircraft are (i.e., thanks to its fast scan rate)
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Independent Triple and Quadruple Approaches To Parallel Runways (IFR)
• The idea behind this concept is to allow triple and quadruple parallel approaches to runways separated by 5,000 feet using standard radar systems (scan update rate of 4.8 seconds) at airports having field elevations of less than 1,000 feet
• Increase to 5,300 ft. spacing between runways for elevations above 5,000 ft. p
Runway 1
R 2
5,000 ft. or more
Runway 2
Runway 3
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Independent Departures in IFR Conditions and Standard Radar (" => 4.8 s.)
• Simultaneous departures can be conducted if two parallel runways are located 2,500 ft. p
Runway 1
Runway 2
2,500 ft.
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Independent Departures and Arrivals in IFR Conditions and Standard Radar (" => 4.8 s.)
• Simultaneous departures and arrivals can be conducted if two parallel runways are located 2,500 ft.
Runway 1
Runway 2
2,500 ft.
ArrivalStream
DepartureStream
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Staggered Runways Rule (Decreasing Separation)
If two parallel runways are staggered (i.e., their runway thresholds are offset) use:
• Decrease runway centerline separation by 100 ft. for every 500 ft. of stagger
Runway 1
Runway 2
2,300 ft.
1,000 ft.
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Staggered Runways Rule (Increasing Runway Centerline Separation)
If two parallel runways are staggered (i.e., their runway thresholds are offset) use:
• Increase runway centerline separation by 100 ft. for every 500 ft. of stagger
Runway 1
Runway 2
2,700 ft.
1,000 ft.OverlapRegion
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Independent Arrivals under VFR Conditions
Independent simultaneous arrivals can be conducted with at least 700ft between runway centerlines if:
• VFR conditions (visibility > 3 nm)
• No wake vortex effect is presentIndependent arrival streamsRunway 1
Runway 2
700 ft. or more
No wake vortexeffect (seldomthe case)
Increase to1,200 ft. ifaircraft belong toDesign groups V and VI
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Independent Simultaneous Approaches to Converging Runways
Procedures governing independent converging approaches require that the distance between the missed approach points be 3 n.m. apart and that the Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS) surfaces not overlap. Because of these restrictions, minimums are high, thereby limiting the number of airports
NTZ - No Transgression Zone
Assumes the Missed ApproachEnvelopes are Non-overlapping
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Dependent Approaches to Parallel Runways (IFR)
Procedures exist to conduct dependent arrivals when runway separation is below 4,300 ft. and above 2,500 ft. (standard radar).
Dependent arrival streamsRunway 1
Runway 2
2,500 ft. or more 1.5 nm 1.5 nm
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Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approaches (SOIA)
Allows siimultaneous approaches to runways spaced less than 3,000 ft. but more than 750 ft.
San Francisco International airport is the first airport approved for the procedure (see diagram)
Requirements:
• Pilot training
• Dual communications
• ATC software/hardware (PRM radar)
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Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approaches (SOIA)
ILSApproach
LDAApproach
9,000 ft.
3,000 ft.
No Transgression Zone
SFO International