Effects of Flexible Use of Airspace Availability and Plannability on Fuel Efficiency

The expected growth of civil air traffic and the inclusion of advanced systems in the Royal Netherlands Air Force result in more demanding airspace requirements across all users, making this a scarce resource. To optimise its usage, military airspaces in Amsterdam Flight Information Region are used as Flexible Use of...

IAF Assignment Optimization for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

During the COVID-19 pandemic people living close to the airport got accustomed to less flights, and therefore less noise disturbance. Now the amount of traffic is increasing again and so is the noise disturbance. For this research specifically the optimizing task of distributing of arriving aircraft over the IAF is addressed, as often the...

Airline based priority flight sequencing: of aircraft arriving at an airport

This paper addresses the airline centred Arrival Sequencing and Scheduling problem aimed at the smart distribution of arrival delays, considering the explicit preferences from users. We consider the scenario in which actions are executed solely in the en-route phase with the available leeway present in the<br/>current ATM system. The arrival...

Design and Evaluation of a Visual Interface for an En Route Air Traffic Control Merging Task

In the past decades, air traffic growth has resulted in increasingly complex situations. In order to guarantee safety and efficiency is maintained, new automation tools and interfaces must be developed. In collaboration with the Netherlands Air Navigation Service Provider, the Inbound Traffic Support System interface was developed. This display...

Design and Evaluation of a Visual Interface for Separation Support in Time-Based Approach Air Traffic Control

On final approach, an Approach (APP) Air Traffic Controller (ATCo) is responsible for keeping sufficient separation between aircraft lining up on the ILS. The current industry standard is to separate these aircraft with a minimum distance, called Distance-Based Separation or DBS. European regulation requires all European airports to implement...