How Do Layered Airspace Design Parameters Affect Airspace Capacity and Safety?

Conference paper (2016)

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Copyright: © 2016 J.M. Hoekstra, J.B. Maas, M.A.P. Tra, E. Sunil
Safety Capacity Airspace Design Air Transportation System Performance Measurement Traffic Complexity Conflict Probability Conflict Rate Separation Assurance
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2016

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English

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Abstract

In many ATM studies experiments are performed to determine the capacity. This paper looks at the effect of airspace design on the capacity. Using an algebraic approach a relation is derived between the design parameters of a layered airspace design and the capacity of the airspace. The validity of the assumptions which are used in this derivation are tested experimentally. This airspace lay-out proved to be the airspace design which had the highest capacity for the unstructured, extremely high traffic demand used in an earlier experimental study. The result is both a method to relate an airspace design to the capacity as well as a relation which shows the effect on the airspace capacity for an airspace design where different levels or layers are defined each with their own segment of heading angles.