Defining airspace quality

A new metric for defining air traffic situation quality in a defined airspace based on geometric traffic properties

Master Thesis (2017)
Author(s)

P.J.S. Danneels (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)

Contributor(s)

J. Hoekstra – Mentor

J. Ellerbroek – Graduation committee member

A Sharpans'kykh – Graduation committee member

Emmanuel Sunil – Graduation committee member

Faculty
Aerospace Engineering
Copyright
© 2017 Pieter Danneels
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Publication Year
2017
Language
English
Copyright
© 2017 Pieter Danneels
Graduation Date
01-09-2017
Awarding Institution
Delft University of Technology
Programme
Aerospace Engineering
Faculty
Aerospace Engineering
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Abstract

Air traffic is growing every year and getting ever more complex. There is however no quick and robust way to analyze a traffic situation in an airspace and compare it to other, similar traffic situations. This research project proposes a new metric to compare air traffic situations in an airspace, based on geometric traffic data. The new metric is called the airspace quality. The project shows to what extend simple properties and metrics are usable and into what area they need to be extended. The resulting metric shows promise but also shows sensitivity issues in certain cases.

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