Point Merge: A Feasible Arrival Procedure at Brussels National Airport?
Saranne Verhellen (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
Paul Roling – Mentor (TU Delft - Air Transport & Operations)
Alex Van Biervliet – Graduation committee member (skeyes)
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Abstract
In order to efficiently accommodate the future, continuously growing air traffic demands at Brussels National Airport (EBBR), as well as to avoid an impending saturation of the terminal airspace, the concept of point merge has been identified as a potential solution. The characteristics of point merge that made it at first glance an interesting arrival procedure for the airport are the embedded CDO, the procedure systematisation, the possibility to maximise the runway capacity throughput and to decrease the controller workload, while maintaining - if not improving - current levels of safety, punctuality and efficiency. To verify if all these elements could be achieved in the dense and complex operational environment of EBBR, a feasibility study has been carried out. This study has been requested by skeyes, the Belgian air navigation service provider.