Failures of critical systems at airports can significantly impact aircraft operations and cause
substantial safety risks. This study develops a generalized method for measuring the …

The outcome of operations in a designated airspace is a function of the cooperation
between flights in the airspace and the coordination of Air Traffic Control (ATC). A critical …

Managing operations of the aircraft approach process and analyzing RUNWAY LANDING
capacity, utilization and related RISK s require detailed insight into the stochastic …

Dealing with uncertainty is a necessary and difficult aspect in operations analysis of complex
systems such as the air transportation system. We represent these uncertainties in the …

The statistical characterization of flight tracks is a critical component of safety analysis
models. This paper presents an analysis of multilateration data that uses an extension of an …

Chicago (ORD) and Atlanta (ATL) airports. We investigate distributions of vertical and lateral
position at different distances from the runway threshold in instrument meteorological …

Wake vortices are a safety hazard to landing aircraft. A landing aircraft that encounters a
wake may roll; this might result in a fatal crash if the roll is severe enough or if the aircraft is …

Wake vortices are a safety hazard to landing aircraft. A landing aircraft that encounters a
wake may roll, resulting in a fatal crash if the roll is severe enough and/or if the aircraft is low …

The approach-and-landing is one of the most complex procedures in airline operations. To
mitigate the potential risks in this phase of flight, airlines and regulators have published …

Airport surface detection equipment, such as ASDE-X, is used by thirty-five commercially
operated airports throughout the United States. ASDE-X is responsible for the safe …