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Title: Preliminary assessment of the lower landing minima capabilities in the SATS program
Author (s): Xu, Y.
Trani, A. A.
Baik, Hojong
Department/Lab Affiliations: Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering
Keywords: Aircraft Transportation System
Lower Landing Minima
SATS Program
airports
Issue Date: 2005
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Citation: Y. Xu, A. A. Trani and H. Baik, Preliminary Assessment of the Lower Landing Minima Capabilities in the SATS Program, Transportation Research Record 1915, TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 2005, pp. 1-11.
Abstract: A preliminary assessment is presented of the required lower landing minima (LLM) capabilities needed to support the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) Program. The goal of this analysis is to understand the number of potentially challenged SATS airports and to identify methods to remove obstacles by using technology solutions. Four obstacle removal methods are considered to assess the challenges faced by the SATS Program in providing LLM capabilities to 3,416 U.S. airports. Two views of runway obstacle analysis are presented: a critical object analysis and a detailed multiobject analysis that includes terrain information. A comparison is made between decision altitudes (DAs) derived by approach lighting infrastructure and glide path angle thresholds and DA values considering other airport characteristics such as terrain. A detailed case study is presented to compare the single critical object analysis with the more detailed multiobject analysis, which was performed for Blacksburg Airport, in Virginia.
Type: Article - Journal
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titlePreliminary assessment of the lower landing minima capabilities in the SATS program
contributor.authorXu, Y.
contributor.authorTrani, A. A.
contributor.authorBaik, Hojong
contributor.deptlabCivil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering
subjectAircraft Transportation System
subjectLower Landing Minima
subjectSATS Program
subjectairports
date.issued2005
publisherNational Academy of Sciences
identifier.citationY. Xu, A. A. Trani and H. Baik, Preliminary Assessment of the Lower Landing Minima Capabilities in the SATS Program, Transportation Research Record 1915, TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 2005, pp. 1-11.
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description.abstractA preliminary assessment is presented of the required lower landing minima (LLM) capabilities needed to support the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) Program. The goal of this analysis is to understand the number of potentially challenged SATS airports and to identify methods to remove obstacles by using technology solutions. Four obstacle removal methods are considered to assess the challenges faced by the SATS Program in providing LLM capabilities to 3,416 U.S. airports. Two views of runway obstacle analysis are presented: a critical object analysis and a detailed multiobject analysis that includes terrain information. A comparison is made between decision altitudes (DAs) derived by approach lighting infrastructure and glide path angle thresholds and DA values considering other airport characteristics such as terrain. A detailed case study is presented to compare the single critical object analysis with the more detailed multiobject analysis, which was performed for Blacksburg Airport, in Virginia.
typeArticle - Journal
type.DCMITypetext
type.statusPostprint
rightsThis material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.
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