Data-Driven Analysis for Calculated Time Over in Air Traffic Flow Management

Excessive air traffic demand saturates air traffic control and causes traffic delays due to limited airspace and airport capacity. Air traffic flow management (ATFM) is used to regulate such demand using traffic management initiatives (TMIs), such as ground delay, miles-in-trail and speed adjustment...

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Main Authors: Daichi Toratani, Yoichi Nakamura, Megumi Oka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2022-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9839569/
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description Excessive air traffic demand saturates air traffic control and causes traffic delays due to limited airspace and airport capacity. Air traffic flow management (ATFM) is used to regulate such demand using traffic management initiatives (TMIs), such as ground delay, miles-in-trail and speed adjustment. The Calculated Time Over (CTO), which is a time-assignment TMI for an in- flight aircraft, is being widely developed and CTO operational trials have also been conducted in Japan. This study develops means of estimating several important indices, including the compliance rate and mean expected delay, using data collected in the trial and shadow CTO operations. The estimation methods show variation in indices with differing maximum assigned CTO, while the analytical results suggest the optimal maximum assigned CTO. Furthermore, a variable maximum assigned CTO is proposed to improve the CTO operation. The analytical results show that the proposed method can improve the compliance rate as well as the mean expected delay.
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spelling doaj.art-83760260ae5848d29324899ba3b435702022-12-22T02:51:55ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362022-01-0110789837899210.1109/ACCESS.2022.31937729839569Data-Driven Analysis for Calculated Time Over in Air Traffic Flow ManagementDaichi Toratani0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3634-5997Yoichi Nakamura1Megumi Oka2Air Traffic Management Department, Electronic Navigation Research Institute (ENRI), National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology (MPAT), Tokyo, Chofu, JapanAir Traffic Management Department, Electronic Navigation Research Institute (ENRI), National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology (MPAT), Tokyo, Chofu, JapanAir Traffic Management Department, Electronic Navigation Research Institute (ENRI), National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology (MPAT), Tokyo, Chofu, JapanExcessive air traffic demand saturates air traffic control and causes traffic delays due to limited airspace and airport capacity. Air traffic flow management (ATFM) is used to regulate such demand using traffic management initiatives (TMIs), such as ground delay, miles-in-trail and speed adjustment. The Calculated Time Over (CTO), which is a time-assignment TMI for an in- flight aircraft, is being widely developed and CTO operational trials have also been conducted in Japan. This study develops means of estimating several important indices, including the compliance rate and mean expected delay, using data collected in the trial and shadow CTO operations. The estimation methods show variation in indices with differing maximum assigned CTO, while the analytical results suggest the optimal maximum assigned CTO. Furthermore, a variable maximum assigned CTO is proposed to improve the CTO operation. The analytical results show that the proposed method can improve the compliance rate as well as the mean expected delay.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9839569/Air traffic controlair traffic flow management (ATFM)traffic management initiatives (TMIs)calculated time over (CTO)
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Yoichi Nakamura
Megumi Oka
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IEEE Access
Air traffic control
air traffic flow management (ATFM)
traffic management initiatives (TMIs)
calculated time over (CTO)
title Data-Driven Analysis for Calculated Time Over in Air Traffic Flow Management
title_full Data-Driven Analysis for Calculated Time Over in Air Traffic Flow Management
title_fullStr Data-Driven Analysis for Calculated Time Over in Air Traffic Flow Management
title_full_unstemmed Data-Driven Analysis for Calculated Time Over in Air Traffic Flow Management
title_short Data-Driven Analysis for Calculated Time Over in Air Traffic Flow Management
title_sort data driven analysis for calculated time over in air traffic flow management
topic Air traffic control
air traffic flow management (ATFM)
traffic management initiatives (TMIs)
calculated time over (CTO)
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9839569/
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