The Impact of Fuel Based Speed Reductions on Controller Conflicts in the National Airspace System

Motivated by increasing fuel prices and a higher environmental awareness, a reduction in aircraft cruise speed leads to fuel-burn benefits. However such a change will likely not occur simultaneously fleet wide. Thus, it is likely that in future scenarios the variation of speeds flown in the Natio...

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Main Authors: Udluft, Heiko, Hansman, R. John
Format: Technical Report
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74549