Application of color to reduce complexity in air traffic control.

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• Creators:
  Yuditsky, Tanya ; Sollenberger, Randy L ; Della Rocco, Pamela S ; Friedman-Berg, Ferne ; Manning, Carol A
• Corporate Creators:
  William J. Hughes Technical Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Human Factors Research and Engineering Division
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air traffic control
  • Air traffic controllers
  • Airspace utilization
  • Aviation safety
  • Coding systems
  • Color codes
  • Performance evaluations
  • Radar displays
  • Air traffic control
  • Air traffic controllers
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/CT-TN03/01
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  New Jersey
• Edition:
  Technical note
• Corporate Publisher:
  William J. Hughes Technical Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The United States Air Traffic Control (ATC) system is designed to provide for the safe and efficient flow of air ; traffic from origin to destination. The Federal Aviation Administration predicts that traffic levels will continue ; increasing over the foreseeable future. It is important to identify and reduce the factors that increase ATC ; complexity because of the potential consequences of errors. This research examined the application of specific ; information coding techniques to ATC displays as a method of reducing complexity in the en route environment. It ; tested color coding of (a) aircraft destination airport, (b) overflights, and (c) Special Use Airspace. Eight Certified ; Professional Controllers participated in the high fidelity, human-in-the-loop simulation. Results indicated that these ; specific enhancements may improve controller performance and efficiency. However, when we presented all of the ; enhancements simultaneously, we did not find the beneficial effects that occurred when we tested the enhancements ; individually. Further research is needed to systematically investigate the application of color to radar displays in the ; dynamic Air Traffic environment.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16693/dot_16693_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 354.52 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3af9df1cd301553b2e9d5367bbe561bae2d03a7bc029028cd38b24bd94177199