Flight Deck Perspectives on Departure Procedures for Multiple Airport Route Separation

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• Creators:
  Sparko, Andrea L. ; Chandra, Divya C
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Human Factors Division ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Flight Standards Service
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air pilots
  • Air traffic
  • Aircraft pilotage
  • Aircraft separation
  • Arrivals and departures
  • Aviation safety
  • Flight paths
  • Human factors
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Contracting Officer:
  Quach, Victor
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  This paper documents portions of a study that examined current flight deck human factors issues associated with Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) departure procedures (DPs), with a focus on issues relevant to a proposed Air Traffic Control (ATC) operational concept called Multiple Airport Route Separation (MARS). MARS aims to improve the flow of air traffic to and from nearby busy airports by reducing the separation between aircraft flying along specially approved pairs of PBN instrument flight procedures (IFPs). As long as both aircraft stay on their cleared IFPs, ATC can be confident that they will remain procedurally separated. However, past research on PBN IFPs has shown that they may add complexity to pilot tasks, potentially increasing the risk of flightpath deviations.
• Content Notes:
  Submitted for publication to the 43rd Digital Avionics Systems Conference, September 29-October 3, 2024, San Diego, CA.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78816/dot_78816_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 550.23 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Aviation Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:601ad6cd4c245ea7cfc2cb4fd60a405e0382266c99178ecf8955f7e7bbbde0f5c446ce5ad39098bcb565f18a4755abd241abeb3939010de8ffabcd3bc07400a6