Modeling of terminal-area airplane fuel consumption

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• Creators:
  Senzig, David A. ; Fleming, Gregg G. ; Iovinelli, Ralph J.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; United States. Federal Aviation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Aircraft Fuels Fuel Consumption Passenger Aircraft Structural Equation Modeling Terminal Operations
• Resource Type:
  Journal Article
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Planning and Policy ; NTL-AVIATION-AVIATION ; NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Aviation Energy and Environment ; NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Aviation Planning and Policy
• Abstract:
  Accurate modeling of airplane fuel consumption is necessary for air transportation policy-makers to properly
  
  adjudicate trades between competing environmental and economic demands. Existing public models used for
  
  computing terminal-area airplane fuel consumption have been shown to have substantial errors, potentially leading
  
  to erroneous policy and investment decisions. The method of modeling fuel consumption proposed in this paper was
  
  developed using data from a major airplane manufacturer. When compared with airline performance/operational
  
  data, this proposed method has been shown to accurately predict fuel consumption in the terminal area.
  
  The proposed method uses airplane performance data from publicly available environmental models supported by
  
  the Federal Aviation Administration and others. The proposed method has sufficient generality to protect the
  
  proprietary interests of the manufacturer, while still having adequate fidelity to analyze low-speed airplane
  
  operations in the terminal area. This improved methodology will enable more informed decisions by policy-makers
  
  seeking to account for the effects of fuel consumption and airplane emissions on plans for future airspace and airport
  
  designs.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:af539ca17aac1401fd9a9188e84c57419aa962b90cd53e8adc0814b3e47b5428
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  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8559/dot_8559_DS1.pdf
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