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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
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  • 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:
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  • Download URL:
    https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8559/dot_8559_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 108.45 KB]
  • Collection(s):
    Volpe Center
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:eaa621691788ad03000fc48729c562465000dd3b2cb1b2205a0dc8b146676c5598c7db4ab7ca6f88e2319e089769a8874af83ed7f97ef23f7e2d0113f1e4036e
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