United States Department of Transportation
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Vortex Advisory System : Volume 1. Effectiveness for Selected Airports.
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1980-05-01
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Abstract:The Vortex Advisory System (VAS) is based on wind criterion--when the wind near the runway end is outside of the criterion, all interarrival Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft separations can be set at 3 nautical miles. Five years of wind data have been obtained for 20 airports. By comparing the VAS wind criterion to the 5 years of wind data, the percentages of time that interarrival separations can be reduced at the 20 airports have been found. The percentages are given on an hourly and a monthly basis. Volume II (to be published at a later date) will examine the VAS effectiveness at Chicago O'Hare (ORD) with respect to the length of the intervals during which reduced separations might have been used.
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Content Notes:Introduction, Effectiveness, Effectiveness values, Comments and summary, References
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