NASA LogoNTRSNTRS - NASA Technical Reports ServerSearchmore_vertCollectionsAboutNewsHelpLogin Back to ResultsConducting Safe and Efficient Airport Surface Operations in a NextGen EnvironmentThe Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) vision proposes many revolutionary operational concepts, such as surface trajectory-based operations (STBO) and technologies, including display of traffic information and movements, airport moving maps (AMM), and proactive alerts of runway incursions and surface traffic conflicts, to deliver an overall increase in system capacity and safety. A piloted simulation study was conducted at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to evaluate the ability of a flight crew to conduct safe and efficient airport surface operations while utilizing an AMM. Position accuracy of traffic was varied, and the effect of traffic position accuracy on airport conflict detection and resolution (CD&R) capability was measured. Another goal was to evaluate the crew's ability to safely conduct STBO by assessing the impact of providing traffic intent information, CD&R system capability, and the display of STBO guidance to the flight crew on both head-down and head-up displays (HUD). Nominal scenarios and off-nominal conflict scenarios were conducted using 12 airline crews operating in a simulated Memphis International Airport terminal environment. The data suggest that all traffic should be shown on the airport moving map, whether qualified or unqualified, and conflict detection and resolution technologies provide significant safety benefits. Despite the presence of traffic information on the map, collisions or near-collisions still occurred; when indications or alerts were generated in these same scenarios, the incidents were averted. During the STBO testing, the flight crews met their required time-of-arrival at route end within 10 seconds on 98 percent of the trials, well within the acceptable performance bounds of 15 seconds. Traffic intent information was found to be useful in determining the intent of conflicting traffic, with graphical presentation preferred. The CD&R system was only minimally effective during STBO because the prevailing visibility was sufficient for visual detection of conflicting traffic. Overall, the pilots indicated STBO increased general situation awareness but also negatively impacted workload, reduced the ability to watch for other traffic, and increased head-down time.Document ID20160005903Acquisition SourceLangley Research CenterDocument TypeTechnical Publication (TP)AuthorsJones, Denise R.*(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)*Prinzel, Lawrence J., III*(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)*Bailey, Randall E.*(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)*Arthur, Jarvis J., III*(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)*Barnes, James R.*(Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)*Date AcquiredMay 6, 2016Publication DateMarch 1, 2016Subject CategoryAir Transportation And SafetyReport/Patent NumberNASA/TP-2016-219172L-20536NF1676L-20824Funding Number(s)WBS: WBS 284848.02.50.07Distribution LimitsPublicCopyrightPublic Use Permitted.Available DownloadsNameType20160005903.pdfSTIcloud_downloadcontent_copyvisibilityRelated RecordsThere are no records associated with this record.visibility_offNo Preview Available
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