A Method of Terminal ATC Simulation Experiment
1993 Volume 1993 Issue 75 Pages 17-28
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1993 Volume 1993 Issue 75 Pages 17-28
Major airport expansion and installation programs are on-going in Japan in order to meet future air traffic demands, i.e., the expansion of the Tokyo International Airport and the New Tokyo international Airport, and the installation of the Kansai International airport. The air traffic volume in the terminal airspace, therefor, is to be increased in the future. However, the airspace resources are limited, so that how to design and evaluate the airspace becomes very important for those concerned with the Air Traffic Control (ATC). This paper presents a method of the terminal ATC simulation experiment, which was conducted to evaluate the airspace and route structure designed for the above mentioned airports. First, the terminal airspace/route structure and the ATC operational procedures are generally described and a simulator system design concept, an outline of traffic scenario and target control method are addressed. Secondly, an automatic climb rate control are discussed to reduce the pseudo-pilots' workload in the simulation. Finally, an application example is presented using the data of the expansion program of the Tokyo International Airport.
The total of about 130 simulation trials were conducted in the experiments with a participation of air traffic controllers and they gave a favorable opinion to this simulation method.
