Abstract
The long-term objective of this research is to analyze quantitative effects of introducing advanced methods for controlling air traffic flows to Tokyo International Airport. As the first step to archive this purpose, in this paper, the current capacity of terminal airspace to Tokyo International Airport was analyzed by using ADS-B and ATC instruction data. An airspace simulator was developed by considering the characteristics of ATC instructions. Using the simulator, the performance of Point Merge operation which is one of advanced navigation methods was briefly examined in a virtual airspace.
