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2013 Data Update: Trends and Market Forces Shaping Small Community Air Service in the United States
(2014-05-20)
This document is an update to MIT Small Community Air Service White Paper No. 1—Trends and Market Forces Shaping Small Community Air Service in the United States1. This report provides updated analysis and data appendices ...
Analysis of Approach Stability and Challenges in Operational Implementation of RNP Approach Procedures
(2017-05-23)
Required Navigation Performance (RNP) instrument procedures guarantee high levels of navigation precision through highly accurate navigation sources (e.g. GPS) and real-time monitoring of position estimation accuracy. In ...
How Air Transport Connects The World: A New Metric of Air Connectivity and Its Evolution Between 1990 And 2012
(2015-03-11)
Scheduled air transport services connect airports throughout the world and thereby enable interaction on a global scale. By doing so, they spur globalization (Hummels, 2007) as well as social and economic development ...
An Experimental Study of the Effects of Automation on Pilot Situational Awareness in the Datalink ATC Environmental
(2015-03-18)
An experiment to study how automation, when used in conjunction with datalink for the delivery of ATC clearance amendments, affects the situational awareness of aircrews was conducted. The study was focused on the relationship ...
Analysis of the Interaction Between Air Transportation and Economic Activity: A Worldwide Perspective
(2011-10-14)
Air transportation usage and economic activity are interdependent. Air transportation provides employment
and enables certain economic activities which are dependent on the availability of air transportation services.
The ...
Aircraft Cruise Phase Altitude Optimization Considering Contrail Avoidance
(2014-11-14)
Contrails have been suggested as one of the main contributors to aviation-induced climate impact in recent years. To reduce the climate impact of contrails, mitigation policies such as taxation will be necessary in the ...
The Causes and Consequences of Divergence Between the Air Traffic Controller State Awareness and Actual System State
(2017-10-18)
Divergence is an inconsistency between the human’s system state awareness and the actual system state. This research investigated divergence potential in air traffic controllers and identified controller divergence causes ...
Evaluating The Depiction of Complex RNAV/RNP Procedures and Analyzing a Potential De-Cluttering Technique
(2012-05-10)
Performance Based Navigation (PBN) is a key element of the Federal Aviation Administration’s
(FAA) NextGen Program. In order to increase National Airspace System (NAS) capacity and
efficiency, PBN routes and procedures ...
Modeling the Effects of Aircraft Flight Track Variability on Community Noise Exposure
(2017-07-20)
The implementation of Performance Based Navigation (PBN) routes across the National Airspace System (NAS) has caused a significant concentration of flight tracks. This flight track concentration also creates a concentration ...
Pilot Perception and Use of ADS-B Traffic and Weather Services (TIS-B & FIS-B)
(2014-10-08)
Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) is a central component of the NextGen air traffic control modernization program. It is intended to improve traffic surveillance capabilities by sharing accurate aircraft ...