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Data-Driven Flight Procedure Simulation and Noise Analysis in a Large-Scale Air Transportation System
(2018-07-03)Aircraft noise is a growing source of community concern around airports. Despite the introduction of quieter aircraft, increased precision of onboard guidance systems has resulted in new noise impacts driven by overflight ... -
Data-Driven Modeling of Air Traffic Flows for Advanced Air Traffic Management
(2019-04-26)The Air Traffic Management (ATM) system enables air transportation by ensuring a safe and orderly air traffic flow. As the air transport demand has grown, ATM has become increasingly challenging, resulting in high levels ... -
Demonstration of Reduced Airport Congestion Through Pushback Rate Control
(2011-02-02)Airport surface congestion results in significant increases in taxi times, fuel burn and emissions at major airports. This paper presents the field tests of a control strategy to airport congestion control at Boston Logan ... -
The Departure Planner: A Conceptual Discussion
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Departure Throughput Study for Boston Logan International Airport
(2011-02-02)We propose a new parametric representation of the departure capacity of airports. In particular, we show how the departure capacity can be represented by the variation of the average departure throughput as a function of ... -
Design and Development of a High-Altitude, In-Flight-Deployable Micro-UAV
(2012-06-11)A micro-UAV system was developed to provide maximum endurance for a small atmospheric sensing payload. The system, composed of a micro-UAV and protective case, folds and fits into a MJU-10/B flare cartridge (7.1” x 2.4” ... -
Design And Evaluation Of A Portable Electronic Flight Progress Strip System
(MIT International Center for Air Transportation, 2003-06)There has been growing interest in using electronic alternatives to the paper Flight Progress Strip (FPS) for air traffic control. However, most research has been centered on radar-based control environments, and has not ... -
Design and Flight Demonstration Test of a Continuous Descent Approach Procedure for Louisville International Airport
(2004-04)A design methodology based on the principles of system analysis was used to design a noise abatement approach procedure for Louisville International Airport. In a flight demonstration test, this procedure was shown to ... -
Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Vertical Situation Display
(International Center for Air Transportation, 1996-06)Current advanced commercial transport aircraft, such as the Boeing B777/B747-400, the Airbus A320/A340 and the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, rely on AutoFlight Systems (AFS) for flight management, navigation and inner loop ... -
Development of a High-Preceision ADS-B Based Conflict Alerting System for Operations in the Airport Enviornment
(2013-11-07)The introduction of Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) as the future source of aircraft surveillance worldwide provides an opportunity to introduce high-precision airborne conflict alerting systems for ... -
Development of a Piezoelectric Servo-Flap Actuator for Helicopter Rotor Control
(International Center for Air Transportation, 1994-04-24)An actuator using a piezoelectric bender to de ect a trailing edge servo- ap for use on a helicopter rotor blade was designed, built, and tested. This actuator is an improvement over one developed previously at MIT. ... -
Development of an Autoland System for General Aviation Aircraft
(2011-10-27)Accidents due to engine failure, pilot disorientation or pilot incapacitation occur far more frequently in general aviation than in commercial aviation, yet general aviation aircraft are equipped with less safety-enhancing ... -
Development of Vertiport Capacity Envelopes and Analysis of Their Sensitivity to Topological and Operational Factors
(2019-01-08)This study develops an Integer Programming (IP) approach to analytically estimate vertiport capacity envelopes. The approach is used to determine the sensitivity of vertiport capacity to the number and layout of touchdown ... -
Divergence Between the Human State Assumption and Actual Aircraft System State
(2016-04-28)Divergence is defined in this thesis as an inconsistency between the human operator’s assumption of the system state and the actual state of the system, which is substantial enough to have consequential effects on the ...