Browsing Air Transportation Research by Title
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Systems Analysis of Urban Air Mobility Operational Scaling
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Systems-Level Analysis of On Demand Mobility for Aviation
(2017-02-15)On Demand Mobility (ODM) is an emerging transportation concept that leverages pervasive telecommunication connectivity to enable the real-time matching of consumers with transportation service providers. Having experienced ... -
Tarmac Delay Policies: A Passenger-Centric Analysis
(2016-01-12)In this paper, we analyze the effectiveness of the 2010 Tarmac Delay Rule from a passenger - centric point of view. The Tarmac Delay Rule stipulates that aircraft lift-off, or an opportunity for passengers to deplane, must ... -
Technology Transition in the National Air Transportation System: Market Failure and Game Theoretic Analysis with Application to ADS-B
(2008-07)Air traffic demand is increasing, but capacity is constrained by an antiquated air traffic control (ATC) infrastructure. The number of air traffic passengers in the U.S. is expected to grow from 738 ... -
Transitioning The U.S. Air Transportation System To Higher Fuel Costs
(2011-09-20)The air transportation system enables economic growth and provides significant social benefits. Future increases and volatility in oil prices, as well as climate change policies, are likely to increase the effective ... -
Trends and Market Forces Shaping Small Community Air Service in the United States
(2013-05-07)This report, Trends and Market Forces Shaping Small Community Air Service in the United States, is the first in a series of papers written under the umbrella of the MIT Small Community Air Service White Paper series. The ... -
Understanding the Effect of Cognitive Reference Frames on Unmanned Aircraft Operations
(2016-12-27)As an ever-greater share of our national military airborne resources transition from manned to unmanned aircraft (UA) the issues associated with unmanned aircraft operations become more and more important. This study seeks ... -
Understanding the Impact of Potential Best-Equipped, Best-Served Policies on the En-Route Air Traffic Controller Performance and Workload
(2012-03-23)New capabilities of Air Traffic Control (ATC) under development in Next Generation Air Transportation system (NextGen) will increase the system capacity to accommodate the expected growth in the air traffic. One of the ... -
Use of Structure as a Basis for Abstraction in Air Traffic Control
(2003-03)The safety and efficiency of the air traffic control domain is highly dependent on the capabilities and limitations of its human controllers. Past research has indicated that structure provided by the airspace and procedures ...