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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 ... -
Design and Performance of an Adaptable Aircraft Manufacturing Concept
(2016-02-25)In conventional “vehicle-focused” aircraft design and manufacturing, aircraft are optimized for a given mission and then manufactured using custom-built tooling. This strategy ensures the highest vehicle performance for ... -
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 an In-Flight-Deployable Micro-UAV
(2016-02-25)A micro-UAV system was developed to be deployed from a host aircraft at normal jet cruise conditions (between 25,000 and 35,000 feet altitude and Mach 0.8) using the standard MJU-10/B countermeasure flare form factor. The ...