Overview
The Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS)
concept envisions a dramatic change in demand on
National Airspace System (NAS) resources: a significantly
increased number of flights operating as needed
on Point-to-Point (PTP) routes with smaller aircraft.
In addition to the increased demand on the NAS,
the dynamic, ‘on-demand’, nature of
the SATS concept will present even greater challenges
to the country’s Traffic Flow Management (TFM)
system.
Concept
Features
Links information from the
SATS-TFM website to the NAS TFM system
Demonstrates the interactions
among NAS users and the TFM system
Provides critical projected
demand information to the TFM system
Resource allocation algorithms
employed based on current and future NAS
demand
Deployment
Our innovation links the information from this Small
Aircraft Transportation System-Traffic Flow Management
(SATS-TFM) Interface website to the nation’s
TFM system. Critical information regarding projected
demand can be provided to the TFM system to allow
the necessary management of the NAS.
Research
and Development
There are three main outputs of the prototype SATS-TFM
Interface website which demonstrates the interactions
among NAS users and the TFM system:
an analysis
which examines specific scenarios where satellite
and pacer airports are in close proximity,
resource allocation
algorithms to test performance based on current
and future NAS demand,
a HITL simulation
effort (which complements the above analysis) assesses
the utility and design of the Interface through
human interaction, and integration with FACET providing
a visual display for the analytical effort.
