research-article

Air traffic simulation with 4D multi-criteria optimized trajectories

Authors:

Judith Rosenow,

Hartmut Fricke,

Michael SchultzAuthors Info & Claims

WSC '17: Proceedings of the 2017 Winter Simulation Conference

Article No.: 209, Pages 1 - 12

Published: 03 December 2017 Publication History

Abstract

Today's aviation industry is faced with three conflicting goals: First, aeronautics already draws responsible for 2% of all anthropologically induced emissions, (IATA 2013) and the need for reducing those emissions is no point of contention anymore. Second, the irresistible growth of air traffic demand challenges both, airport operations and air traffic flow management. And third, despite all changes, the expectations of safety are constantly increasing. To account for the need of improved, safe and climate friendly aircraft operations, we present a simulation environment, that is capable of optimizing trajectories regarding multiple criteria. Therewith we show the positive impact of 4D optimized trajectories on the air traffic flow, controller's taskload and airspace complexity and emphasize the importance of an enhanced air traffic flow management considering dynamic sectorization and air space configuration.

References

[1]

Airbus 2016. "Global Market Forcast 2016-2035".

[2]

Bittner, M., and B. Fleischmann. 2014. "Optimization of ATM Scenarios Considering Overall and Single Costs". In 6th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation.

[3]

Boeing 2016. "Current Market Outlook 2016-2035".

[4]

Brain, D., and F. Netjasov. 2004. "Norwegian Fast Time Simulation Phase 1". CRDS Note No.12.

[5]

Button, K., and R. Nieva. 2013. "Single European Sky and the Functional Airspace Blocks: Will they Improve Economic Efficiency?". Journal of Air Transport Management:73--80.

[6]

Cujic, M., M. Jovanovic, and M. Jaksic. 2015. "Measuring the Efficiency of Air Navigation Services System by Using DEA Method". International Journal for Traffic and Transport Engineering 5 (1) (36--44).

[7]

Delahaye, D., and S. Puechmorel. 2000. "Air Traffic Complexity: Towards Intrinsic Metrics". In 3rd USA/Europe Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar, Napoli.

[8]

Federal Aviation Administration 2016. "NextGen Implementation Plan 2016".

[9]

Förster, S., J. Rosenow, M. Lindner, and H. Fricke. 2016. "A Toolchain for Optimizing Trajectories Under Real Weather Conditions and Realistic Flight Performance". In Greener Aviation, Brussels.

[10]

Gerdes, I., A. Temme, and M. Schultz. 2016. "Dynamic Airspace Sectorization using Dynamic Airspace Sectorization using Controller Task Load". In Sixth SESAR Innovation days.

[11]

Grewe, V., S. Matthes, K. Dahlmann, V. Gollnick, M. Niklaß, F. Linke, and K. Kindler. 2016. "Climate Impact Evaluation of Future Green Aircraft Technologies". In Greener Aviation, Brussels.

[12]

Groth, T., R. Leemüller, B. Paul, and W. Theek. 2011. "Entwicklung eines faskbasierten Arbeitslast-modells und Nutzung des Modells für die Bestimmung von Sektorkapazitätswerten mit CAPAN an der Niederlassung Karlsruhe (P1/VAFORIT)". Abschlussbericht, DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH, Langen.

[13]

Hargraves, C., and S. Paris. 1987. "Direct Trajectory Optimization Using Nonlinear Programming and Collocation". Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics.

[14]

R. Howe-Veenstra 2004. "Commercial Aircraft Trajectory Optimization and Effciency of Air Traffc Control Procedures". Master Thesis, University of Minnesota.

[15]

IATA 2013. "Technology Roadmap". International Air Transport Association 4.

[16]

International Air Transport Association IATA. "Fuel Monitor Price-Analysis".

[17]

International Civil Aviation Organization 2016. "Aircraft Engine Exhaust Emissions Data Bank".

[18]

Kaiser, M., M. Schultz, and H. Fricke. 2011. "Enhanced Jet Performance Model for High Precision 4D Flight Path Prediction". In 1st International Conference on Application and Theory of Automation in Command and Control Systems (ATACCS).

Digital Library

[19]

Kopardekar, P., K. Bilimoria, and B. Sridhar. 2007. "Initial Concepts for Dynamic Airspace Configuration". In 7th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference (ATIO).

[20]

Kugele, A., F. Jelinek, and R. Gaffal. 2005. "Aircraft Particulate Matter Emission Estimation through all Phases of Flight". EUROCONTROL.

[21]

Lee, D. S., G. Pitari, V. Grewe, K. Gierens, J. E. Penner, A. Petzold, M. J. Prather, U. Schumann, A. Bais, T. Berntsen, D. Iachetti, L. L. Lim, and R. Sausen. 2010. "Transport Impacts on Atmosphere and Climate: Aviation". Atmospheric Environment 44:4678--4734.

[22]

Lindner, M., S. Förster, J. Rosenow, and H. Fricke. 2016. "Ecological Impact of Air Traffic Control en-route Charging Zones from Multi Criteria Optimized Flight Paths". In Greener Aviation, Brussels.

[23]

Luchkova, T., R. Vujasinovic, A. Lau, and M. Schultz. 2015. "Analysis of Impacts an Eruption of Volcano Stromboli could have on European Air Traffic". In 11th USA/Europe Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar, Napoli.

[24]

Mannstein, H., and U. Schumann. 2005. "Aircraft Induced Contrail Cirrus over Europe". Meteorologische Zeitschrift 14 (4): 549--554.

[25]

Mogford, R. M., P. U. Lee, W. E. Preston, W. W. Bridges, D. N. Peknik, and V. Gujral. 2014. "Generic Airspace Research Phase 5 Report". NASA Ames Research Center.

[26]

Murietta Mendoza, A., and R. Mihaela Botez. 2014. "Vertical Navigation Trajectory Optimization Algorithm For A Commercial Aircraft". AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

[27]

Ng, H. K., B. Sridhar, N. Y. Cheng, and J. Li. 2014. "Three-Dimensional Trajectory Design for Reducing Climate Impact of Trans-Atlantic Flights". In AIAA Aviation.

[28]

National Weather Service (NOAA) 2016. "NOAA Operational Model Archive and Distribution System".

[29]

Patrón, R. S. F., R. M. Botez, and D. Labour. 2014. "Flight Trajectory Optimization through Genetic Algorithms Coupling Vertical and Lateral Profiles". In Proseedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.

[30]

Rosenow, J. 2016. Optical Properties of Condenstation Trails. Ph. D. thesis, Technische Universität Dresden.

[31]

Rosenow, J., S. Förster, and H. Fricke. 2016. "Continuous Climb Operations with minimum fuel burn". In Sixth SESAR Innovation days.

[32]

Rosenow, J., S. Förster, M. Lindner, and H. Fricke. 2016. "Multi-Objective Trajectory Optimization". International Transportation Special Edition 1.

[33]

Rosenow, J., S. Förster, M. Lindner, and H. Fricke. 2017. "Impact of Multi-criteria Optimized Trajectories on European Air Traffic Density, Efficiency and the Environment". In Twelfth USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar (ATM2017).

[34]

Rosenow, J., and H. Fricke. 2016. "Flight Performance Modeling to Optimize Trajectories". In Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2016.

[35]

Schäfer, M. 2006. "Methodologies for Aviation Emission Calculation- A Comparison of Alternative Approches Towards 4D Global Inventories". Diploma Thesis, https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/1773.

[36]

Schultz, M., H. Fricke, T. Gerbothe, C. Grabow, J. D. Prins, M. Wimmer, and P. Kappertz. 2013. "Modeling and Evaluation of Automated Arrival Management Considering Ait Traffic Demands". In First SESAR Innovation Days (SID).

[37]

Schultz, M., H. Fricke, M. Kaiser, T. Kunze, J. Lopez-Leonés, M. Wimmer, and P. Kappertz. 2011. "Universal Trajectory Synchronization for Highly Predictable Arrivals". In First SESAR Innovation Days (SID).

[38]

Schultz, M., H. Fricke, T. Kunze, J. Mund, J. L. Leonés, C. Grabow, J. D. Prins, M. Wimmer, and P. Kappertz. 2012. "Uncertainty Handling and Trajectory Synchronization for the Automated Arrival Management". In Second SESAR Innovation Days (SID).

[39]

Serafino, G. 2015. "Multi-Objective Aircraft Trajectory Optimization for Weather Avoidance and Emissions Reduction". Modelling and Simulation for Autonomous Systems.

[40]

SES Single European Sky 2009, October. "Regulation (EC) No 1070/2009 of the European Paliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009". http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1070/oj.

[41]

SESAR Joint Undertaking 2015. "European ATM Master Plan edition 2".

[42]

Soler, M., B. Zou, and M. Hansen. 2014. "Flight Trajectory Design in the Presence of Contrails: Application of a Mulitphase Mixed-Integer Optimal Control Approach". Transportation Research Part C.

[43]

Spichtinger, P. 2004, Mai. Eisübersättigte Regionen. Ph. D. thesis, University of Munich, Department of Physics.

[44]

Sridhar, B., N. Y. Cheng, and H. K. Ng. 2013. "Energy Efficient Contrail Mitigation Strategies for Reducing the Environmental Impact of Aviation". In 10th USA/Europe Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar, Chicago.

[45]

Sridhar, B., K. S. Sheth, and S. Grabbe. 1998. "Airspace Complexity and its Application in Air Traffic Management". In 2nd USA/Europe Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar.

[46]

Standfuss, T., M. Schultz, and M. Kreuz. 2015. "Final Paper: Multidimensional Benchmarking of Air Navigation Service Providers". In Air Transport and Operations Symposium.

[47]

Sussmann, R., and K. M. Gierens. 2001. "Differences in Early Contrail Evolution of Two-Engine versus Four-Engine Aircraft: Lidar Measurements and Numerical Simulations". Journal of Geophysical Research 106:4899--4911.

[48]

V. Grewe et al. 2014. "Aircraft Routing with Minimal Climate Impact: The REACT4C Climate Cost Function Modelling Approach (V1.0)". Geoscientific Model Development 7:175--201.

[49]

Zillies, J. L., A. R. Schmitt, and R. Vujasinovic. 2013. "Multi-Objective 4D Optimization of a Trajectory-based Air Traffic Management". In Proceedings of the Integrated Communications Navigation and Surveillance Conference.

Cited By

Schultz MReitmann SJohansson BJain S(2018)Prediction of aircraft boarding time using LSTM networkProceedings of the 2018 Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/3320516.3320795(2330-2341)Online publication date: 9-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3320516.3320795
Rosenow JSchultz MJohansson BJain S(2018)Coupling of turnaround and trajectory optimization based on delay costProceedings of the 2018 Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/3320516.3320788(2273-2284)Online publication date: 9-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3320516.3320788

Recommendations

Applying simulation techniques to an air traffic control study
Proceedings of the fourth annual conference on Applications of simulation

Air traffic in the United States has expanded rapidly due to the rising demand of passengers for rapid, convenient, comfortable transportation, the increasing use of air freight, and the soaring growth of general aviation, which includes the recent ...
Formal Methods in Air Traffic Management: The Case of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Invited Lecture
Proceedings of the 12th International Colloquium on Theoretical Aspects of Computing - ICTAC 2015 - Volume 9399

As the technological and operational capabilities of unmanned aircraft systems UAS continue to grow, so too does the need to introduce these systems into civil airspace. Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System is a NASA ...
Air Traffic Management Overview

Comments

Please enable JavaScript to view thecomments powered by Disqus.

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

cover image ACM Conferences

WSC '17: Proceedings of the 2017 Winter Simulation Conference

December 2017

4389 pages

ISBN:9781538634271

Sponsors

SIGSIM: ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling

Publisher

IEEE Press

Publication History

Published: 03 December 2017

Check for updates

Qualifiers

Research-article

Conference

WSC '17

Sponsor:

SIGSIM

WSC '17: Winter Simulation Conference

December 3 - 6, 2017

Nevada, Las Vegas

Acceptance Rates

Overall Acceptance Rate 3,413 of 5,075 submissions, 67%

Contributors

Other Metrics

View Article Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

2
Total Citations
View Citations
39
Total Downloads

Downloads (Last 12 months)2
Downloads (Last 6 weeks)0

Reflects downloads up to 22 Nov 2024

Other Metrics

View Author Metrics

Citations

Cited By

Schultz MReitmann SJohansson BJain S(2018)Prediction of aircraft boarding time using LSTM networkProceedings of the 2018 Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/3320516.3320795(2330-2341)Online publication date: 9-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3320516.3320795
Rosenow JSchultz MJohansson BJain S(2018)Coupling of turnaround and trajectory optimization based on delay costProceedings of the 2018 Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/3320516.3320788(2273-2284)Online publication date: 9-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3320516.3320788

View Options

Login options

Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

Full Access

Get this Publication

View options

PDF

View or Download as a PDF file.

eReader

View online with eReader.

Media

Figures

Other

Tables

View Table of Contents