Observing the dynamic growth of air traffic, the issue of continuous control and monitoring of individual flight phases becomes significant. One of the phases considered in this process is the aircraft landing. At commercial airports, these operations take place at intervals ranging from several dozen seconds to several minutes. The correctness of performing these complex procedures during this operation has a significant impact on runway capacity, the number of operations performed in the airport area, and above all, on passenger safety. For obvious reasons, the study and analysis of these processes cannot be performed on real objects. Therefore, there is a tendency to use computer tools and methods in the analysis of operations occurring in the airport area. To utilize the possibilities of computer simulation, knowledge of the mathematical models of these operations is necessary. The purpose of this article is to present a method and a determined model using results from an aircraft’s onboard flight parameter recorder. A model developed in this way is characterized by high accuracy in reflecting reality. Models built to reflect real aircraft operations in the airport area could be used in aviation practice.
INTRODUCTION
For the study of air traffic using simulation methods, mathematical and computer models with a high degree of accuracy in reflecting real flights are necessary. Therefore, the mentioned models must be developed using results from real flight profiles. Data for developing these models can be provided by onboard recording results. An alternative is models developed based on the results of external observations and data obtained from radars [7]. (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine 4/2011
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