DEVELOPMENT OF AIRPORT SURFACE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS RESULTING FROM VARIATIONS IN AIRPORT CHARACT…

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DEVELOPMENT OF AIRPORT SURFACE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS RESULTING FROM VARIATIONS IN AIRPORT CHARACTERIZATION. THE NASA HEADQUARTERS AERONAUTICS RESEARCH MISSION DIRECTORATE (ARMD) NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) ENTITLED RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN AERONAUTICS 2010, (ROA-2010), NNH10ZEA001N,NEXTGEN CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT(CTD2) SUBTOPIC 3 EXPAND SURFACE OPTIMIZATION FUNCTIONS AND ADVISORY TOOLS TO A BROADER BASE OF AIRPORT OPERATIONS. THIS RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE CRITICAL INFORMATION THAT WILL ENABLE SAFE AND EFFICIENT SURFACE OPERATIONS (SESO) RESEARCH FOCUS AREA (RFA) TO EXPAND SPOT AND RUNWAY DEPARTURE ADVISOR (SARDA) DESIGN THAT WILL ENABLE TO OPERATE AT ANY HIGH DENSITY AIRPORT AND CONDUCT A FAST-TIME SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY REQUIREMENTS ON AIRPORT SURFACE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (ASTM). EXPAND SURFACE OPTIMIZATION FUNCTIONS AND ADVISORY TOOLS TO A BROADER BASE OF AIRPORT OPERATIONS CONDUCT FEASIBILITY STUDY AND FAST-TIME SIMULATION USING METROPLEX SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT (MSE). NASA INTENDS TO REUSE THE THREE MSE ADAPTED AIRPORTS WITHIN THE SURFACE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (SDSS) CODEBASE. CONDUCT SIMULATION ASSESSMENT OF THE AIRPORT SURFACE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (ASTM) CANDIDATE DESIGN, WHICH ADAPTS THE EXISTING SARDA CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS TO THE THREE SELECTED AIRPORTS AND STUDIES POSSIBLE SARDA EXTENSIONS. IDENTIFYING THE BENEFITS TO BE OBTAINED THROUGH APPLICATION OF SARDA AND OTHER ASTM ALGORITHMS TO THREE SELECTED AIRPORT BY: CREATING A METHODOLOGY TO SELECT SUITABLE AIRPORTS FOR STUDY DEVELOPING METHODS AND METRICS TO ASSESS THE SARDA ALGORITHMS THROUGH FAST-TIME SIMULATION GENERALIZING THE SARDA TOOL TO PROVIDE BENEFITS AT THE SELECTED AIRPORTS RECOMMENDING NEXTGEN FEATURES NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THE SARDA ALGORITHMS