World-Wide Air Traffic: Generic Operations for Busy Airports

Abstract

In 2016, DLR launched the project World Wide Air Traffic Management (WW-ATM). Final goal of the project is the creation of a validation platform for world-wide air traffic. In order to approach this aim, a traffic sample was assembled that contains data on one day of world-wide air traffic. To get the scenario realizable, strategic conflict resolution was performed. Based on lateral, vertical and time-base resolution algorithms, it was possible to resolve many conflicts. Especially at complex airports (such as Atlanta), a solution was not always possible. However, since the data originate from real flight plans, a solution should exist. This paper describes how the modelling of airports was changed in a generic way to decrease the remaining number of conflicts significantly.