scholarly journals Overview of the Small Aircraft Transportation System Project Four Enabling Operating Capabilities

2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1602-1612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally A. Viken ◽  
Frederick M. Brooks ◽  
Sally C. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Transportation System ◽  
System Project ◽  
Small Aircraft

Small Aircraft Transportation System, Higher Volume Operations Concept and Research Summary

2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1825-1834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian T. Baxley ◽  
Daniel Williams ◽  
Maria Consiglio ◽  
Cathy Adams ◽  
Terrence Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Transportation System ◽  
Small Aircraft

Small Aircraft Transportation System Higher Volume Operations Flight Experiment

2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1613-1620
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Williams ◽  
Jennifer L. Murdoch ◽  
Catherine H. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Transportation System ◽  
Flight Experiment ◽  
Small Aircraft

Preliminary Assessment of Lower Landing Minima Capabilities in the Small Aircraft Transportation System Program

2005 ◽  
Vol 1915 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yue Xu ◽  
Antonio A. Trani ◽  
Hojong Baik
Keyword(s):  
Transportation System ◽  
Preliminary Assessment ◽  
Detailed Case ◽  
Glide Path ◽  
Critical Object ◽  
Obstacle Analysis ◽  
System Program ◽  
Small Aircraft

A preliminary assessment is presented of the required lower landing minima (LLM) capabilities needed to support the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) Program. The goal of this analysis is to understand the number of potentially challenged SATS airports and to identify methods to remove obstacles by using technology solutions. Four obstacle removal methods are considered to assess the challenges faced by the SATS Program in providing LLM capabilities to 3,416 U.S. airports. Two views of runway obstacle analysis are presented: a critical object analysis and a detailed multiobject analysis that includes terrain information. A comparison is made between decision altitudes (DAs) derived by approach lighting infrastructure and glide path angle thresholds and DA values considering other airport characteristics such as terrain. A detailed case study is presented to compare the single critical object analysis with the more detailed multiobject analysis, which was performed for Blacksburg Airport, in Virginia.

Integrated Model for Studying Small Aircraft Transportation System

2003 ◽  
Vol 1850 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio A. Trani ◽  
Hojong Baik ◽  
Howard Swingle ◽  
Senanu Ashiabor
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Transportation System ◽  
Systems Dynamics ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Complete Life Cycle ◽  
Transportation Modeling ◽  
Langley Research Center ◽  
Intercity Transportation ◽  
Small Aircraft

A systems engineering methodology was used to study the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) concept as a feasible mode of transportation. The proposed approach employs a multistep intercity transportation planning process executed inside a Systems Dynamics model. Doing so permits a better understanding of SATS impacts to society over time. The approach is viewed as an extension to traditional intercity transport models through the introduction of explicit demand–supply causal links of the proposed SATS over the complete life cycle of the program. The modeling framework discussed is currently being used by the Virginia SATS Alliance to quantify possible impacts of the SATS program for NASA’s Langley Research Center. There is discussion of some of the modeling efforts carried out so far and of some of the transportation modeling challenges facing the SATS program ahead.

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