25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-8.4.4

POINT-TO-POINT! VALIDATION OF THE SMALL AIRCRAFT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM HIGHER VOLUME OPERATIONS CONCEPT

D. Williams
NASA Langley Research Center, USA

Keywords: SATS HVO AMM ATM Capacity

This paper describes how the SATS HVO concept improves efficiency at non-towered, non-radar airports in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) while achieving a level of safety equal to today’s system. Presented are conclusive results of each of four research phases that extend early results presented at ICAS 2004.

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