27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-11.8.1

AIR TRANSPORTATION DELAY IMPLICATIONS OF A LOCAL GPS OUTAGE IN THE U.S.: A SIMULATION STUDY

J. Post, K. Noonan, J. N. Barrer*
FAA, USA; *The MITRE Corporation, USA

Keywords: gps, ads-b, radar, surveillance, simulation

The results are reported of a simulation study of the delay impact of local GPS outages, with and without back-up secondary surveillance radar. This analysis will be used to determine if the expense of secondary radar is warranted at smaller airports in the U.S. once ADS-B surveillance is available.

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