+ Visit NASA.gov + Contact NASA   + Home Collection > NASA  Author > Abbott, T.  Author > Adams, C.  Author > Baxley, B.  Author > Consiglio, M.  Author > Conway, S.  Author > Williams, D.  NASA Center > Langley Research Center  Publication Year > 2001-2010 > 2005  Subject > A-C > Air Transportation And Safety  Availability Options > Online > PDF  Item/Media Type > Preprint  Note: Start a new navigation search by selecting a link above     Previous Record | Next Record + Back to Results   + Printer Friendly Title: The Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS), Higher Volume Operations (HVO) Off-Nominal Operations Author(s): Baxley, B.; Williams, D.; Consiglio, M.; Conway, S.; Adams, C.; Abbott, T. Abstract: The ability to conduct concurrent, multiple aircraft operations in poor weather, at virtually any airport, offers an important opportunity for a significant increase in the rate of flight operations, a major improvement in passenger convenience, and the potential to foster growth of charter operations at small airports. The Small Aircraft Transportation System, (SATS) Higher Volume Operations (HVO) concept is designed to increase traffic flow at any of the 3400 nonradar, non-towered airports in the United States where operations are currently restricted to one-in/one-out procedural separation during Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). The concept's key feature is pilots maintain their own separation from other aircraft using procedures, aircraft flight data sent via air-to-air datalink, cockpit displays, and on-board software. This is done within the Self-Controlled Area (SCA), an area of flight operations established during poor visibility or low ceilings around an airport without Air Traffic Control (ATC) services. The research described in this paper expands the HVO concept to include most off-nominal situations that could be expected to occur in a future SATS environment. The situations were categorized into routine off-nominal operations, procedural deviations, equipment malfunctions, and aircraft emergencies. The combination of normal and off-nominal HVO procedures provides evidence for an operational concept that is safe, requires little ground infrastructure, and enables concurrent flight operations in poor weather. NASA Center: Langley Research Center Publication Date: [2005] Document Source: CASI Online Source: View PDF File Document ID: 20050223580 Publication Information: Number of Pages = 9 Contract-Grant-Task Number: 23-786-10-10 Price Code: A02 Meeting Information: AIAA 5th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference (ATIO), 26-28 Sep. 2005, Arlington, VA, United States Keywords: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; FLIGHT OPERATIONS; AIR TRANSPORTATION; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; EMERGENCIES; MALFUNCTIONS; WEATHER; RUNWAYS; AIR TRAFFIC; Accessibility: Unclassified; No Copyright; Unlimited; Publicly available; Updated/Added to NTRS: 2006-08-03 + Back to Top + Sponsored by the NASA Scientific and Technical    Information Program + 2004 Vision for Space Exploration + Freedom of Information Act + NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices + NASA Disclaimers, Copyright Notice,    and Terms and Conditions of Use NASA Official: Calvin Mackey Page Curator: NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (help@sti.nasa.gov) Last Updated: July 5, 2007