Research on Improving Safety and Efficiency of Flight Procedures
Flight procedures from the departure airport to its destination are generated by flight procedure designers using specialized tools taking into account the ICAO standards. The process requires expert insights and experience to design a safe and efficient route that satisfies the given criteria ensuring aircraft safety while meeting various conditions such as terrain around the airport. Flight route design is a time-consuming process which involves considerable trial and error, hence the need for streamlining.
An optimization algorithm to generate the shortest distance paths was investigated in our preceding research. We were able to confirm that the proposed algorithm could generate flight paths with an accuracy comparable to the tools currently in use. The algorithm will be further refined to meet various design conditions and usability will be improved in a step-by-step process.
This research is expected to support the efforts of flight procedure designers toward safer and more efficient flight procedures.
Optimization algorithm/ Flight procedure design support tool
Design conditions for various flight procedures
- Separation from ground surface and obstacles
- Turn radius
- Segment length
- Aircraft Characteristics
- Environmental considerations, etc.
Design conditions are sent from the airplane to the Flight procedure design support tools, and the Flight procedure design support tools sends a proposal of the optimal route to the airplane.
We Receive Availability checks from the Flight procedure design support tools. Improve usability of support tools while receiving feedback from flight procedure designers. The feedback will be reflected in the Flight procedure design support tools.