Table of Contents
FOREWORD
PREFACE
TABLEOFCONTENTS
1.0Introduction
1.1TermsofReference
1.2CommitteeOrganization
1.3OtherRelatedActivities
1.4Membership
1.5GlossaryandBibliography
2.0CurrentTerminalAreaandAirportTraffic
ManagementLimitations
2.1CommonFunctionsandOperationalLimitations
2.1.1Introduction
2.1.2Communications
2.1.3Navigation
2.1.4Surveillance
2.1.5AirTrafficAutomation
2.1.6Environment
2.2TerminalAirspace
2.2.1Introduction
2.2.2OperationalLimitationsandConstraints
2.3Airports
2.3.1Introduction
2.3.2LimitationsatMajorAirports
2.3.3OtherAirports
2.3.4Heliports-Vertiports
2.4AvionicsandAircraftEquipment
2.4.1Introduction
2.4.2AirCarrierandBusinessAviation
2.4.3GeneralAviation
2.4.4Rotorcraft
3.0AssumptionsandPostulatedEnvironment
3.1TimeFrame
3.2TerminalAreaCoverage
3.3AirspaceManagement
3.4TerminalAirspace
3.5AircraftCharacteristics
3.6AvionicsEquipment
3.7Communications
3.8PilotProficiency
3.9OperationalResponsibilities
3.10Safety
3.11SearchandRescue
4.0UserNeeds
4.1DevelopmentofUserNeedsStatements
4.2GeneralRequirements
4.3Communication
4.4NavigationandLandingGuidance
4.5Surveillance
4.6Weather
4.7AirportDesign
4.8Airspace/AirportManagementProcedures
4.9SafetyConsiderations
4.10AvionicsConsiderations
5.0OtherRequirements
5.1CommunityandNoiseConstraints
5.2Policy
5.3HumanFactors
6.0EnablingTechnologiesforFutureTerminalArea
Operations
6.1Communications
6.1.1AeronauticalMobileServices(AMS)
6.1.2AeronauticalTelecommunicationsNetwork(ATN)
6.1.3HighFrequency(VoiceandData)
6.1.4VeryHighFrequency(VoiceandData)
6.1.5Gatelink
6.1.6PassengerCommunications
6.1.7CabinCommunicationsSystem(CCS)
6.1.8AeronauticalMobileSatelliteService(AMSS)
6.1.9ModeSelectBeaconSystem(ModeS)DataLink
6.2Navigation
6.2.1PositionEstimationSystems
6.2.2NavigationComputers
6.2.3AirportSurfaceNavigationandGuidance
6.2.4RequirementsAssessment
6.3Surveillance
6.3.1TerminalAreaSurveillance
6.3.2AirportSurfaceTrafficSurveillance
6.4DigitalAvionics/HumanInterface
6.4.1CooperativeAirTrafficControl
6.4.2FlightManagementandDisplaySystems
6.4.3Head-UpDisplays(HUD)
6.4.4TrafficAlertandCollisionAvoidanceSystem
(TCAS)
6.5AirTechnologicalEnhancements
6.5.1AirportMarkings,LightingandSigns
6.5.2AirportLayoutPlanandAirportDigitalMapping
6.5.3VisibilityEnhancements
6.5.4UseofFiberOpticsinTerminalAreas
6.6Weather-RelatedTechnologies
6.6.1TerminalDopplerWeatherRadar(TDWR)
6.6.2NextGenerationWeatherRadar(NEXRAD)
6.6.3AirborneWeatherSensorTechnologies
6.6.4WakeVortexDetectionSensors
6.7SoftwareConsiderations
6.7.1Introduction
6.7.2Computer-AidedSoftwareEngineering(CASE)
6.7.3SoftwareStandards
6.7.4IdentificationofHighRiskAreas
6.7.5SoftwareConfigurationManagement(SCM)
6.7.6SoftwareQualityAssurance(SQA)
7.0AutomationPlansforTerminalAreaAirTraffic
ManagementandControl
7.1TrafficManagement
7.1.1AdvancedAutomationSystem
7.1.2TerminalATCAutomation(TATCA)
7.1.3LocalFlowManagementEnhancements(LFME)
7.2MultipleRunwayMonitors
7.2.1ImagingAidforDependentConvergingRunway
Approaches
7.2.2CloselySpacedParallelRunwayMonitoring(PRM)
System
7.3AirportSurfaceTrafficControl
7.3.1AirportMovementAreaSafetySystem(AMASS)
7.3.2AirportSurfaceTrafficAutomation(ASTA)
8.0ImpactofFAAProgramsandPlans
8.1ImpactonCNSandATMRequirements
8.1.1ImpactonAirCarrierRequirements
8.1.2ImpactonGeneralAviationUserRequirements
8.1.3ImpactonRotorcraftandTiltrotorOperator
8.2SystemConsiderationsforTransitionPhase
9.0Cost/BenefitStudy
9.1Purpose
9.2Methodology
9.3AirportsandUsers
9.3.1Airports
9.3.2Users
9.4SystemArchitectures
9.4.1ModelSystems
9.4.2ThePresentSystem
9.4.32015ArchitectureOne
9.4.42015ArchitectureTwo
9.5CostAssessment
9.6BenefitsAssessment
9.7ResultsoftheStudy
9.7.1TotalCostsandBenefits
9.7.2UserInvestmentandBenefits
9.7.3ProviderInvestmentandBenefits
9.7.4ArchitectureOne
9.7.5ArchitectureTwo
9.7.6TheUseofEnhancedVisionSystems(EVS)
9.8Cost/BenefitsSummary
9.8.1GeneralCommentary
9.8.2PrincipalFindings
10.0TransitionConsiderations
10.1TransitiontoArchitectureOne
10.2TransitiontoArchitectureTwo
10.3TransitionfromArchitectureOnetoArchitecture
Two
10.4TransitionSummary
11.0ConclusionsandRecommendations
11.1Conclusions
11.2Recommendations
MEMBERSHIP
TABLES
6.1AirTrafficCommunicationsandAeronautical
OperationalControl
6.2RequirementsandFeaturesofNavigationSystems
6.3AssessmentofUserNavigationandLanding
Guidance
6.4AirborneWeatherSensorTechnologies
9.1TotalCapitalInvestmentandAnnualCostsand
BenefitsIn1991Dollarsfor2015Demand
9.2CapitalInvestmentandAnnualCostbyUser
Category
9.3AnnualBenefitOverToday'sSystemByUser
Category
9.4CapitalInvestmentandAnnualOMCostby
AirportCategory
9.5AnnualCostAvoidancebyAirportCategory
9.6Cost/BenefitSummaryofEVS
AppendixAGlossaryofTerms,AcronymsandDefinitions
AppendixBUserNeedsforTerminalAirspaceand
AirportOperations
AppendixCCost/BenefitStudyMethodologyandData
Base
AppendixDBibliography Abstract
Defines the potential capabilities of developmental and proposed communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) systems and Air Traffic Management as they could apply in terminal areas and at airports.
