Operational Analysis of Scheduled Flight for Efficient Air Traffic System

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H07143
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Aerospace engineering
• Research Institution: Kochi University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Harada Akinori 高知工科大学, システム工学群, 講師 (70785112)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 航空交通管理 / 実運航データ / 運航効率向上 / 飛行軌道最適化 / 到着管理 / 潜在便益評価 / 軌道予測

Outline of Final Research Achievements

With regard to the significant increase in global air traffic demands, by 2027, Japanese air traffic is anticipated to increase by half of that recorded in 2005. This research project aims to obtain the important findings which contribute realizing an efficient air traffic system in Japan, by statistically analyzing operational efficiency of current Japanese air traffic system from the perspective of flight trajectory optimization. The potential benefits which are represented by fuel consumption and flight time savings could be quantified by applying the developed analysis method to the actual flight track data. The analysis also revealed major factors which cause significant deterioration of operational efficiency. Further, a novel trajectory prediction method based on the developed trajectory optimization procedures could be proposed.

Free Research Field

航空宇宙工学