Title :
Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport results of FAA trials to accurately locate/identify aircraft on the airport movement area
Author :
Castaldo, Rick ; Evers, Carl
Author_Institution :
Rannoch Corp., Alexandria, VA, USA
Abstract :
Current operational airport surface surveillance systems do not positively identify aircraft as unique targets. Air traffic controllers are instead presented with a primary radar picture showing all traffic on the airport movement area. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is evaluating different types of systems that will add the aircraft´s call-sign or flight number to the radar image thereby allowing controllers to positively identify individual aircraft at all times. This paper describes the development, implementation, and testing of the airport surface target identification system, and presents results of initial trials conducted at Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; aerospace testing; air traffic control; airports; radar target recognition; surveillance; target tracking; transponders; Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport; Federal Aviation Administration; air traffic control; aircraft identification; aircraft location; radar image; surface surveillance systems; Aerospace control; Air traffic control; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Airports; Control systems; FAA; Radar imaging; Surveillance; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Position Location and Navigation Symposium, 1996., IEEE 1996
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3085-4
DOI :
10.1109/PLANS.1996.509102