Runway incursion prevention system-demonstration and testing at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

Author

Jones, Denise R. ; Quach, Cuong C. ; Young, Steven D.

Author_Institution

Nat. Aeronaut. & Space Adm., Hampton, VA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

Abstract

A Runway Incursion Prevention System (RIPS) was tested at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) in October 2000. The system integrated airborne and ground components to provide both pilots and controllers with enhanced situational awareness, supplemental guidance cues, a real-time display of traffic information, and warning of runway incursions in order to prevent runway incidents while also improving operational capability. A series of test runs was conducted using NASA´s Boeing 757 research aircraft and a test van equipped to emulate an incurring aircraft. The system was also demonstrated to over 100 visitors from the aviation community. This paper gives an overview of the RIPS, DFW flight test activities, and quantitative and qualitative results of the testing

Keywords

aerospace testing; air traffic control; aircraft displays; airports; alarm systems; ground support systems; head-up displays; real-time systems; safety systems; Boeing 757 research aircraft; Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport; HUD; NASA research aircraft; RIPS; airborne components; cockpit displays; enhanced situational awareness; flight deck displays; ground components; incurring aircraft emulation; operational capability improvement; real-time traffic information display; runway incursion alerting; runway incursion prevention system; runway incursion warning; supplemental guidance cues; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Airports; Automatic testing; Control systems; Displays; FAA; Global Positioning System; Safety; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems, 2001. DASC. 20th Conference

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7034-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.2001.963333

Filename

963333