Brussels December 5,20021 New Technologies and Airport Management Presented by Cesare Bernabei Università di Piacenza & Politecnico di Milano January 2004

Brussels December 5,20022 The Air Transport System Is growing steadily since the last ten years and it is expected to do so Despite the 9/11 event for the next twenty years

Brussels December 5, DIVISION DED 4 - 4/11/ Mio Flights 8.0 Mio Flights 11.9 Mio Flights 15.8 Mio Flights Traffic Density

Brussels December 5,20024 The Single Sky Initiative Through its Regulations on Organisation and Use of the Airspace Organisation and Use of the Airspace Provision of Air Navigation Services Provision of Air Navigation Services Interoperability of the European Air Traffic Management Network will provide the new frame for the European Airspace

Brussels December 5,20025 Although airports are not directly part of the Single European Sky initiative….

Brussels December 5,20026 So…. What can Technology do in order to reduce the risk that airports become the bottleneck of the civil aviation system?

Brussels December 5,20027 Approach and Landing Operations Airports Air-side and Land-side Optimisation Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System or A-SMGCS RESEARCH AREAS

Brussels December 5,20028 Let’s take a mid-size airport

Brussels December 5,20029 PragueRuzyneAirport

10 Is the flight ended when the aircraft has landed?

Brussels December 5, Final Phases of Flight

Brussels December 5, Control Towers

Brussels December 5, From the Control Tower On a bright day

Brussels December 5, From the Control Tower On a foggy day

Brussels December 5, What the controller do in such conditions? Picks up the R/T and call the aircraft However, now the technology can assist him/her in the job

Brussels December 5, Research & Development Activities at DG-TREN Since 1994, the Directorate for Transport has supported R&D Activities in the field of A-SMGCS or Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems

Brussels December 5, The Ground Controller Day, night, in fog or... or...

Brussels December 5, The requirements “An Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) is expected to provide adequate capacity and safety in relation to the specific weather conditions, traffic density and aerodrome layout by use of modern technologies and a high level of integration between the various functionality.” 1 1: ICAO - Draft MANUAL OF A-SMGCS, 2001

Brussels December 5, GroundController AircraftVehicles Obstacles SurveillanceControl Routing/Planning Guidance A-SMGCS ATC Systems Airport Systems Airline Systems External Systems The A-SMGCS Environment

Brussels December 5, Demonstrator’s Functional Architecture Controller HMI Controller Planning/routing Monitoring/Control Surveillance Other planning Traffic Objects Pilot HMI Guidance Flight plans Sensors Guidance means Pilot AIRPORT-G ARAMIS MANTEA DAFUSA MANTEA DAFUSA AIRPORT-G ATHOS DA VINCI

Brussels December 5, Surveillance An adequate set of Sensors provides the controller with a complete knowledge of all movements including identification of any object

Brussels December 5, Surveillance Display Controller Working Position

Brussels December 5, Control Provides the controller with an alert in case of events like crossing runways restricted areas incursion separation criteria infringement

Brussels December 5, Control Runway Incursion Alert

Brussels December 5, On-board guidance tested through: Guidance aid response time clearance from CWP displayed at the onboard HMI taxi route given by CWP displayed at the onboard HMI External guidance tested through: External panels Guidance

Brussels December 5, On-board Guidance External Guidance

Brussels December 5, Electronic Flight Strips Routing Co-ordination Arrival / Ground Movement / Departure Planning

Brussels December 5, The A-SMGCS Concept has been proven and tested within the DEFAMM project in the 4th FPDEFAMM project in the 4th FP BETA project in the 5th FPBETA project in the 5th FP

Brussels December 5, DEFAMM Project Demonstrated the validity of the A-SMGCS Concept testing various equipment at the airports of Köln/ BonnKöln/ Bonn Orly ParisOrly Paris BraunschweigBraunschweig BergamoBergamo

Brussels December 5, BETA Project in the 5th Framework Programme Tested three configurations at the airports of PraguePrague HamburgHamburg BraunschweigBraunschweig

Brussels December 5, The BETA system at Prague

Brussels December 5, Results from the Research Activities The implementation of these systems on real airports has permitted to assess Objective data: Surveillance parameters (e.g. position accuracy, report update, report latency, probability of false detection, coverage area) System functionality (e.g. warnings, hand-over procedures, electronic flight strips) Use of the system (e.g. warnings, hand-over procedures, electronic flight strips) Workload of controller Subjective data:

Brussels December 5, Surveillance Results at Prague Airport

Brussels December 5, How all this can support Policy? What has been done? and What can be done? In Conclusion

Brussels December 5, These results have already been used to fill the ICAO A- SMGCS European Manual It provides a common baseline for Airport Authorities as well as producers for the procurement of appropriate system for any airport Through this yardstick, it is possible to compare the actual capacity at an airport as well as to assess the implemented level of safety Research support to Policy

Brussels December 5, Further more... Assessment of actual capacity, makes it possible to evaluate future expansions and their impact on the environment Precise allocation of responsibilities, permit to assess causes of an accident or of delays Realistic slot allocation can be implemented Ultimately a better Quality of Service can be offered to passengers

Brussels December 5, The ICAO A-SMGCS Manual has been circulated to Stateshas been circulated to States the 11th ICAO Air Navigation Conference, held in Montreal, has recommended its usethe 11th ICAO Air Navigation Conference, held in Montreal, has recommended its use

Brussels December 5, Any Question Question ?