özdemir, mustafa anadolu university - faculty of aeronautics and astronautics - department of air traffic control, Eskişehir, Turkey , usanmaz, öznur anadolu university - faculty of aeronautics and astronautics - department of air traffic control, Eskişehir, Turkey

INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF THE AIR TRAFFIC ROUTE CONFIGURATIONS ON SECTOR CAPACITY

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Airspace constraints such as the network structure of the routes are among the limiting factors of the airspace capacity. The network structure of the routes is related to the configuration of routes, the presence of intersecting routes or conflict points, and the intersection angles. Improved sector capacity can be achieved through air route network development which allows to obtain an appropriate intersection angle and optimal configuration of the routes. Accordingly, two different route structures including single conflict point and three conflict points have been developed through the fast time simulation to measure the effect of different number of conflict points on the sector capacity. The study is conducted to different intersection angles including 15°, 30°, 45° and 60°. It is found that the capacity of the route structure including the single conflict point is lower compared to the route structure including three conflict points. Besides, as the intersection angle increases, the capacity gap between the investigated route structures decreases.

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Intersecting routes , Sector capacity , Fast time simulation , Air traffic management

Anadolu University Journal of Science and Technology. A : Applied Sciences and Engineering

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