Title :
Analysis of s-turn approaches at John F. Kennedy airport
Author :
Timar, S.D. ; Griffin, K. ; Borener, S. ; Knickerbocker, C.J.
Abstract :
S-turn maneuvers absorb up to 3-minutes delay, severe symmetric sturn maneuvers absorb up to 7-minutes. Quantities of s-turn maneuvers correlated strongly with arrival demand, significant controller workload implications. S-turns do not seem to impact airport runway throughput.
Keywords :
air traffic control; airports; John F. Kennedy airport; S-turn approaches; S-turn maneuvers; airport runway throughput; arrival demand; controller workload implication;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2012 IEEE/AIAA 31st
Conference_Location :
Williamsburg, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1699-6
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.2012.6382985
