Feasibility study on applying continuous descent operations in congested airspace with speed control functionality: Fixed flight-path angle descent

Toratani, Daichi; Kithmal Wickramasinghe, Navinda; Westphal, Jendrick; Feuerle, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.ast.2020.106236

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Feasibility study on applying continuous descent operations in congested airspace with speed control functionality: Fixed flight-path angle descent

Published in Aerospace Science and Technology • Sep 29, 2020

Authors:

Daichi Toratani

Navinda Kithmal Wickramasinghe

Jendrick Westphal

Abstract

Continuous descent operations (CDO) are an efficient descent operation for passenger/cargo aircraft and implemented at various airports worldwide. However, it is difficult for air traffic controller (ATCo) to predict the CDO trajectory and control the CDO aircraft, therefore limiting the applicable ...

Subject

Descent (aeronautics)

Trajectory

Path (computing)

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