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RNAV Benefit Analysis Pre and Post Implementation. ATO-P Operations Research and William J Hughes Technical Center October 2006. Highlights. DFW: Pre-, post-departure routes Used ASPM circle data, 2003-2006, for first 60 miles of flight (40 miles radius). Taxi-out time trend lines.
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RNAV Benefit AnalysisPre and Post Implementation ATO-P Operations Research and William J Hughes Technical Center October 2006
Highlights • DFW: Pre-, post-departure routes • Used ASPM circle data, 2003-2006, for first 60 miles of flight (40 miles radius). • Taxi-out time trend lines. • IAH: Pre-, post-arrival routes • Ran future scenario simulations using pre-, post-RNAV approaches. • Used collected sample days before, after RNAV implementation as seeds to build future scenarios.
DFW 365 Days Moving AveragesAverage taxi-out timesDelays, percent and minutes
DFW 365 Days Moving AveragesAverage taxi-out timesDelays, percent and minutes
DFW: Taxi-Out Time • Average taxi-out time slightly lower than peak value in 2004. • 2.08% or 22 seconds • Percent of flights delayed 20-60 minutes has been reduced up to 20%. • Percent of flights delayed greater than 60 minutes remains unchanged. • Demand in 2006 has gone down by 13% compared to 2004.
DFW Departure Routes • Significant reduction in both average time, standard deviation. • Average cross time, i.e., 40 miles radius, decreased by 3 minutes or 25%. • Standard deviation has fallen by 1.8 minutes or 50%. • All due to RNAV procedures? • Downward trends started before RNAV implementation.
IAH Future Scenario • Simulated RNAV, baseline scenarios for 2015. • Used 5/18/2005, 11/17/2005 as pre-, post-RNAV sample days. • Added future demand using TAF and Fratar Method. • Gathered for all runways • Flight times • Distances from corner posts to runways • Interarrival times, distances • 11/17/2005 had 6% more flights. • Carried over to future scenarios. • Runway utilization, configuration varied for pre-, post- days .
Future Scenario Simulation Results • RNAV scenario compared to baseline scenario • Data normalized for runway configuration • Average of 3.3 miles distance reduction • 69 seconds time reduction • Standard deviations reduced by • 1 mile • 27 seconds • Average interarrival time standard deviation unchanged. • Standard deviation of interarrival time falls but not statistically significant.
Future Work • Use 12 days of pre-, post RNAV data to build future scenarios for IAH. • Compare RNAV, baseline scenarios results. • Look at DCA pre-, post-RNAV implementation. • Evaluate NGATs benefit claims resulting from implementing RNAV and RNP.