Studies on Continuous Descent Arrival
Continuous Descent Arrival (CDA), also called Continuous Decent Approach, is a procedure where aircraft descend directly from a relatively high altitude without the traditional leveling off in a series of steps. The objective of this research is to examine and quantify the operational feasibility of CDAs nationally, by examining a number of large US airports and estimating the number or percentage of arrivals that could reasonably be expected to perform a CDA, or part of a CDA, given airspace and air traffic flow control constraints.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Program Information: Centers of Excellence, Aircraft Noise and Aviation Emissions Mitigation
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $67707.00
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Contract Numbers:
09-C-NE-PU-004
09-C-NE-PU-005
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20591 -
Project Managers:
Post, Joseph
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Performing Organizations:
Purdue University, West Lafayette
Indiana Department of Transportation Division of Research
West Lafayette, IN United States 47907 -
Principal Investigators:
Sun, Dengfeng
- Start Date: 20100621
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20110831
- Source Data: RiP Project 30398
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aircraft exhaust gases; Aircraft operations; Airport operations; Descent; Studies
- Uncontrolled Terms: Aircraft arrival
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01570714
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 09-C-NE-PU-004, 09-C-NE-PU-005
- Files: RIP
- Created Date: Jul 25 2015 1:00AM