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.

• Record URL:
  http://partner.mit.edu/projects/continuous-descent-arrival-national-operational-feasibility
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Centers of Excellence, Aircraft Noise and Aviation Emissions Mitigation

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $67707.00
• Contract Numbers:

  09-C-NE-PU-004

  09-C-NE-PU-005

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Project Managers:

  Post, Joseph

• 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