GBAS in Houston
The Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) is the United States implementation of internationally accepted standards for Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS). GBAS augments the current Global Positioning System (GPS) service for terminal, non-precision, and Category I/II/III precision approaches in the National Airspace System (NAS). The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) identified GBAS as an "Enabler" for the NextGen, Flexibility in the Terminal Environment Solution Set. The Houston GBAS initiative will support the early implementation of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technologies GBAS and Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS), and at the same time support Houston initiatives for closely spaced parallel runway operations and wake separation research because of the GBAS linear capabilities and multiple glide path and offset touchdown capability.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Program Information: NextGen
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $900000.00
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Aviation Administration
NextGen Integration and Implementation Office
950 L'Enfant Plaza North, SW
Washington, DC 20024 -
Project Managers:
Liang, Diana
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Performing Organizations:
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20591 -
Principal Investigators:
Rodriguez, Carlos
- Start Date: 20100707
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20110131
- Source Data: RiP Project 30617
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Aircraft separation; Airport runways
- Identifier Terms: Global Navigation Satellite System; Next Generation Air Transportation System
- Uncontrolled Terms: Augmentation systems
- Geographic Terms: Houston (Texas)
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01465307
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Department of Transportation
- Files: RiP, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:58PM