CDA Implementation in Low-through High Density Traffic
Continuous Descent Arrival (CDA), also referred to as the Continuous Descent Approach, has proven, through both simulation and flight demonstration tests, to be highly advantageous over conventional arrival and approach procedures that require combinations of level flight segments and descents ("dive-and-drive"). These advantages provide ample motivation for research efforts to further develop CDA for implementation in low-density through high-density traffic. CDA's environmental and economic benefits were demonstrated by PARTNER researchers in flight tests at Louisville International Airport in 2002 and 2004, and Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in 2007. Successful implementation was also achieved at Los Angeles International Airport in 2007 and Atlanta in 2009. From the environmental perspective, there are significant reductions in noise along portions of the flight path (due to reductions in thrust and a higher average altitude) and emissions (due to reductions in thrust). From the economic viewpoint, there are significant fuel and flight time savings (due to reductions in thrust and a higher average speed) as well as the potential to meet or exceed current runway throughput without the need to vector aircraft.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Program Information: Centers of Excellence, Aircraft Noise and Aviation Emissions Mitigation
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $550000.00
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Contract Numbers:
07-C-NE-GIT-018
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20591 -
Project Managers:
Liu, Sandy
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Performing Organizations:
Georgia Institute of Technology, Savannah
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
210 Technology Circle
Savannah, GA United States 31407 -
Principal Investigators:
Clarke, John-Paul
- Start Date: 20070806
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20100630
- Source Data: RiP Project 34148
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air traffic; Environmental impacts; Flight paths; Fuel consumption; High density; Implementation; Low density; Noise
- Identifier Terms: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; Los Angeles International Airport; Louisville International Airport
- Uncontrolled Terms: Continuous Descent Approach
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; I15: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01570218
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 07-C-NE-GIT-018
- Files: RIP
- Created Date: Jul 21 2015 1:00AM