Application of Trajectory Prediction Algorithms for Planning Purposes in the Netherlands ATC-System

摘要

The paper first describes briefly some relevant aspects of the Netherlands ATC-environment. It then gives the basic set-up of the trajectory prediction module, the improvements that have been realized so far and the performance figures. Furthermore, it lists the applications of the trajectory prediction results in the system. Some of these applications such as data distribution rules, presentation of Estimated Times of Arrival (ETAs), Boundary Estimates, etc., are only briefly mentioned. Others are given more attention; among these are: long-term detection of conflicts for overflying aircraft, planning of inbound traffic for Schiohol Airport and planning of departure times for an efficient engine start-up procedure.