Airfield Ground Lighting
Safety & Capacity Enabler
Airport Eco-System
Airport
Customers
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Airport
Elements
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Passengers
Baggage
Cargo
Aircrafts
Scen. 1
Runways
Taxiways
Apron Area
Pax Terminal etc.
Scen. 2 …………
Airport management is a complex
business: many customers,
providers, authorities and airport
elements are involved and they do
have conflicting interests.
Scen. n
Capacity
Delays
Level of
Service
Safety
Security
Emissions
Noise
Cost
Airport managers have to evaluate
the impact of the proposed
solutions (scenarios) in several
key performance areas,
considering all the stakeholders.
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Inefficiencies in Ground Operations
• Annually, at major airports in the United
States (2009 ASPM)
– Over 32 million minutes taxi-out delay (over
unimpeded times)
– Over 13 million minutes taxi-in delay (over
unimpeded times)
• Terminal-area volume responsible for 19% of delays
at OEP 35 airports in 2009
– Aircraft in Europe are estimated to spend 1030% of their time taxiing [Airbus 2008]
– A short/medium range A320 expends as much
as 5-10% of its fuel on the ground [Airbus
2008]
– Taxiing aircraft contribute to surface emissions
as well as noise
Increased Taxi Times, Fuel Burn, Emissions
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Needs of Airside Operations
• A-CDM (Airport Collaborative Decision Making)
• Unambiguous communications
• Runway entrance control
• No confusing lights
• Less stop and go
• Continuous taxi speed
• Improved controller efficiency
• Optimizing the use of available infrastructure
• Robust A-SMGCS (Advance Surface Movement
Guidance and Control Systems)
Towards Optimized Ground Operations
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Total Airside Management Concept
Total
Operations
Planner
Traffic
Monitor
Pre-tactical
30min…3hr
EMAN
Tactical
E2E Turnaround
Monitor
Situation
Assessment
Adhoc
A-SMGCS
Surveillance
A-SMGCS
Alerting
AMAN
SMAN
DMAN
30min
Monitor &
TMAN
Control
Ground
Guidance
Onboard
Guidance
Now
Airports Process
EMAN – EnRoute Manager
AMAN – Arr Manager
SMAN – Surface Manager
DMAN – Dep Manager
ASMGCS – Advanced Surface Movement Guidance & Control System
TMAN – Terminal Manager
More Predictable & Efficient Operations
Source: DLR
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Airport
Performance
Demand & Capacities
Rwys, Txwys, Stands, Ramp
Events according to one holistic
Process Model, “LH263 landed”, “Last
Pax Boarded”,….
Positions & Identities (Trajectories) of all
Objects at the Airports
e.g: Aircraft, Vehicles, Baggage, Cargo, Pax…
Management Paradigm – From Objs. down to Ops & Procs.
Level of Data Abstraction & Degree of Info Fusion
Airside Impact
Performance
Targets
Planned Flows for
Rwys, Txwys, Stands, Ramp
Airport Milestone Plan including
E2E Process Target Times and
Resource Usage Plan
Planned trajectories for all Object at the Airport,
Aircraft, Vehicles, Baggage, Cargo, Pax,….Nav
– Support for Humans
Performance Driven Management
Source: DLR
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A-SMGCS Level as Defined by ICAO
Carried out manually by Controller or Pilot / Driver
A-SMGCS Level
Carried out automatically by the System
State of the art and recommended by Honeywell
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III
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Surveillance
Conflict Prediction and / or Detection
Conflict Analysis
Control
Conflict Resolution
Routing
Painted Center Lines / TGS
Fixed Center Line Lights
Manually Switched Center Line Lights
Guidance
Automatically Switched Center Line Lights
Onboard Guidance for Vehicles
and Aircraft
Optimized Ground Management
Towards Optimized Ground Operations
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Delivery Safety, Capacity & Predictability
Arrival
Management
(AMAN)
Departure
Management
(DMAN)
Surface Manager
(SMAN)
Surveillance
Coop
Objects
Echoes, Replies, Broadcast
Non Co-op
Data Acquisition
Sensor Fusion
Surveillance ResultsVoice Communication
Location, Identification
Velocity, Heading
Control of Lights & Signs
Data Link to Co-op Objects
Controller
(Human Machine
Interface)
Warnings, Alerts
Control
(Monitoring, Alerting)
Deviation from
Planned Routes
Planned Routes
Conflict
Resolution
Routing and
Planning
Stop Bar or TXC
Switching
Guidance
(Airfield Ground Lighting)
Planned Routes
Planning Rules and Parameters
Airline
Management
Aerodrome
Management
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Airside System Integration Architecture
Total Airside Management System
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A-SMGCS Guidance with AGL
Runway Functions (Safety)
• Runway Protection
– Time to touch down in an ‚Impending Arrival‘ arrow
– Automatically switching on and locking of runway stop bars 30
sec before touch down
– Show runway as occupied
– Automatically switch off stop bars behind landing aircraft
– Automatically switch off all stop bars, if aircraft slower than
80km/h
• video scene
– Smart Runway Protection
 Automatically switch on runway stop bar in front of aircraft for line up
or crossing runway
• video scene
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Taxiway Functions (Safety)
• Aircraft separation (blocking) under CAT II/III
• Under weather condition CAT II/III there is always one switched on
stop bar between two aircrafts video scene
Taxiing with Guidance by TXC and STB; Fog
Picture Source: Atrics GmbH
Individual Routing (Capacity)
• Automatic Individual Routing
• An optimal route (with relation to distance) is shown for each
individual aircraft which has a stand or runway as destination
• On a landing aircraft the runway exits are switched on into the
direction of the destination
• The route for each pilot is displayed with taxiway center line lights
• The route ends at a switched on stop bar, an aircraft which drives in
front, at the border of an area of responsibility, at the destination
– video scene
• If a pilot leaves his assigned route a ‚route deviation‘ alert is
generated and as soon as possible a new optimal route is calculated
and displayed to the pilot
– video scene
Individual & Collective Routes
• Individual routes consider restricted areas (Safety)
• Restricted areas are considered by individual routes video scene
Taxiing with Guidance by TXC
• Collective route for lot of aircrafts and displayed
through the taxiway center line lights
Picture Source: Atrics GmbH
Key Benefits
• Safety – 70% less incursions
– Prevention of Runway Incursion with increased situational awareness for
pilots
• Efficiency & Environment
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Continuous Taxi Speeds – pilot maintain speed at intersections
Reduced Handover delay – frequency is free from continuing taxi clearance
Improved Traffic Sequencing – More time for planning by reduced workload
Smooth Flow of Traffic – No route deviations or holding position overruns
• Capacity – Up to 15% increase and corresponding reduce in
delays
– Increased LVP Taxiway throughput – Automated provisioning of longitudinal
separation
• Cost Effectiveness
– Increased Controller Productivity – Handle Traffic growth without additional
resources
– Economic use of lighting equipment – Reduced lamp burning and
replacements
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SESAR-JU “Follow the Green” Results
• Increased FLIGHT CREW’S
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS (>Factor 3)
• Pilots see a potential in further
improving SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
by providing information on sequences
and stop reasons, e.g. via GMG
• Reduced FLIGHT CREW’S WORKLOAD
(>50%)
• Reduced FLIGHT CREW’S
FRUSTRATION LEVEL (less ambiguity)
• Very good USABILITY values (easy to
understand and credible)
• Increased SAFETY (4 route deviations in
pre-SESAR, none with AGL)
Source: SESAR AGL Validation
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SESAR-JU “Follow the Green” Results
• Reduced TAXI TIMES (>37% in lowvis, >17% in CAVOK)
• Increased TRAFFIC FLUENCY (> -65%
stops in low-vis, > -40% in CAVOK)
• Reduced FUEL BURN (>40% in lowvis, >18% in CAVOK)
• Reduced EMISSIONS (>40% in lowvis, >20% in CAVOK)
• Improved AIRPORT TAXI
PERFORMANCE (~100% performance
in low-vis)
• Reduced MOVEMENT DELAY (>50%
time reduction TXR to movement)
• Reduced COMMUNICATION EFFORT
(~50% reduction of R/T time)
Source: SESAR AGL Validation
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Thank You For Your Attention,
and remember:
With 400 tons and 400 passengers that you are responsible
for, you need somebody to lighten your way!
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