Mining Airport Runway Configurations from Flight Trajectories

No AccessTechnical NotesMining Airport Runway Configurations from Flight TrajectoriesShasha Wang, Weili Zeng, Hao Jiang and Xianghua TanShasha WangNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 211106 Nanjing, People's Republic of China, Weili Zeng https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2816-9839Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 211106 Nanjing, People's Republic of China, Hao JiangNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 211106 Nanjing, People's Republic of China and Xianghua TanNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 211106 Nanjing, People's Republic of ChinaPublished Online:9 Jan 2024https://doi.org/10.2514/1.I011321SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Ramanujam V. and Balakrishnan H., "Data-Driven Modeling of the Airport Configuration Selection Process," IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, Vol. 45, No. 4, 2015, pp. 490–499. https://doi.org/10.1109/THMS.2015.2411743 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[2] Meson-Mancha S., de Lange T., Koelle R. and Carro I. G.-O., "Assessing the Impact of the Runway System Configuration on Airport Capacity," 2019 Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference (ICNS), Inst. of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, 2019, pp. 1–9. Google Scholar[3] Wolfe S. and Rios J., "A Method for Using Historical Ground Delay Programs to Inform Day-of-Operations Programs," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, AIAA Paper 2011-6528, 2011. LinkGoogle Scholar[4] Ng K. K., Lee C., Zhang S. and Keung K. J. T. L., "The Impact of Heterogeneous Arrival and Departure Rates of Flights on Runway Configuration Optimization," Transportation Letters, Vol. 14, No. 3, 2022, pp. 215–226.https://doi.org/10.1080/19427867.2020.1852496 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[5] Bertsimas D., Frankovich M. and Odoni A., "Optimal Selection of Airport Runway Configurations," Operations Research, Vol. 59, No. 6, 2011, pp. 1407–1419.https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.1110.0956 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[6] Memarzadeh M., Puranik T. G., Kalyanam K. M. and Ryan W., "Airport Runway Configuration Management with Offline Model-Free Reinforcement Learning," AIAA Scitech 2023 Forum, AIAA Paper 2023-0504, 2023. LinkGoogle Scholar[7] Churchill A., Coupe W. J. and Jung Y. C., "Predicting Arrival and Departure Runway Assignments with Machine Learning," AIAA Aviation 2021 Forum, AIAA Paper 2021-2400, 2021. LinkGoogle Scholar[8] Tang S., Fang Q., Yang Y., Chen J. and Cai K., "A Learning Estimation Approach for Arrival and Departure Capacity Considering Weather Impact," 2022 IEEE/AIAA 41st Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Inst. of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, 2022, pp. 1–9. Google Scholar[9] Torres R., Álvarez-Esteban P. C. and Peña N., "An Algorithm to Determine Airport Runway Usage/Configuration Based on Aircraft Trajectories," 2019 IEEE/AIAA 38th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Inst. of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, 2019, pp. 1–7. Google Scholar[10] Chu X., Zeng W., Tan X., Zhou Y. and Zhu D., "Hierarchical Method for Mining a Prevailing Flight Pattern in Airport Terminal Airspace," Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Vol. 20, No. 11, 2023, pp. 702–718. LinkGoogle Scholar Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails What's Popular Articles in Advance Metrics CrossmarkInformationCopyright © 2023 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. All rights reserved. All requests for copying and permission to reprint should be submitted to CCC at www.copyright.com; employ the eISSN 2327-3097 to initiate your request. See also AIAA Rights and Permissions www.aiaa.org/randp. Topics Aerodromes Aeronautics Aerospace Sciences Air Traffic Management Aircraft Operations Aircraft Operations and Technology Airport Infrastructure Airport Operations Airports Aviation Flight Dynamics Flight Mechanics Runways Takeoff and Landing KeywordsAirportsRunway ConfigurationAirport OperationsAir Traffic Management SystemTakeoff and LandingRunway configurationFlight TrajectoryAcknowledgmentsThis Technical Note was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2022YFB4300905), the Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (No. xcxjh20220723), and the State Key Laboratory of Air Traffic Management System and Technology (No. SKLATM202007).PDF Received2 June 2023Accepted18 December 2023Published online9 January 2024