Version 1/24/08 2/11/08 SYST 660/OR 750 AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SPRING 2008 Research I, Room 405 Mondays 7:20pm – 10pm Instructor: Prof. Sherry Office: Rm. 409, Research I Office Hours: Monday 4pm – 6pm or by appointment COURSE OBJECTIVE: The student will be introduced to a wide range of current issues in air transportation. The issues include: industry economics, system capacity, current system modeling capability, human factors considerations, safety analysis, technology innovation and public policy. The student is expected to develop a broad understanding of the contemporary and future issues through simulation and analysis of the NAS and it’s stakeholders. The course will be conducted as a seminar course and will emphasize development of student’s critical reading and analysis skills. The student’s knowledge will be evaluated through class discussions, class presentations, homework and exams. PRE (CO) REQUISITES: graduate standing, experience in air traffic control, transportation, or permission of instructor TEXT BOOKS: (Required) Air Transportation Systems Engineering, Donohue and Zellweger (Editors), Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Volume 193, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2001. TEXT BOOKS: (Optional) Airport Systems: Planning, Design, & Management. De Neufville and Odoni. McGraw Hill (2003) SCHEDULE (Tentative, Subject to Change) Week Topic Source Homework (Due Date) 1 – 1/28 Airports Overview Airport Diagram Airport Signage Airport Nav Equip Airport Assignmts Class Handouts http://www.airnav.com HW#1 Airport Characteristics (Week 2) 2 – 2/4 Airport Design Chap 9 deNeufville/Odoni (9-1, 9-2, 9-3 (Wind Compass), 9-4 (Close, Medium, Dependent), 9-5 (Declared Distances), 9-7 (Example savings pg 343, High Speed exits) HW#2 Arrival/Departure Profiles (Week 3) http://www.transtats.bts.gov/ 3 – 2/11 Airport Capacity Chap 10 deNeufville/Odoni (10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4 (Capacity Coverage Chart), 10-5, 10-6 (Capacity Envelope) RunwayCapacitySpreadsheet (Download) http://catsr.ite.gmu.edu/pubs/ RunwayCapacitySpreadsheet.xls Chap 5 Donohue Chap 25 Donohue HW#3 Capacity (ADR/AAR) vs Demand (Week 4)Version 1/24/08 2/11/08 4 – 2/18 Airport Delays Chap 11 deNeufville/Odoni (11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, ) Chap 8 Donohue HW#4 Delays (Pushback Distribution, Taxi-out Distribution) (week 5) 5 – 2/25 Airport Flows & Queues, Airport Peak Hour Analysis Chap 23 deNeufville/Odoni (23-1, 23-2, 23-3, 23-4, 23-5, 23-6, 23-7) Chap 24 deNeufville/Odoni (24-1, 24-2, 24-3) HW#5 (week 6) 6 – 3/3 Airport Demand Management Chap 12 deNeufville/Odoni (12-1, 12-6) Chap 10 Donohue Review for Mid-term 7 – 3/10 Spring Break 8 – 3/17 Mid-term 9 – 3/24 Air Traffic Management Chap 13 deNeufville/Odoni http://skyvector.com http://skyvector.com/#31-23-3-1930-1241 Chap 2 Donohue Chap 7 Donohue Chap 23, 24 Donohue Jim Wilding Distribution of Runway Configuration SIDS STARS TRACON (week 9) 9 – 3/31 Ground Delay Program (GDP) Handouts http://cdm.fly.faa.gov/cdmweb/index.html (GDP Process) http://www.fly.faa.gov/ http://www.fly.faa.gov/Products/AADC/aadc.html 10 – 4/7 GDP Handouts Chap 11 Donohue Chap 12 Donohue Chap 16 Donohue 11 – 4/14 Environmental Impacts Chap 6 deNeufville/Odoni #1, #2 pg 211 (week 13) 12 - 4/21 Airport Env • Impact of Airport Related Emissions on Public Health and the Environment • Emission Inventories for 3 Airports http://www.nescaum.org/documents/aviation_final_report.pdf Emissions Inventory (week 14) 13 – 4/21 Airport Env • Technical and Operational Measures for Reducing Airport Emissions • Policy Strategies for Reducing Airport Emissions http://www.nescaum.org/documents/aviation_final_report.pdf Emissions Mitigation (week 15) 14 – 4/28 Safety FAA Safety Management System http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/airport_safety/safety_management_systems/ SMS Guidance & Tools - Advisory Circular 150/5200-37, Introduction to Safety Management Systems for Airport Operators Safety Analysis (week 15) 15 – 5/5 Safety FAA Safety Management System Chap 29, 30, 31 Donohue Review for Final Exam 16 – 5/12 Final Projects (Due) Final ExamVersion 1/24/08 2/11/08 GRADING: 30% Mid-term exam 30% Final exam 20% Final Projects 20% homework and class participation FINAL REPORTS: Airport Analysis (collated airport homework assignments) 6-10 page double spaced. Includes references and figures. ACADEMIC HONESTY: • Honor code strictly enforced • Suspected violations will be reported OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION (Optional) The Airline Handbook – The Online Version, Air Transport Association, http://members.airlines.org/about/d.aspx?nid=7946 (Optional) Profit Strategies for Air Transportation, George Radnoti, Aviation Week Books (Optional) Fundamentals of Air Traffic Control, 3rd Edition, Michael Nolan, International Thomson Publishing, 2001 (Optional) Commercial Aviation Safety, Alexander Wells, McGraw Hill (Optional) Straight and Level: Practical Airline Economics, Stephen Holloway,