A fresh look at runway incursions: onboard surface movement awareness and alerting system based on SVS

Christoph Vernaleken; Lamir Mihalic; Mathias Güttler; Uwe Klingauf

doi:10.1117/12.664897

20 May 2006 A fresh look at runway incursions: onboard surface movement awareness and alerting system based on SVS

Christoph Vernaleken, Lamir Mihalic, Mathias Güttler, Uwe Klingauf

Proceedings Volume 6226, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2006; 62260J (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.664897
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

Increasing traffic density on the aerodrome surface due to the continuous worldwide growth in the number of flight operations does not only cause capacity and efficiency problems, but also increases the risk of serious incidents and accidents on the airport movement area. Of these, Runway Incursions are the by far most safety-critical. In fact, the worst-ever accident in civil aviation, the collision of two Boeing B747s on Tenerife in 1977 with 583 fatalities, was caused by a Runway Incursion. Therefore, various Runway Safety programs have recently been initiated around the globe, often focusing on ground-based measures such as improved surveillance. However, as a lack of flight crew situational awareness is a key causal factor in many Runway Incursion incidents and accidents, there is a strong need for an onboard solution, which should be capable of interacting cooperatively with ground-based ATM systems, such as A-SMGCS where available. This paper defines the concept of preventive and reactive Runway Incursion avoidance and describes a Surface Movement Awareness & Alerting System (SMAAS) designed to alert the flight crew if they are at risk of infringing a runway. Both the SVS flight deck displays and the corresponding alerting algorithms utilize an ED 99A/RTCA DO-272A compliant aerodrome database, as well as airport operational, traffic and clearance data received via ADS-B or other data links, respectively. The displays provide the crew with enhanced positional, operational, clearance and traffic awareness, and they are used to visualize alerts. A future enhancement of the system will provide intelligent alerting for conflicts caused by surrounding traffic.

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Christoph Vernaleken, Lamir Mihalic, Mathias Güttler, and Uwe Klingauf "A fresh look at runway incursions: onboard surface movement awareness and alerting system based on SVS", Proc. SPIE 6226, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2006, 62260J (20 May 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.664897

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