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NAS Performance and Analysis:The Role of the Airspace Laboratory

Airspace Laboratory15-17 May 2002Toulouse, France

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Topics

Data Collection, Archiving, and Enhancement Web Metrics and Trend Analysis Decision Support Analysis (Ad hoc) Analysis Tools Used Future

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The Airspace Lab Provides Three Main Areas of Support

Web Enabled Next Day Metrics and Trend Analysis

Decision SupportAnalysis

AirspaceLaboratory

Data Collection, Archivingand Enhancement

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The Airspace Lab Provides Three Main Areas of Support

Web Enabled Next Day Metrics and Trend Analysis

Decision SupportAnalysis

AirspaceLaboratory

Data Collection, Archivingand Enhancement

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Data Collection and Enhancement

Source Data

Based on data from the Enhanced Traffic Management System (ETMS)

Coverage USA

En Route Selected TRACONS Oceanic

Canadian En Route Mexico Limited Europe (Heathrow)

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Data Collection and Enhancement

Data Processing, Quality Control, and Enhancement

Traffic Positions

Boundary Crossings•Terminal•Center/Sector•Equipment Usage•Spatial Polygon

Basis for Metrics

Resource Usage (RADAR)

Airspace Usage

Special Area

Traffic Plans

Attributes•Time•Distance•Departures•Arrivals

Geo-Spatial Calculations

Raw Data Processed and Enhanced

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Data Collection and Enhancement

Data Storage and Access

Data Storage

Data Threading

BoundaryCrossing

CalculationsData Parsing

Lab Analys

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Airspace Lab Web

Site

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Data Collection and Enhancement

Data Availability

Data On Line and Available on a Next Day Basis

Enhanced Data Available in 48 hours Enhanced Data Soon To Be Available Next Day

En Route Data Archived and On Line From 1998

Accessible Via the ATA Laboratory Web Site IP Address: 172.27.66.6 (Access From the FAA

Intranet) ATA Laboratory Analysts

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Data Collection and Enhancement

Programs and Offices To Whom We Are Providing Data

Office of System Capacity

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The Airspace Lab Provides Three Main Areas of Support

Web Enabled Next Day Metrics and Trend Analysis

Decision SupportAnalysis

AirspaceLaboratory

Data Collection, Archivingand Enhancement

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Web Metrics and Trend AnalysisWeb Metrics Types

Airport Diversions City Pair Sector Center National

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Web Metrics and Trend AnalysisNational Overview

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Actual

Flight Plan

Sum Deltas Over All Flights in the NAS

Difference Between Actual and Requested Delta

Web Metrics and Trend AnalysisCalculate Delta Time and Distance Flown

Subtract Requested Distance and Time from Flight Plan

Calculate Actual Distance and Time Flown

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Web Metrics and Trend Analysis Actual/Requested Summary

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Web Metrics and Trend Analysis NAS Metrics Distribution Plot Samples

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The Airspace Lab Provides Three Main Areas of Support

Web Enabled Next Day Metrics and Trend Analysis

Decision SupportAnalysis

AirspaceLaboratory

Data Collection, Archivingand Enhancement

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Decision Support AnalysisWhat Does the Airspace Laboratory Provide?

… Less Long Term Programmatic Analysis

Mainly Ad hoc Quick Turn Around Analysis…

Provide DataAirspace Laboratory Provides

Data for Both

Identify Problem Determine Metrics Acquire DataPerform Analysis

Identify Problem Determine Metrics Acquire DataPerform Analysis

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Fee-for-Service Over flights USA/Canada Flights Analysis Cost Accounting Short Term Analytical Requests

Decision Support Analysis

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Decision Support AnalysisFee-for-Service Over flights

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Decision Support Analysis US/Canada Flights Analysis

BRUIN 20010823VIXIS 20010823

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Decision Support Analysis Ad hoc Requests

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Analysis of Flights Experiencing “Go Arounds” on Runway 14R at ORD

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Analytical Tools

SQL/Excel

Geographic Information Systems

Sector Design and Analysis Tool

Noise Integrated Routing System

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Future Additions to the ArchiveEnhancing Our Data Support and Analytical Capabilities

Offload

ETMS

Historical Data

Facility Status

Weather

Causes Effect

Analyses

Ad hocAnalyses

StrategicPlanning

Logs

Actions

Airspace Change

HAME