Decision-support methodology to improve airport ground movements efficiency

Resumo

In complex environments, as in the case of an airport, decision -makers need to be continuously informed about ongoing operations. Such service requires the implementation of a control mechanism capable of providing an effective support at managing traffic ground movements in real-time. Nowadays, technology became available for the implementation of different levels of location-based services aiming to ensure the safety and efficiency of airport surface traffic under all circumstance with respect to traffic density, visibility and complexity of the airport layout. The paper presents an in-depth analysis of a methodology that implements the routing and guidance requirements specified by the Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) defined by ICAO and EUROCONTROL. This includes the analysis and discussion of a site test implementation of the proposed methodology with traffic data from Lisbon airport, in addition to an algorithm to dynamically deal with conflicts and deviations from assigned routes.