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Air Traffic Management Technology Demonstration - 3 (ATD-3) Dynamic Weather Routes Domestic En Route Concept of Operations Synopsis Version 1.0NASA conducted a survey in 2015 of stakeholders in industry, flight operators, and others to collect data on the most pressing air traffic management (ATM) issues impacting en route operations. Weather related delays and interruptions were identified as the most significant and costly problem impacting en route operations in today's system. Additionally, future traffic demands will place greater demands on the FAA's air traffic control system, necessitate a more efficient and integrated traffic management system and provide controller tools to leverage human productivity. Consequently, NASA is assembling a suite of integrated ground and aircraft-based technologies and decision-making aids under the Airspace Technology Demonstrations 3 (ATD-3) project to continuously search for more efficient weather-avoidance routes and to rapidly respond to weather changes and associated traffic management initiatives. These route efficiency enhancements are targeted at en route airspace and will enable continued use of en route and arrival metering in the presence of weather. NASA's Dynamic Weather Routes (DWR) concept represents a subset of those technologies and focuses primarily on the cruise phase of flight. It leverages existing air traffic weather, airspace, and traffic data, as well as improvements in navigation, surveillance, communication and digital network technologies, and builds upon existing ATM automation to address the shortcomings associated with strategic traffic flow management initiatives and weather forecasting uncertainties. The potential benefits in the form of time, fuel, and cost savings are significant. This concept of operations synopsis provides a detailed description of DWR, its potential benefits and notional implementation paths.
Document ID
20180003519
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Helton, Doug (Crown Consulting, Inc. Washington, DC, United States)
Ging, Andrew T. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
June 13, 2018
Publication Date
May 1, 2018
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN56191
NASA/TM-2018-219484
Report Number: ARC-E-DAA-TN56191
Report Number: NASA/TM-2018-219484
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
DWR
conops
ATD-3

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