RECAT Phase 2 - Approach to Airport Specific Benefits Craig Guensch, Marshall Koch, Collin Schaffer Presented by Clark Lunsford February 28, 2012
Outline RECAT Phase 1 review Six Categories International Benefits RECAT Phase 2 ConOps Application to Single Runway or Closely Spaced Parallel Runways Operational Considerations Airspace Constraints Minimum Radar Separation Considerations Conclusions and Next Steps 2
Leader Leading Aircraft Leading Aircraft RECAT Phase I redefined aircraft weight classes and the separations between them Wingspan (ft) Wingspan (ft) A388 B744 A346 B772 B773 A332 A333 A343 MD11 A306 B753 B736 B737 B738 B739 A318 A321 B722 MD82 F50 B733 B734 E190 GLF5 B712 DC93 DC95 DH8D F100 F70 DH8C AT72 RJ1H RJ85 B462 B463 E170 DH8A DH8B CRJ9 AT45 AT43 GLF4 CRJ7 SF34 CRJ1 CRJ2 E45X E145 E120 B190 C650 H25B C525 A388 B744 A346 B772 B773 A332 A333 A343 MD11 A306 B753 B736 B737 B738 B739 A318 A321 B722 MD82 F50 B733 B734 E190 GLF5 B712 DC93 DC95 DH8D F100 F70 DH8C AT72 RJ1H RJ85 B462 B463 E170 DH8A DH8B CRJ9 AT45 AT43 GLF4 CRJ7 SF34 CRJ1 CRJ2 E45X E145 E120 B190 C650 H25B C525 ICAO A380 Heavy Medium Light A380 MRS 6 7 8 Heavy MRS 4 5 6 Medium MRS MRS MRS 5 Light MRS MRS MRS MRS U.S. A380 Heavy B757 Large Small A380 MRS 6 7 7 8 Heavy MRS 4 5 5 6 B757 MRS 4 4 4 5 Large MRS MRS MRS MRS 4 Small MRS MRS MRS MRS MRS RECAT Phase 1 Proposed RECAT Separation Matrix Follower A B C D E F A MRS 6.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 8.0 B MRS 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 7.0 C MRS MRS MRS 3.5 3.5 6.0 D MRS MRS MRS MRS MRS 5.0 E MRS MRS MRS MRS MRS 4.0 F MRS MRS MRS MRS MRS MRS 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Current U.S. Classes RECAT Classes Aircraft Type (Decreasing Wingspan ) Super Heavy Large Small CatA CatB CatC CatD CatE CatF 3
RJAA RJTT VHHH RKSI OMDB VTBS SAEZ WSSS OERK YMML UUEE HECA ZBAA YSSY SKBO SBGR ZGGG VIDP DNMM MMMX CYUL UUDD CYYZ FAJS Decrease in Average Minimum Separation (Positive = Decrease) International Phase 1 Benefits KSFO KORD KATL CYYZ CYUL KEWR KJFK EGLL LFPG EHAM EDDF UUDD UUEE HECA OMDB ZBAA ZGGG RKSI RJAA RJTT MMMX SKBO OERK VIDP VTBS VHHH DNMM WSSS SBGR YSSY SAEZ 20% FAJS YMML 15% 10% 5% 0% 2.5 nm Sep 3.0 nm Sep -5% 4 Airport (ICAO Code)
Preliminary Phase 2 ConOps Establish a matrix of pair-wise safe wake separations (~100 by 100) Includes aircraft representing 99% or more of operations worldwide Granularity of ½ nm, perhaps less Single and parallel runway separations Airports may customize Optimized for their traffic mix Likely the same for all airports in a Terminal Area Must remain safe, separations rounded up to the largest of any aircraft in the category Automation could assist in implementation If Airport/Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) chooses > 6 categories If separation resolution is < 0.5nm 5
Comparative Length of Final Single Runway US Baseline ICAO RECAT RECAT 23 NM 18.5 NM 18 NM Baseline Phase I Phase II 1,700 feet between 36L and 36R 36L 36R 36L 36R 36L 36R 36L 36R 4 NM 4 NM 5 NM 5 NM 3.5 NM 3 NM RECAT Phase II values are initial will be further refined before implementation
Comparative Length of Final Closely Spaced Parallel Runways US Baseline ICAO RECAT RECAT 21 NM 16.5 NM 13.5 NM Baseline Phase I Phase II 4 NM 4 NM 5 NM 36L 1,700 feet between 36L and 36R 36R 5 NM 36L 36R 36L 36R 3.5 NM 36L 36R 2 NM 3 NM 2 NM 2 NM 1.5 NM Diagonal Separation = Note: 2.5 nautical miles (NM) separation will only be applied between aircraft within of the landing runway. RECAT Phase II values are initial will be further refined before implementation
Phase II Operational Considerations Arrivals versus Departures Airspace Configuration - Sorting arrivals Airport Configuration Single / Parallel Runways Crossing Runways Minimum Radar Separation (MRS) Runway Occupancy Time (ROT) and Collision Avoidance Weather IMC, VMC, MMC Typical Fleet Mix Arrival/Departure Ratio 8
Airspace Considerations Can Enable or Limit Sequencing Flights reassigned to the other parallel runway Atlanta Airspace Washington Dulles Airspace Graphics produced by MITRE, Flight Tracks from National Offload Program No changes in runway assignment due to airspace design/constraint 9
Leading Aircraft Leading Aircraft ATL BOS CLT DCA DEN DFW EWR IAH JFK LAS LAX LGA MIA MSP ORD PHL SEA SFO Percent of OpDay Fleet Mix at MRS Current separation standards have most aircraft pairs at minimum radar separation (MRS) 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Percent of Aircraft Pairs at MRS - Select U.S. Airports - % of Aircraft Pairs at MRS, Currently % of Aircraft Pairs at MRS, Under RECAT Phase I U.S. Separation Matrix _ Super Heavy B757 Large Small Super MRS 6 7 7 8 Heavy MRS 4 5 5 6 B757 MRS 4 4 4 5 Large MRS MRS MRS MRS 4 Small MRS MRS MRS MRS MRS Airport RECAT Phase 1 Separation Matrix _ CatA CatB CatC CatD CatE CatF CatA MRS 5 6 7 7 8 CatB MRS 3 4 5 5 7 CatC MRS MRS MRS 3.5 3.5 6 CatD MRS MRS MRS MRS MRS 5 CatE MRS MRS MRS MRS MRS 4 CatF MRS MRS MRS MRS MRS MRS 10
Leading Aircraft Leading Aircraft Leading Aircraft Leading Aircraft Leading Aircraft * At airports with a 2.5 nm waiver Delineating wake from other constraints permits benefits from other non-wake related operational improvements Collision Avoidance CatA CatB CatC CatD CatE CatF CatA <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 CatB <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 CatC <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 CatD <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 CatE <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 CatF <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 ROT Matrix* CatA CatB CatC CatD CatE CatF CatA 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 CatB 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 CatC 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 CatD 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 CatE 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 CatF 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 Illustrative Example from Phase 1 RECAT MRS Matrix* Matrix for RECAT CatA CatB CatC CatD CatE CatF CatA 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 CatB 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 Phase 1* _ CatC 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 + CatD 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 CatE 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 CatA CatB CatC CatD CatE CatF CatF 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 CatA 2.5 5 6 7 7 8 CatB 2.5 3 4 5 5 7 + CatC 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.5 3.5 6 CatD 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 5 Wake Matrix CatE 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 4 CatF 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 CatA CatB CatC CatD CatE CatF CatA 2.5 5 6 7 7 8 CatB <2.5 3 4 5 5 7 CatC <2.5 2.5 2.5 3.5 3.5 6 CatD <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 5 CatE <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 4 CatF <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 <2.5 11
Decrease in U.S. Average Minimum Separation 30% Reducing MRS for certain pairs at specific airports would allow significant RECAT benefit Potential Pool of Benefits for Separation Schema 25% 20% 20.44% 25.14% 15% 10% 7.44% 9.21% 9.47% 5% 12 0% 0.00% U.S. Baseline RECAT Phase 1 Pairwise Rounded to 0.5 NM, 2.5 Minimum Pairwise Rounded to 0.1 NM, 2.5 Minimum Separation Matrix Used A 50-second ROT is assumed for these aircraft Further analysis and refinement of matrices is required Pairwise Rounded to 0.5 NM, 2.0 Minimum Pairwise Rounded to 0.1 NM, 2.0 Minimum plans to expand use of current metrics, adding additional metrics, updated models and data
Conclusions and Next Steps RECAT Phase 2 provides an opportunity to explicitly define wake constraints separate from Minimum Radar Separation. This can benefit: Approaches to closely spaced parallel runways in IMC Could lead to a possible reduction below 2.5 nm for single runway spacing for certain pairs RECAT Phase 2 pairwise separations will result in benefits at all airports. More for some, less for others Phase 2 ConOps and Implementation Strategy documents are under development Need to engage international community for inputs including operators, manufacturers, and ANSPs Initial drafts, looking for input, ideas, participation 13
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