Real-Time Monitoring and Alerting of Go-Arounds: Operational Impacts Assessment through Human-in-the-Loop Simulation

Celso Luís do Couto Figueiredo; Mayara Condé Rocha Murça; José Alexandre Tavares Guerreiro Fregnani

Real-Time Monitoring and Alerting of Go-Arounds: Operational Impacts Assessment through Human-in-the-Loop Simulation

Celso Luís do Couto Figueiredo
Mayara Condé Rocha Murça
José Alexandre Tavares Guerreiro Fregnani

Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica

Baixar PDF

Evento: XX SITRAER – Joinville, SC, Brasil, 18 a 20 de outubro de 2023
Volume: Proceedings of XX SITRAER – Air Transportation Symposium · ISSN 2448-1912
Páginas: 165–173
Editora: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Editores: Renata Cavion, Rafael Gigena Cuenca

Abstract

A go-around is a relevant safety event that may occur during the approach phase of the flight due to several reasons such as unstable approach, loss of separation or adverse weather. In dense terminal areas, this maneuver can generate significant additional Air Traffic Control (ATC) workload as it requires a quick and accurate reaction to reintegrate the flight into the traffic flow and immediately establishing a new approach and landing sequence. In current operations, air traffic controllers typically become aware of a go-around during or after their execution, which leads to a very short time horizon for decision-making. This research aims to evaluate the operational impacts of a real-time monitoring and alerting solution for ATC decision support in approach control facilities and aerodrome control towers. Based on a human-in-the-loop simulation of air traffic operations at the Sao Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, one assesses how the presence of an alert that anticipates the occurrence of a go-around affects the ATC performance. The results showed an increase in the perceived levels of situation awareness and safety as well as an increase in the efficiency of ATC decisions concerning the go-around, with an observed reduction of nearly two minutes in the flight time from the start of the maneuver and the landing when the alert was active..

Keywords: air traffic control; decision support; machine learning; situation awareness

Como citar

ABNT

FIGUEIREDO, Celso Luís do Couto; MURÇA, Mayara Condé Rocha; FREGNANI, José Alexandre Tavares Guerreiro. Real-Time Monitoring and Alerting of Go-Arounds: Operational Impacts Assessment through Human-in-the-Loop Simulation. In: SIMPÓSIO DE TRANSPORTE AÉREO, 20., 2023, Joinville. Anais [...]. Joinville: UFSC, 2023. p. 165-173. ISSN 2448-1912. Disponível em: https://sitraer-sbta.org/anais-2023-sit2206.html.

APA

Figueiredo, C. L. C., Murça, M. C. R., & Fregnani, J. A. T. G. (2023). Real-Time Monitoring and Alerting of Go-Arounds: Operational Impacts Assessment through Human-in-the-Loop Simulation. In R. Cavion, & R. G. Cuenca (Eds.), Proceedings of XX SITRAER – Air Transportation Symposium (pp. 165–173). UFSC. https://sitraer-sbta.org/anais-2023-sit2206.html

BibTeX

@inproceedings{figueiredo2023realtime,
  author = {Figueiredo, Celso Luís do Couto and Murça, Mayara Condé Rocha and Fregnani, José Alexandre Tavares Guerreiro},
  title = {{Real-Time Monitoring and Alerting of Go-Arounds: Operational Impacts Assessment through Human-in-the-Loop Simulation}},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of XX SITRAER – Air Transportation Symposium},
  editor = {Cavion, Renata and Cuenca, Rafael Gigena},
  pages = {165--173},
  year = {2023},
  address = {Joinville, SC, Brasil},
  publisher = {Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)},
  issn = {2448-1912},
  url = {https://sitraer-sbta.org/anais-2023-sit2206.html}
}