Demand for Instrument Landing in Brazil Based on Historical Weather Assessment

Marcio Pupin Mello
Jose Alexandre G. T. Fregnani
Glaucia C. Balvedi

Boeing Research & Technology - Brazil (BR&T-Brazil)

Event: XVI SITRAER – Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, October 25–27, 2017
Volume: Proceedings of XVI Air Transportation Symposium (SITRAER) · ISSN 2448-1912
Pages: 763–771
Publisher: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ/COPPE)
Editors: Fabio Krykhtine

Abstract

Ground-Based Augmentation System (GBAS) is being discussed as an opportunity for safer and cost efficient approaches. Thus, it is important to quantify the impact of diversions due to meteorological conditions. We proposed a methodology to assess demand for instrument landing related to meteorological conditions in Brazil based on the Meteorological Aerodrome Report (METAR) data. The top quartile aerodromes in Brazil were used to test and validate the proposed methodology. Our analyses showed that Visual Meteorological Condition (VMC) and NonPrecision Approach (NPA) together represent 97% of the conditions to which the aerodromes investigated operate under over the last eight years. Instrument landings were demanded, on average, 1.5% of the time in Category I; whereas Categories II and III represented 0.9 and 0.6% of operations, respectively. The analysis of the Brazilian top quartile aerodromes weather data shows that the implementation of GBAS CAT I/II and III operations may represent approximately 150 Million USD potential savings for the industry, related to avoided diversions and cancelled flights.

Keywords: Ground-Based Augmentation System (GBAS); Meteorological Aerodrome Report (METAR); landing procedure; Instrument Landing System (ILS); diversion; Ionosphere scintillation

How to cite

ABNT

MELLO, Marcio Pupin; FREGNANI, Jose Alexandre G. T.; BALVEDI, Glaucia C. Demand for Instrument Landing in Brazil Based on Historical Weather Assessment. In: SIMPÓSIO DE TRANSPORTE AÉREO, 16., 2017, Rio de Janeiro. Anais [...]. Rio de Janeiro: UFRJ/COPPE, 2018. p. 763-771. ISSN 2448-1912. Disponível em: https://sitraer-sbta.org/anais-2017-sit81.html.

APA

Mello, M. P., Fregnani, J. A. G. T., & Balvedi, G. C. (2017). Demand for Instrument Landing in Brazil Based on Historical Weather Assessment. In F. Krykhtine (Eds.), Proceedings of XVI Air Transportation Symposium (SITRAER) (pp. 763–771). UFRJ/COPPE. https://sitraer-sbta.org/anais-2017-sit81.html

BibTeX

@inproceedings{mello2017demand,
  author = {Mello, Marcio Pupin and Fregnani, Jose Alexandre G. T. and Balvedi, Glaucia C.},
  title = {{Demand for Instrument Landing in Brazil Based on Historical Weather Assessment}},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of XVI Air Transportation Symposium (SITRAER)},
  editor = {Krykhtine, Fabio},
  pages = {763--771},
  year = {2017},
  address = {Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil},
  publisher = {Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ/COPPE)},
  issn = {2448-1912},
  url = {https://sitraer-sbta.org/anais-2017-sit81.html}
}