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FACET:Future Air Traffic Management

Concepts Evaluation Tool

Aviation Software Systems WorkshopOctober 5-6, 2006

Alexandria, VA

Banavar Sridhar Ames Research Center

Moffett Field, CA

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Animation: A Day in the Life of Air Traffic

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Actual FAA Traffic Data

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What is FACET?

Key capabilities– Traffic and weather data

visualization

– Models airspace operations atnational level (~15,000 aircraft)

– Real-time decision support foroperational users

– Improves traffic throughputwhile maintaining safety

FACET models the National Airspace System, for both researchand operational use

– Developed as a simulation tool for NASA research

– Successfully transitioned to operational use

FACET is currently in operational use by FAA traffic flow managersand airline dispatchers

Aircraft Dispatchers FAA Flow Managersat ~100 sites

Flow Management

Enhanced byFACET

FAA Sector Controllers

Pilots

SeparationAssurance

FlightPlanning

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FACET Software Architecture

NationalWeatherService

Winds

SevereWeather

FAATraffic Data

Tracks

Flight Plans

Aircraft Performance

Data

ClimbDescent

Cruise

AirspaceAirways

Airports

Adaptation Data

HistoricalDatabase

Traffic & Route Analyzer

User Interface

Route Parser &Trajectory Predictor

FACET CORE FEATURESAPPLICATIONS

Air and Space Traffic Integration

AirborneSelf-Separation

DataVisualization

Direct Routing Analysis

Controller Workload

System-Level Optimization

Traffic Flow Management

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Question?

Why does it take so long to transfer software from research to operations?

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