Total Airport Management

A holistic approach towards airport

operations optimisation

Karl-Heinz Keller,
Florian Piekert, Yves Günther,
Meilin Schaper, Sven Kaltenhäuser,
Reiner Suikat, et.al.

ESUG Meeting @ SICTA, April 2010

 Overview

AT-One at a Glance

TAM Motivation

TAM Approach and Prerequisites

TAM Benefits

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 Centre of Excellence for ATM
Independent
Innovative
Customer oriented
Complete Network of Research Facilities

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 Facts & Figures

• Strategic Alliance of the

DLR Institute of Flight Guidance and
NLR Air Transport Division
• Shareholders: 50% DLR, 50% NLR
• Locations:
Braunschweig, Amsterdam, Brussels
• Total employees: ~ 280
• Yearly Turnover: ~ 35 M€
• Background: additional 1400
employees in Air Transport Research
One of the largest ATM research
organisations in the world
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 Overview

AT-One at a Glance

TAM Motivation

TAM Approach and Prerequisites

TAM Benefits

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 Motivation -
Current Challenges
The network
• virtually no information sharing between airports
• operational disruptions at one single airport escalate
throughout the entire network

Insufficient share of information between airport

stakeholders
• no integrated approach conneting
landside and airside
• data incomplete, outdated,
possibly unreliable or missing
• opposing targets due to
competing interests
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 Motivation –
Requirements

A need for
• a performance increase
• dynamic and responsive incorporation of stakeholder’s
needs
• pro-active instead of re-active planning
• possibilities to cope with conflicts of interests
at an airport in a fair and transparent manner
• increasing of predictability of the “system airport”

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 Overview

AT-One at a Glance

TAM Motivation

TAM Approach and Prerequisites

TAM Benefits

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 From A-CDM to TAM

A-CDM TAM
Joint Airport Operations
Planning & Execution
E ->NT Optimization
Global
VE M
P R O
Information Sharing
among
R M
I stakeholders
F O
E
Local optimization
E D
at
N
airport stakeholders

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 TAM –
Generic Requirements
Common computer aided (performance)
Agreed simulations.
Performance
Measures Common monitoring leading to a more
adaptive system.

Agreed Representation of information via

Airport
TAM common displays based on common data
Configuration sources.
Require-
Agreed ments Creation, agreement and maintenance of
Performance the airport operational plan (AOP)
Targets including performance trade-off analysis.

Common decision-making for a leading to

Improved
Predictability
a common understanding of future system
evolutions.

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 TAM –
Main Prerequisites

A-CDM is the baseline

& Technologies / Facilities
• Airport Operations Control Center (APOC)
• Interfacing with tactical management tools and centers (A-SWIM),
integrating an Airport Operational Database (AODB)
• Development of new tools (e.g. Total Operations Planner – TOP)
• …

& Cultural Changes

• holistic approach integrating airside and landside
• benefits from global optimisation vs. local optimisation
• working together towards common agreed goals
• …

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 TAM -
The Holistic Approach

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 Inside APOC

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 Joint and Collaborative
Decision Making

All (major) stakeholders are represented within the APOC for

• creation of a joint and common

situational awareness
• transparent und fair handling by
introduction of strict rules and
regulations
• taking into account sensitive
business data and privacy
• „Use Cases“ for often recurring
default situations
• enabling „What-If“-exploration to
find alternative solutions
• introduction of an arbitrator

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 APOC –
Setting (centralized)

Validation Infrastructure: ACCES – Airport and Control CEnter Simulator

a working- and simulation environment and flexible infrastructure

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 Overview

AT-One at a Glance

TAM Motivation

TAM Approach and Prerequisites

TAM Benefits

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 TAM –
Expected Benefits

Based on commonly agreed performance

Agreed
indicators, TAM will allow for an assessment
Performance
and visualization of future airport performance.
Measures
Introduction common databases and systems.

Agreed This will allow operators to configure the

Airport AOP: airport according to agreed “scenarios” most
Configuration applicable at the time of decision.
Joint
Demand and capacity management are
Agreed Plan organized to meet agreed performance targets
Performance
for different time horizons. Also able to change
Targets
the performance objective.

Based on an environment which is designed

Improved around the philosophy of information sharing.
Predictability Past performance used to identify future
requirements.
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 TAM –
Expected Benefits

• Agreed Airport
Operations Plan (AOP)
• AOP includes AOP
a performance level
commitment to ATN
• Early planning and pro-active
operations
increasing airport‘s predictability;
better resource utilisation…
• NOP - receives early
planning data
for more efficient and optimal sector capacity and trajectory planning
• The user‘s wishes submitted by 4D-business trajectories potentially can
be much more and more efficiently be incorporated

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 ACCES simulation –
RT- / Fast time engines

Simulation module TOWSIM

• Sim. of air traffic at an airport in real time
• Exchange of data between simulation
modules and operational systems via
central datapool
• Compatible to DLR tower simulator ATS
Simulation module TRAFFSIM
• Automised 4D-capable multi-aircraft airborne Additional simulation modules
simulation
• ATFCM simulation
Simulation module ASGARD (Air Traffic Flow Capacity Management)
• Automised ground movement multi-aircraft • Weather
simulation
• Stand-/Gate Management
Simulation module Turnaround (allocation tool)
• Simulation of turnaround processes • Landsite simulation modules
(PAX simulation etc.)

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 DLR –
Simulation Components

ATFCM
• FUM/DPI exchange
• slot allocation
• Exchange of NOP aspects of local AOP
TRAFSIM / NARSIM
• Automated Air Traffic generation
• Piloted/Pilot driven Air Traffic
ASGARD / ATS
• Automated / Piloted Ground Movement
TAMODES
• Turn-around Simulation
TOMICS
• Passenger Simulation (airport landside aspects)

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 DLR –
Simulation Components

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 Conclusion

Total Airport Management (TAM)

• will be the successor of A-CDM, for pre-tactical
planning and execution of AOP
• is the holistic approach (landside and airside)
towards airport operations optimisation
• leads to commonly agreed performance targets -
global optimisation @ airport
• will change stakeholders cultures…
• simulation evironment available @ AT-One (BWE)
- DLR Braunschweig

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 Thank You!

Any Questions?

Karl-Heinz Keller
AT-One Braunschweig
DLR Institute of Flight Guidance
karl-heinz.keller@at-one.aero

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