A Study of Normal Operational Landing Performance on Subsonic Civil Narrow Body Jet Aircraft during ILS Approaches
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03-2007 |
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Andrew Cheng, PhD. Dillard, A.E. van ES, G.W.H. van der Geest, P.J. Hackler, L. |
van Es, G.W.H., van der Geest, P.J., Cheng, A.Y., Hackler, L. & Dillard, A.E. (2007) A Study of Normal Operational Landing Performance on Subsonic Civil Narrow Body Jet Aircraft during ILS Approachesa, DOT/FAA/AR-07/7, Air Traffic Organization Operations Planning Office of Aviation Research and Development Washington, DC
Abstract
The need for improved capacity at airports to accommodate the rapid growth of domestic air traffic in the United States has led to the investigation of Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO) as a safe and feasible means to increase the traffic flow. While the capacity issue becomes important, it is imperative that the increase in capacity does not lead to a safety decline. A key task was to investigate the aircraft landing performance pertaining to operational safety guidelines for reducing the risks of incidents and accidents associated with LAHSO. For this, a clear knowledge of the day-to-day landing operations is required. Data from quick-access recorders can be used to analyze aircraft performance. Aircraft landing field performance is influenced by many variables. Some variables were found to have a more dominating influence than others. Variables found to have a strong influence are height above the threshold, speed loss from flare initiation to touchdown, and the available runway length for landing. However, there is not one single factor that dominates the landing field performance. This study used in-flight recorded data collected from day-to-day landing operations obtained from the quick-access recorders from wo types of narrow-body jet aircraft.
