A matter of margins: Aging radios, radars, and computers in a 23 000-element system help controllers route aircraft during their 45 million hours per year in U.S. airspace
1986; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 23; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1109/mspec.1986.6371140
ISSN1939-9340
Autores Tópico(s)Aerospace and Aviation Technology
ResumoWhenever you fly - on a commercial airplane, a corporate jet, or even your uncle's two-seater prop plane - if the pilot has filed a flight plan with a Federal Aviation Administration division, you become a part of the air traffic control system. If you fly under instrument flight rules, your plane is a blip on a radar screen somewhere. Its takeoff and landing are two operations among some 43 million that the U.S. air traffic control (ATC) system handles each year. Aircraft under ATC guidance spend 45 million hours annually in U.S. airspace.
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