Wake Turbulence: An Obstacle to Increased Air Traffic Capacity

Committee to Conduct an Independent Assessment of the Nation's Wake Turbulence Research and Development Program,National Research Council

Wake Turbulence: An Obstacle to Increased Air Traffic Capacity
Format
Paperback
Publisher
National Academies Press
Country
United States
Published
15 April 2008
Pages
102
ISBN
9780309113793

Wake Turbulence: An Obstacle to Increased Air Traffic Capacity

Committee to Conduct an Independent Assessment of the Nation's Wake Turbulence Research and Development Program,National Research Council

Without major changes, the current air transportation system will be unable to accommodate the expected increase in demand by 2025. One proposal to address this problem is to use the Global Positioning System to enable aircraft to fly more closely spaced. This approach, however, might be limited by the wake turbulence problem, which can be a safety hazard when smaller aircraft follow relatively larger aircraft too closely. To examine how this potential hazard might be reduced, Congress in 2005 directed NASA to request a study from the NRC to assess the federal wake turbulence R&D program. This book provides a description of the problem, an assessment of the organizational challenges to addressing wake turbulence, an analysis of the technical challenges in wake turbulence, and a proposal for a wake turbulence program plan. A series of recommendations for addressing the wake turbulence challenge are also given.

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