Departing traffic from the “Kaagbaan” (RWY 24) or “Zwanenburgbaan” (RWY 18C) causes noise annoyance when overflying Rijsenhout. This seems to be caused by traffic that deviates from the planned departure route. The project Micro climate Rijsenhout researches the cause of these deviations and possible measures to reduce noise annoyance in Rijsenhout.
Read MoreAirborne Separation Assistance Systems (ASAS) provide information to the cockpit about the position of surrounding traffic. In the future this may enable the flight crew to take over some of the separation tasks of air traffic controllers. The ASAS project investigates which of these systems might be beneficial for operations at Schiphol.
Read MoreIn-service trials of an innovative new ground system that enhances air traffic flow, known as Speed And Rouite Advisor (SARA) began on April 9th 2009 at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. For the press release click on link below. Press release (PDF)
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In the last two weeks the project team ‘Speed and Route Advisor (SARA)’ has completed a successful real time simulation at NARSIM of the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR). Fredrik Eriksson, project manager SARA: “The simulations were an important step in the validation of the SARA operational concept and completed a year of intensive concept development. […]
Read MoreThe organisations KLM, Schiphol and LVNL have their own framework and definitions for measuring the quality of the airport operations. Each party will, based on their own framework, make operational decisions. NOC-rate and Sustainability are two indicators of the quality of the airport product, but has a different meaning to the parties involved. The objective […]
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