One of of our students – Sven Vegter – was given the opportunity to present his bachelors thesis during the SESAR Innovation days in Sevilla. The aeronautical traffic capacity is approaching its limits. This is especially true for airports where airports are constrained to resources such as runways. Consequences of full capacity traffic can be […]
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Published Online: 30 May 2024 Abstract: To regulate aircraft noise impact on communities surrounding airports, best-practice models are used to predict aircraft noise levels. In this research the Noise-Power-Distance (NPD) tables in the European Doc.29 noise model are evaluated with measurements around Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Even with accurate input parameters (thrust and distance to […]
Read MoreTraffic Segregation Concepts
29 December 2022 Environmental sustainability, Frontpage News, News, Projects departures, fuel reduction, Mainport Schiphol, noise reduction, sustainability
A new report has been published on traffic segregation concepts. In the current Schiphol operation, during a departure peak (two runways in use for departures), departing traffic is segregated based on their departure sector and therefore destination. The primary departure runways operate traffic to sectors 1, 4 and 5 while secondary runways operate traffic to […]
Read MoreAir traffic volumes and the nature of air traffic using the Dutch airspace has evolved significantly over the past decades and will continue to evolve. This while the airspace structure has remained largely unchanged. To boost efficient use of airspace and to reduce emissions and noise impact, the Dutch Airspace Redesign Programme was established. Redesigns […]
Read MoreD-1 Demand Alignment Predictions
21 March 2022 Capacity Management, Frontpage News, News
European network operational stakeholders have become increasingly aware of the need to optimize their operations within the available capacity. The utilization of the available capacity on the day of operations (D0) requires the publication of a stable operational plan the day prior to operations (D-1). This D-1 plan enables all stakeholders to anticipate the network […]
Read MoreTransition to Trajectory Based Operations (TBO)
3 March 2022 Airspace Design & Innovation, Frontpage News, News
In 2021, KDC has worked together with a group of experts from all KDC partners, developing a roadmap for the transition to Trajectory Based Operations (TBO) in the Netherlands. TBO is the future of Air Traffic Management, an operation in which flights are accommodated as close as possible to the user-preferred flight path. TBO is […]
Read MoreImpact of RECAT-EU on the departure capacity at Schiphol Airport
25 January 2021 Airline and Airport Operational Efficiency, Projects
Increasing runway throughput is an important goal to achieve for any European airport and for Schiphol airport this is not different. Initially, one might think that such a goal would serve merely an economic goal, i.e. accommodating more traffic or reducing delay.
Read MoreFeasibility of more flexible ILS ground inspection (OPUS)
21 December 2020 Airline and Airport Operational Efficiency
The ILS ground inspection intervals can be extended, which reduces the interference of ground inspections with operational use of the runway.
Read MoreInitial Target Time Over (TTO) Concept for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
20 August 2020 Airline and Airport Operational Efficiency
The rapid growth of demand in recent years has outpaced capacity and this has led to increasing delays at Schiphol. One of the sources of delays is the occurrence of so called ‘traffic bunches’, short periods of over-delivery of traffic, at the boundary of the Amsterdam FIR. Traffic bunches create high workload for the controllers […]
Read MoreBefore COVID-19 holding operations were a common phenomenon at busy European airports. At London Heathrow holding operations are an integral part of the arrival management concept. At other airports, such as Schiphol, holding operations are more incidental to manage short peaks in the arrival stream and of course in case of unforeseen shortage of arrival […]
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