ATC Advisory System for the Prevention of Bird Strikes

Delft University of Technology

ATC Advisory System for the Prevention of Bird Strikes

Metz, Isabel; Ellerbroek, Joost; Mühlhausen, T; Kügler, D.; Hoekstra, Jacco

Publication date 2016

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Metz, I., Ellerbroek, J., Mühlhausen, T., Kügler, D., & Hoekstra, J. (2016). ATC Advisory System for the Prevention of Bird Strikes. Poster session presented at 6th SESAR Innovation Days, Delft, Netherlands. Important note

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ATC Advisory System for

the Prevention of Bird Strikes

Isabel Metz, Joost Ellerbroek, Thorsten Mühlhausen, Dirk Kügler, Jacco M. Hoekstra

Key Literature

Dolbeer, R. (2013). The history of wildlife strikes and management at airports. In

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Preventing animal-aircraft collisions through science-based management

(pp. 1-6). Baltimore, MD, USA: The John

Hopkins University Press.

Mckee, J., Shaw, P., Dekker, A. & K. Patrick (2016). Approaches to Wildlife Management in Aviation. In

Problematic

Wildlife. A Cross-Disciplinary Approach

(pp. 465-488). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Thorpe, J. (2016). Conflict of Wings: Birds Versus Aircraft. In

Problematic Wildlife. A Cross-Disciplinary Approach

(pp. 443-464). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Get in touch

isabel.metz@dlr.de

+49 531 295 36 61

Used by permission of Gary Clark, www.swamp.com.au

Birds • Size • Number • Predictability Environment • Season • Visibility • Topography Airport • Traffic intensity • Runway Direction & Configuration Aircraft • Size • Performance Characteristics

Current Bird Strike Hazard Mitigation

Measures at Airports

Lethal Capture / Relocation Harassment Exclusion Habitat Modification

 carried out exlusively by the Wildlife Control Unit

 habituation to the measures  geographically limited

Wildlife

Control Air Traffic Control NOTAM

Intended Information Flow Airports

Method

fast-time simulations using the BlueSky Open Air Traffic Simulator

Four Main Research Questions

Input Source e.g. Avian

Radar

Processing Current Bird _Situation

Predicted Bird Situation Processing Processing Runway Closed Runway Free Input Source e.g. Infrared Sensors

Setup

Sou rc e: Fe de ra l A vi ati on Ad m ini str ati on FA A

Current Information Flow at Airports

Wildlife

Control Air Traffic Control

Advisory System

 ATC receives detailed information on current and predicted bird movements

Current Situation

 delays and operational impacts

 costs of ca. one billion US$ per year for commercial aviation worldwide

 increasing risk due to increasing bird populations and rising air traffic

 a threat to aviation safety

Approach

Scenario Screenshot

air traffic in green, bird traffic in yellow

Simulation Variables

Design a Bird Strike Advisory System Analyse Effects on

Safety and Capacity

Define the

Requirements Analyse Historic Bird Data

 ATC receives general information on high bird densities

Increased

Safety? Decreased Capacity?

Requirements for a Bird Strike Advisory System

deterministic?

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