NTL Record

Title Statistical Analysis and Time Series Modeling of Air Traffic Operations Data From Flight Service Stations and Terminal Radar Approach Control Facilities : Two Case Studies
Record ID 42172
Personal Name
Creator
Meyerhoff, Norman J.; Wang, George H.
Source 60p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
Publication Date 19811001
Language English
Abstract Two statistical procedures have been developed to estimate hourly or daily aircraft counts. These counts can then be transformed into estimates of instantaneous air counts. The first procedure estimates the stable (deterministic) mean level of hourly or day of the week patterns by statistical models. The second procedure estimates both deterministic and stochastic periodic (hourly or day of the week) patterns by stochastic time series models. Both statistical procedures have been used to analyze traffic at the St. Louis TRACON and Los Angeles Flight Service Station. This report analyzes hourly variations in operations at the St. Louis TRACON, for each day in four representative months in 1979. It also analyzes daily variations for three months in 1979 of flight plan activity at the Los Angeles FSS. The results of these analyses are given preliminary interpretations, and are available for possible application to other facilities. They are also available for other applications, such as estimation of instantaneous air counts in hubs.
Public Note Introduction, Estimation of hourly and day of the week patterns for sampled air traffic data, Statistical time series models for sampled air traffic operations data, Summary and conclusions, References
Rosap ID dot:9398
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9398
TRT Terms Approach control; Radar air traffic control; Data collection; Time series analysis; Aircraft operations
General Subjects Terminal radar approach control; Flight service station; Aircraft counts; Aircraft operations; Radar air traffic control systems; Data collection; Time series analysis
Classification NTL - AVIATION - Air Traffic Control;
NTL - AVIATION - Airports and Facilities
Geographical
Coverage
United States
OCLC 227519669
Report Number DOT-TSC-FAA-81-18; FAA-EM-82-13
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/42000/42100/42172/DOT-TSC-FAA-81-18.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository