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FACET:Future Air Traffic Management
Concepts Evaluation Tool
Aviation Software Systems WorkshopOctober 5-6, 2006
Alexandria, VA
Banavar Sridhar Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA
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Animation: A Day in the Life of Air Traffic
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Actual FAA Traffic Data
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What is FACET?
Key capabilities– Traffic and weather data
visualization
– Models airspace operations atnational level (~15,000 aircraft)
– Real-time decision support foroperational users
– Improves traffic throughputwhile maintaining safety
FACET models the National Airspace System, for both researchand operational use
– Developed as a simulation tool for NASA research
– Successfully transitioned to operational use
FACET is currently in operational use by FAA traffic flow managersand airline dispatchers
Aircraft Dispatchers FAA Flow Managersat ~100 sites
Flow Management
Enhanced byFACET
FAA Sector Controllers
Pilots
SeparationAssurance
FlightPlanning
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FACET Software Architecture
NationalWeatherService
Winds
SevereWeather
FAATraffic Data
Tracks
Flight Plans
Aircraft Performance
Data
ClimbDescent
Cruise
AirspaceAirways
Airports
Adaptation Data
HistoricalDatabase
Traffic & Route Analyzer
User Interface
Route Parser &Trajectory Predictor
FACET CORE FEATURESAPPLICATIONS
Air and Space Traffic Integration
AirborneSelf-Separation
DataVisualization
Direct Routing Analysis
Controller Workload
System-Level Optimization
Traffic Flow Management