Analysis of airport weather impact on on-time performance of arrival flights for the Brazilian domestic air transportation system

Protection of the natural environment is a key activity driving development in the transport discipline today. The use of simulators to train civil aviation pilots provides an excellent opportunity to maintain the balance between efficiency and limit the negative impact of transport on the environment. Therefore, we decided to determine the impact of selected simulations of air operations on energy consumption. The aim of the research was to determine the energy consumption of the flight simulator depending on the type of flight operation and configuration used. We also decided to compare the obtained result with the energy consumption of an aircraft of a similar class, performing a similar aviation operation and other means of transport. In order to obtain the results, a research plan was proposed consisting of 12 scenarios differing in the simulated aircraft model, weather conditions and the use of the simulator motion platform. In each of the scenarios, energy consumption was measured, taking into account the individual components of the simulator. The research showed that the use of a flight simulator has a much smaller negative impact on the natural environment than flying in a traditional plane. Use of a motion platform indicated a change in energy consumption of approximately 40% (in general, flight simulator configuration can change energy consumption by up to 50%). The deterioration of weather conditions during the simulation caused an increase in energy consumption of 14% when motion was disabled and 18% when motion was enabled. Energy consumption in the initial stages of pilot training can be reduced by 97% by using flight simulators compared to aircraft training.

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“…It influences delays and can cause problems in flight. Analyses of weather conditions in aviation are shown in [13,14].…”

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Flight Simulator’s Energy Consumption Depending on the Conditions of the Air Operation

2022

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“…They applied MCDA-MACBETH (with PESA-AGB) methodology in 4 Spanish airports [18]. The effect of aerodrome surface weather conditions on the flight delays for the Brazilian domestic air transportation system was explored by de Oliveira et al (2021) [19]. This study analyzed the impact of different meteorological variables at the aerodrome on the probability of delayed arrivals [19].…”

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Entropy-Based Model for Aerodromes Safety Risk Assessment to Implement Safety Management Systems

Borjalilu¹,

Bozorgi-Amiri²

2022

JAOAM

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All certified Aerodromes require to implement Safety Management System (SMS) from November 2005 according to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirements. Nowadays safety risk assessment in aerodromes with main operational scopes has been a critical issue in the aviation industry. The current SMS model is no more sufficient to comply with this complexity and cover all aspects of aerodrome factors quantitatively. A new model for aerodrome safety risk assessment to evaluate Aerodrome’s safety riskbased on the Entropy method is developed in this research. In this new method, critical criteria and their sub-criteria are developed and then assess the safety risk. One Aerodromes (as a case study) is considered and the weight of criteria and sub-criteria are measured based on Entropy technique and aerodrome safety performance is assessed. The first phase was the weight measurement of criteria by the Entropy method, and then evaluate related safety performance. Based on the safety risk assessment result, the aviation experts were interviewed to verify the result, which supported our research outcomes. The result of this research should guide aviation SMS experts to take proper safety mitigations to prevent any safety events in aerodromes.

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“…According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) statistics, before the COVID-19 pandemic, the total number of international departures for tourism also showed 5% annual increases. One of the most important factors in aircraft operations is the weather [ 1 ]. The intensity and frequency of weather phenomena, such as heavy rainfall and high wind speed, are increasing due to climate change, with a corresponding adverse effect on the aviation industry.…”

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Analysis of Weather Factors on Aircraft Cancellation using a Multilayer Complex Network

Kim

Lee

et al. 2023

Entropy

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Airlines provide one of the most popular and important transportation services for passengers. While the importance of the airline industry is rising, flight cancellations are also increasing due to abnormal weather factors, such as rainfall and wind speed. Although previous studies on cancellations due to weather factors considered both aircraft and weather factors concurrently, the complex network studies only treated the aircraft factor with a single-layer network. Therefore, the aim of this study was to apply a multilayer complex network (MCN) method that incorporated three different factors, namely, aircraft, rainfall, and wind speed, to investigate aircraft cancellations at 14 airports in the Republic of Korea. The results showed that rainfall had a greater impact on aircraft cancellations compared with wind speed. To find out the most important node in the cancellation, we applied centrality analysis based on information entropy. According to the centrality analysis, Jeju Airport was identified as the most influential node since it has a high demand for aircraft. Also, we showed that characteristics and factors of aircraft cancellation should be appropriately defined by links in the MCN. Furthermore, we verified the applicability of the MCN method in the fields of aviation and meteorology. It is expected that the suggested methodology in this study can help to understand aircraft cancellation due to weather factors.

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Analysis of airport weather impact on on-time performance of arrival flights for the Brazilian domestic air transportation system

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Flight Simulator’s Energy Consumption Depending on the Conditions of the Air Operation

Flight Simulator’s Energy Consumption Depending on the Conditions of the Air Operation

Entropy-Based Model for Aerodromes Safety Risk Assessment to Implement Safety Management Systems

Analysis of Weather Factors on Aircraft Cancellation using a Multilayer Complex Network

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