Aircraft tracking and logging for commercial airports

Lee Wren; David Dwyer; John Thornton; Nigel Bonsor

doi:10.1117/12.472598

1 July 2002 Aircraft tracking and logging for commercial airports

Lee Wren, David Dwyer, John Thornton, Nigel Bonsor

Proceedings Volume 4714, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing XVI; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472598
Event: AeroSense 2002, 2002, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Airport congestion is becoming a major problem, with many airports stretched to capacity. Monitoring of airport traffic is becoming of increased importance as airport operators try to maximize their efficiency whilst maintaining a high safety standard. This paper describes a fully automatic electro-optic tracking system, designed to track aircraft whilst on, or near, the runway. The system uses a single camera and several surveyed landmarks to predict the 3D location of the aircraft. Two modes of operation are available: take off and landing, with aircraft statistics recorded for each. Aircraft are tracked until they are clear of the runway, either airborne or having turned off onto a taxiway. Statistics and video imagery are recorded for each aircraft movement, detailing the time interval between landings or take offs, the time taken to clear the runway as well as for landing aircraft, details of approach speed, glide slope, point of touch-down and which exit taxiway was used. This information can be analyzed to monitor efficiency and to highlight violations in any safety regulations.

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Lee Wren, David Dwyer, John Thornton, and Nigel Bonsor "Aircraft tracking and logging for commercial airports", Proc. SPIE 4714, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing XVI, (1 July 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472598

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