A mixed integer programming model for optimal ATC tower height and location : a case study for Singapore Changi Airport's third runway extension

With continued growth in air traffic, airports worldwide are expanding their runway infrastructure. This leads to the problem of determining an appropriate location and height for an Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower that can provide the right vantage point for coordinating runway and taxiway movement...

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Main Authors: Prakash, Rakesh, Alam, Sameer, Duong, Vu N.
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1516842021-06-28T08:55:58Z A mixed integer programming model for optimal ATC tower height and location : a case study for Singapore Changi Airport's third runway extension Prakash, Rakesh Alam, Sameer Duong, Vu N. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Air Traffic Management Research Institute Engineering::Aeronautical engineering Air Traffic Control Tower Virtual Tower With continued growth in air traffic, airports worldwide are expanding their runway infrastructure. This leads to the problem of determining an appropriate location and height for an Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower that can provide the right vantage point for coordinating runway and taxiway movements. The challenge involves finding the right location and optimal height that can satisfy the visibility and obstruction constraints for a complex airport-airside environment with multiple runways and civil infrastructure under different weather conditions. This article formulates the ATC tower location and height problem as a Mixed-Integer-Programming (MIP) model while considering the visibility and obstruction constraints. Singapore Changi Airport's proposed third runway extension is used as a case study to determine the set of location and height of ATC Tower using the proposed approach. A visual analytic test is conducted in an ATC tower simulator for different tower locations and heights under varying visibility conditions. Nanyang Technological University This research is supported by the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore [Start Up Grant M4082126.050]. 2021-06-28T08:55:58Z 2021-06-28T08:55:58Z 2020 Journal Article Prakash, R., Alam, S. & Duong, V. N. (2020). A mixed integer programming model for optimal ATC tower height and location : a case study for Singapore Changi Airport's third runway extension. Engineering Optimization, 52(1), 139-164. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0305215X.2019.1577405 0305-215X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151684 10.1080/0305215X.2019.1577405 2-s2.0-85063876225 1 52 139 164 en M4082126.050 Engineering Optimization © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. All rights reserved.
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topic Engineering::Aeronautical engineering
Air Traffic Control Tower
Virtual Tower
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Air Traffic Control Tower
Virtual Tower
Prakash, Rakesh
Alam, Sameer
Duong, Vu N.
A mixed integer programming model for optimal ATC tower height and location : a case study for Singapore Changi Airport's third runway extension
description With continued growth in air traffic, airports worldwide are expanding their runway infrastructure. This leads to the problem of determining an appropriate location and height for an Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower that can provide the right vantage point for coordinating runway and taxiway movements. The challenge involves finding the right location and optimal height that can satisfy the visibility and obstruction constraints for a complex airport-airside environment with multiple runways and civil infrastructure under different weather conditions. This article formulates the ATC tower location and height problem as a Mixed-Integer-Programming (MIP) model while considering the visibility and obstruction constraints. Singapore Changi Airport's proposed third runway extension is used as a case study to determine the set of location and height of ATC Tower using the proposed approach. A visual analytic test is conducted in an ATC tower simulator for different tower locations and heights under varying visibility conditions.
author2 School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
author_facet School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Prakash, Rakesh
Alam, Sameer
Duong, Vu N.
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author Prakash, Rakesh
Alam, Sameer
Duong, Vu N.
author_sort Prakash, Rakesh
title A mixed integer programming model for optimal ATC tower height and location : a case study for Singapore Changi Airport's third runway extension
title_short A mixed integer programming model for optimal ATC tower height and location : a case study for Singapore Changi Airport's third runway extension
title_full A mixed integer programming model for optimal ATC tower height and location : a case study for Singapore Changi Airport's third runway extension
title_fullStr A mixed integer programming model for optimal ATC tower height and location : a case study for Singapore Changi Airport's third runway extension
title_full_unstemmed A mixed integer programming model for optimal ATC tower height and location : a case study for Singapore Changi Airport's third runway extension
title_sort mixed integer programming model for optimal atc tower height and location : a case study for singapore changi airport's third runway extension
publishDate 2021
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