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Airspace Planning and Analysis Support for FAA Southwest Region
Overview
The Southwest Region (ASW) of the Federal Aviation Administration has been involved with numerous planning efforts that address facility and operational issues, such as accommodating planned expansion of airport capacity, redesign of airspace structures, and development of new routings and procedures. Such planning efforts require in-depth consideration of technical, operational, and engineering issues, as well as environmental and public relations aspects. The FAA Southwest Region has utilized the GRADE system and Simmod PRO! modeling to support the their airspace planning efforts.
Simmod PRO! animation of Houston Center airspace
Solution
ATAC provided ASW with aviation consulting services to meet the requirements for upgraded software for the GRADE system including both static and animation functions. The upgraded software provided the capability to process radar data for input to the GRADE system for selected traffic days and for configurations needed to support in-depth airspace planning efforts. The Simmod PRO! loaded model encompasses Houston ARTCC traffic to allow evaluation of the impacts of adding up to two new runways and an enhanced TRACON airspace for operations impacting Houston Intercontinental (IAH) Airport.
Client: ASW-1C, Federal Aviation Administration
Prime Contractor: ATAC Corporation
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