Advanced Air Traffic Visualization Tool

Developed by ATAC, GRADE® - Graphical Airspace Design Environment - is a state-of-the-art, 4-dimensional computer tool for displaying, analyzing, designing, and evaluating air traffic operations. GRADE includes a powerful set of functional modules housed within an easy-to-use, integrated, graphical user interface (GUI).

A GRADE user has:

• Easy, flexible access to data
• Set of functional tools for visual and quantitative analysis of data
• Ability to design data models of current or proposed operations for use in simulations
• Ability to replay radar data and animating simulation results in 2D or 3D
• Airspace redesign capability
• Performance measurement tools for actual or simulated air traffic operations

Applications

GRADE has undergone continuous development and enhancement for over a decade, and has proven to be a valuable tool in a wide range of applications, including:

• Airport and airspace design
• Visualization of complex air traffic operations
• Flight path and profile analysis
• Traffic flow and sector loading analysis
• Obstruction analysis
• Environmental impact assessment
• Accident and incident investigation
• Operational performance assessment
• Presentation of existing and proposed air traffic operations to the public

Features

GRADE is a powerful, flexible, multi-function tool for conducting aviation planning, analysis and research efforts. The foundation of GRADE is a database containing a set of data layers that may be displayed and utilized individually or in combination. The data layers that can be loaded to meet the needs of a specific application include:

• En route and terminal radar tracking data (e.g., SAR, ARTS, ETMS)
• Oceanic tracking data (DOTS)
• Airspace boundaries and structures (e.g., Centers, TRACONs, sectors)
• Military Special Use Airspace (e.g., MOAs, Alert Areas, Warning Areas)
• Airport layouts and CAD drawings
• Navigation aids and fixes
• Standard aircraft departure and arrival procedures (e.g., SIDS and STARS)
• Airways and route structures
• TERPS surfaces
• Terrain and obstructions
• Political boundaries and land use maps
• Street maps and census data
• Noise contours
• Controller video maps
• Pilot and controller voice recordings
• Real-time simulator and fast-time simulation results

Benefits

GRADE provides the capability to conduct analyze, visualize and replay complex airspace operations. Examples of the benefits of GRADE include:

• Reductions of up to 50% in airspace redesign time
• Supported rapid safety response with quick turnaround provision of incident/accident information and playback
• Improved flight movement and event understanding through the integration display of GIS data, weather, airspace boundaries and flight tracks to provide a complete analysis picture
• Increased operational awareness as a result of the tight integration with the SkyView Reporting System which allows for rapid analytical drill-down capabilities
• Improved, complex operational decision making resulting from powerful computational engine-based rapid, data-driven analysis

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