Holzäpfel, Frank and Rotshteyn, Grigory (2022) Estimating Aircraft Landing Weights from Mode S Data. In: AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum, 2022 (1397), pp. 1-8. 2022 AIAA SciTech Forum, 2022-01-03 - 2022-01-07, San Diego, CA & Virtual. doi: 10.2514/6.2022-1397. ISBN 978-162410631-6.
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Abstract
Aircraft weights prior to touchdown are assessed employing equations suggested for estimates of descent speeds depending on aircraft gross mass following BADA (Base of Aircraft Data). The required aircraft type, calibrated airspeed and air density data are derived from Mode S data protocols. Landing weights of 3328 aircraft approaching Vienna airport, provided by Austrian Airlines, serve as reference gross masses. Average aircraft masses during final approach vary between 85% and 93% of the maximum landing weight depending on the aircraft type. A simple correction for the observed inclination of pilots to fly somewhat faster than prescribed in reference handbooks eliminates the bias of the mass estimates in the current data base, while the respective standard deviation amounts to approximately 5%.
Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/147952/ | ||||||||||||
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Document Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) | ||||||||||||
Title: | Estimating Aircraft Landing Weights from Mode S Data | ||||||||||||
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Date: | January 2022 | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum | ||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | No | ||||||||||||
Volume: | 2022 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.2514/6.2022-1397 | ||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-8 | ||||||||||||
Series Name: | AIAA Paper | ||||||||||||
ISBN: | 978-162410631-6 | ||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
Keywords: | aircraft landing weight, Mode S | ||||||||||||
Event Title: | 2022 AIAA SciTech Forum | ||||||||||||
Event Location: | San Diego, CA & Virtual | ||||||||||||
Event Type: | international Conference | ||||||||||||
Event Start Date: | 3 January 2022 | ||||||||||||
Event End Date: | 7 January 2022 | ||||||||||||
Organizer: | AIAA | ||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Aeronautics | ||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | Air Transportation and Impact | ||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Aeronautics | ||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | L AI - Air Transportation and Impact | ||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | L - Climate, Weather and Environment | ||||||||||||
Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Transport Meteorology | ||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Holzäpfel, Dr. habil. Frank | ||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 04 Jan 2022 07:10 | ||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 11 Feb 2025 15:23 |
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