Preliminary Analysis of Separation Standards for Urban Air Mobility using Unmitigated Fast-Time Simulation
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Lee, Seungman; Abramson, Michael; Phillips, James D.; Tang, Huabin
- Source
- 2022 IEEE/AIAA 41st Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC) Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2022 IEEE/AIAA 41st. :1-10 Sep, 2022
- Subject
- Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Computing and Processing
Visualization
Analytical models
Atmospheric modeling
Instruments
Aerospace electronics
Safety
Air traffic control
Urban air mobility (UAM)
fast-time simulation
separation standards
unmitigated collision risk
separation minima
conflict management
separation provision
- Language
- ISSN
- 2155-7209
This research provides a preliminary analysis of various separation standards for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) operations. This study focuses on understanding and analyzing potential conflicts between UAM flights and conflicts between UAM and conventional aircraft. Fast-time simulations are conducted with a projected high-density of UAM traffic scenario and historical conventional non-UAM traffic flying under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) or Visual Flight Rules (VFR) in Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) airspace. The conflicts are analyzed by examining losses of separation and near mid-air collisions of UAM flights and unmitigated risk of collision. A set of varied separation standards are used to investigate the impact of the new UAM operations on safety. The preliminary conflict analysis results will help inform separation standards development and in airspace and route design activities for future UAM operations.