Evaluation of a non-cooperative aircraft surveillance system based on short range continuous-wave radars

This paper presents an end-user evaluation of aircraft detection and identification capacity of the surveillance system deployed in Terminal 4 apron of Madrid-Barajas International Airport. The main goal of the system is to provide real-time surveillance information about aircraft and vehicles on th...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Corte Valiente, Antonio del|||0000-0001-7334-2317
Format: article
Publication Date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repository:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/67418
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/67418
https://dx.doi.org/10.2528/PIERB12070212
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Airports
Surveillance
Short range continuous-wave radars
Ingeniería Aeronáutica
Aeronautics
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Summary:This paper presents an end-user evaluation of aircraft detection and identification capacity of the surveillance system deployed in Terminal 4 apron of Madrid-Barajas International Airport. The main goal of the system is to provide real-time surveillance information about aircraft and vehicles on the apron area, including stands, facilitating airport operation centre tasks concerned with delay minimizing and apron resources use optimizing. In order to describe system performance, a set of indicators are defined to quantify the output information reliability and to measure the capabilities of this system to automate routine airport operations.