Airport Take-off and Landing Operations for Advanced Air Mobility: Dependent and Independent Operations of AAM Flights Relative to IFR Flights

Advance Air Mobility (AAM), which is a new air transportation system featuring advanced technology, is expected to be applied to airport shuttle services. However, the increase in AAM take-offs and landings at airports raises concerns about air- port capacity saturation and the increased workload of air traffic controllers. To address these challenges, this paper discusses independent operations of AAM flights relative to IFR flights at airports using advanced operational concepts, such as corridors. Independent operations enable AAM flights to take off and land at vertiports near runways without maintaining time intervals with IFR flights. We conducted take-off and landing scheduling simulations using radar data to estimate the potential benefits of introducing independent operations. In addition, the additional requirements necessary to achieve autonomous operations were discussed. The results and discussions contribute to the decision- making process for AAM stakeholders considering whether to adopt independent operations when introducing AAM airport shuttle services.