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Performance Characterization of Arrival Operations with Point Merge at Oslo Gardermoen Airport

Paper ID

ATM-2023-057

Conference

USA/Europe ATM R&D Seminar

Year

2023

Theme

ATM Performance Measurement and Management

Project Name

ODESTA, ODESTA-PM, TMAKPI

Keywords:

arrival procedures, continuous descent operations, performance evaluation, point merge

Authors

Henrik Hardell, Anastasia Lemetti, Tatiana Polishchuk and Lucie Smetanová

DOI

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Abstract

The paper focuses on the performance assessment of the arrival operations in Oslo Gardermoen airport implementing point merge (PM) procedures. We take a data-driven approach based on the open-source ADS-B data, and conduct a detailed performance assessment utilizing a diverse set of performance indicators, including newly developed metrics for better understanding of the PM specifics. The results of the performance evaluation indicate that the PM systems are currently underutilized in Oslo airport, and their increased usage may lead to the improved arrival performance, especially during the peak time periods.