Aviation Systems Division Publications
Traditional Aviation
2025
Economic Impact Modeling of Flood-Related Airport Disruptions: A Prototype for Integrated Resilience
Jason C. Wong, Jana Saadi, Jennifer Hinkel, Nicole Fichera, Nikita Aggarwal, Larry A. Young, Apsara Mitra, Rupal Nigam, Parimal Kopardekar, Meghan Stancliff, Eric Brubaker
NASA Technical Memorandum, November 2025
Assessing National Airspace System Impact of Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Aircraft
Shannon Zelinski, Carl Recine, Carlos Natividad, Dahlia Pham, Benjamin Margolis, Noah Listgarten, James Phillips
AIAA Aviation Forum, July 2025
Extrapolating the Sustainability Benefits of Collaborative Digital Departure Reroute
Shannon Zelinski, Heather Arneson, Swati Saxena, Dan Howell
AIAA Aviation Forum, July 2025
Shadow Evaluation of Real-Time Machine Learning Services in the Houston Airspace
William J. Coupe, Alexandre Amblard, Sarah Youlton, Matthew Kistler
US-Europe Air Transportation Research and Development Symposium (ATRDS), June 2025
Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Airplane Characteristics for Airport Operations
Gano Chatterji, Banavar Sridhar, Kee Palopo
NASA Technical Memorandum, March 2025
2024
Towards Sustainable Aviation With Efficient Airspace Operations
William Jeremy Coupe, Swati Saxena
International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS), September 2024
A Comparative Study of Contrail Frequency Indices and GOES-16 Contrail Data Set
Ryan O’Hara, Hok Ng, Swati Saxena
AIAA Aviation Forum, July 2024
Initial Analysis of Digitally Enabled Cooperative Operations in Class D Terminal Airspace
David Thipphavong, Todd Lauderdale
AIAA Aviation Forum, July 2024
Quality of Candidate Flights and Submission Prediction in Collaborative Digital Departure Reroute
Sarah Youlton, Alexandre Amblard, William J. Coupe
AIAA SciTech Forum, January 2024
2023
NASA’s Digital Information Platform to Accelerate the Transformation of the National Airspace System
Mohana Gurram, Pallavi Hegde, Swati Saxena
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2023
2022
An ODE-Fitting Approach to Estimate Critical Aircraft Performance Parameters for Trajectory Prediction
Tejas Puranik, Aida Sharif Rohani, Krishna Kalyanam
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), September 2022
ATD-2 Field Evaluation of Pre-Departure Trajectory Option Set Reroutes in North Texas Metroplex
William J. Coupe, Divya Bhadoria, Yoon Jung, Eric Chevalley, Greg Juro
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), September 2022
Validation of an Automated System for Arrival Traffic Management
Robert Windhorst, Todd Lauderdale, Richard Coppenbarger, Heinz Erzberger
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2022
Trajectory Specification Applied to Terminal Airspace
Russell Paielli
NASA Technical Publication, January 2022
2021
Shadow Evaluation of the ATD-2 Phase 3Trajectory Option Set Reroute Capability in the North Texas Metroplex
William J. Coupe, Divya Bhadoria, Yoon Jung, Eric Chevalley, Gregory Juro
USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar (ATM2021), September 2021
Analysis of Impacts of Terminal Restrictions on Departures in D10 TRACON
Divya Bhadoria, William J. Coupe, Yoon Jung, Jaelin Mccreary, Kelly Schriner
AIAA Aviation Forum, August 2021
Flight Demonstration of the Tailored Arrival Manager
Richard Coppenbarger, Arwa Aweiss, Heinz Erzberger
AIAA Aviation Forum, August 2021
2020
NASA ATD-2 Trajectory Option Set Prototype Capability for Rerouting Departures in Metroplex Airspace
Eric Chevalley, Gregory Juro, Deborah Bakowski, Isaac Robeson, Liang Chen, William J. Coupe, Yoon Jung, Richard Capps
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), October 2020
Impact of ATD-2 Tools on Human Factors Metrics at Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Bonny Parke, Deborah Bakowski, Savita Verma, Eric Chevalley, Yoon Jung, Lynne Martin, Kimberly Jobe, Lindsay Stevens
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), October 2020
Investigating Effects of Controlled Flights through Fast-Time Simulation
Zhifan Zhu, Hanbong Lee, Vaishali Hosagrahara, Yoon Jung
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), October 2020
Predicting Gate Conflicts at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Using NASA ATD-2 Fused Data Sources
William J. Coupe, Hanbong Lee, Andrew Churchill, Isaac Robeson
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), October 2020
ATD-2 Phase 3 Scheduling in a Metroplex Environment Incorporating Trajectory Option Sets
William J. Coupe, Yoon Jung, Liang Chen, Isaac Robeson
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), October 2020
Strategic Surface Metering at Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Isaac Robeson, William J. Coupe, Hanbong Lee, Yoon Jung, Leonard Bagasol, Liang Chen, Bob Staudenmeier, Peter Slattery
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), October 2020
Impact of General Aviation Operations on Airport Performance Through Fast-Time Simulations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Zhifan Zhu, Vaishali Hosagrahara, Hanbong Lee, Yoon Jung, Deborah Bakowski
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2020
Human Factors Impact of Different Ramp Controller Scheduling Advisories for ATD-2 Surface Metering in a Human-in-the-Loop Simulation
Bonny Parke, Deborah Bakowski, Yoon Jung, Hanbong Lee, William J. Coupe, Lindsay Stevens
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2020
Objective Measurement Assessment of Departure Advisories for Ramp Controllers from a Human-In-The-Loop Simulation
Hanbong Lee, William J. Coupe, Yoon Jung, Lindsay Stevens, Bonny Parke, Deborah Bakowski
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2020
Tactical Separation and Safety Alerting System for Terminal Airspace
Huabin Tang
AIAA Journal of Air Transportation, May 2020
2019
Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) Phase 2 Technology Description Document (TDD)
Ehsan Talebi, Andrew Ging, Shawn Engelland, Richard Capps, Michelle Eshow, Yoon Jung, Shivanjli Sharma, Michael Downs, Cynthia Freedman, Tyler Ngo, Henry Sielski, Easter Wang, Jason Burke, Shawn Gorman, Brian Phipps, Isaac Robeson, Stuart Wilson, Louise Morgan Ruszkowski
NASA Technical Memorandum, September 2019
A Tactical Scheduler for Surface Metering under Minimum Departure Interval Restrictions
Yeonju Eun, Daekeun Jeon, Hyounkyoung Kim, Yoon Jung, Hanbong Lee, Zhifan Zhu, Vaishali Hosagrahara
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), September 2019
Modeling Deicing Operations in Departure Scheduling Using Fast Time Simulation
Zhifan Zhu, Vaishali Hosagrahara, Yoon Jung, Hanbong Lee, Yeonju Eun, Daekeun Jeon
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), September 2019
Fast-Time Simulation for Evaluating the Impact of Estimated Flight Ready Time Uncertainty on Surface Metering
Hanbong Lee, Yoon Jung, Shannon Zelinski, Zhifan Zhu, Vaishali Hosagrahara
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), September 2019
A Scheduling Algorithm Compatible with a Distributed Management of Arrivals in the National Airspace System
Alexander Sadovsky, Robert Windhorst
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), September 2019
ATD-3 Dynamic Routes for Arrivals in Weather (DRAW) Operational Concept, V2.0
Douglas Isaacson, Stephanie Harrison, Kapil Sheth, Chester Gong
September 2019
Accrued Delay Application in Trajectory-Based Operations
Husni Idris, Christopher Chin, Antony Evans
Air Traffic Management Research and Development (ATM R&D) Seminar, June 2019
Scheduling Improvements Following the Phase 1 Field Evaluation of the ATD-2 Integrated Arrival, Departure, and Surface Concept
William J. Coupe, Yoon Jung, Hanbong Lee, Liang Chen, Isaac Robeson
Air Traffic Management Research and Development (ATM R&D) Seminar, June 2019
Field Evaluation of the Baseline Integrated Arrival, Departure, and Surface Capabilities at Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Yoon Jung, William J. Coupe, Al Capps, Shawn Engelland, Shivanjli Sharma
Air Traffic Management Research and Development (ATM R&D) Seminar, June 2019
Evaluation of a Dynamic Weather-Avoidance Rerouting Tool in Adjacent-Center Arrival Metering
Miwa Hayashi, Doug Isaacson, Huabin Tang
Air Traffic Management Research and Development (ATM R&D) Seminar, June 2019
Electronic Departure Approval Requests in ATD-2 Daily Operations
Todd Callantine, Robert Staudenmeier, Lindsay Stevens, William J. Coupe, Andrew Churchill
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2019
Prediction of Pushback Times and Ramp Taxi Times for Departures at Charlotte Airport
Hanbong Lee, William J. Coupe, Yoon Jung
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2019
Complex Dynamics of Air Traffic Flow
Banavar Sridhar, Kapil Sheth
Springer Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science, February 2019
Air Traffic Management Blockchain Infrastructure for Security, Authentication, and Privacy
Ronald Reisman
AIAA SciTech Forum, January 2019
2018
Predicting the Operational Acceptance of Airborne Flight Reroute Requests Using Data Mining
Antony Evans, Paul Lee, Banavar Sridhar
October 2018
Simulation-based Benefits and Costs Assessment of NASA’s Airspace Technology Demonstration-2
Aditya Saraf, Martin Popish, Valerie Sui, Natasha Luch, Marc Rose, Benjamin Levy, Jamie Cardillo, Hamsa Balakrishnan, Sandeep Badrinath, Richard Coppenbarger
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), September 2018
Performance Evaluation of Conflict-Free Trajectory Taxiing in Airport Ramp Area Using Fast-Time Simulations
Nikolai Okuniek, Zhifan Zhu, Yoon Jung, Sergei Gridnev, Ingrid Gerdes, Hanbong Lee
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), September 2018
Operational Impact of the Baseline Integrated Arrival, Departure, and Surface System Field Demonstration
Shivanjli Sharma, Al Capps, Shawn Engelland, Yoon Jung, Richard Coppenbarger
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), September 2018
Evolution of Electronic Approval Request Procedures at Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Lindsay Stevens, Todd Callantine, Robert Staudenmeier
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), September 2018
Minimizing airline and passenger delay cost in airport surface and terminal airspace operations
Duaa Serhan, Hanbong Lee, Sang Won Yoon
Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, September 2018
Impact of Data Exchange Provided by ATD2 Tools at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport
Bonny Parke, Kimberly Jobe, Eric Chevalley, Savita Verma, Victoria Dulchinos, Lindsay Stevens
International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, July 2018
Tactical Surface Metering Procedures and Information Needs for Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Savita Verma, William J. Coupe, Hanbong Lee, Isaac Robeson, Yoon Jung, Shivanjli Sharma, Victoria Dulchinos, Lindsay Stevens
International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE), July 2018
Evaluation of Usability and Workload Associated with Paper Strips as Compared to Virtual Flight Strips Used for Ramp Operations
Victoria Dulchinos
International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE), July 2018
Operational Deployment and Evaluation of the NAS Constraint Evaluation and Notification Tool
Paul Borchers, Kapil Sheth, Scott Sahlman, Alexis Clymer, Tim Niznik, Mike Sterenchuk, Daniel Schoenberg
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2018
Using an Automated Air Traffic Simulation Capability for a Parametric Study in Traffic Flow Management
Heather Arneson, Antony Evans, Deepak Kulkarni, Paul Lee, Jinhua Li, Mei Wei
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2018
Laboratory Evaluation of Dynamic Routing of Air Traffic in an En Route Arrival Metering Environment
Douglas Isaacson, Miwa Hayashi, Chester Gong, Huabin Tang, Greogory Wong
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2018
A Data-Driven Analysis of a Tactical Surface Scheduler
William J. Coupe, Leonard Bagasol, Xiaoliang Chen, Hanbong Lee, Yoon Jung
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2018
Modeling Key Predictors of Airport Runway Configurations Using Learning Algorithms
Alphan Altinook, Ravi Kiran, Brian Bue, Karl Bilimoria
AIAA Aviation Forum June 2018
Cooperative Automation Supporting Pilot-Dispatch Negotiation of Enroute Trajectory Change Requests
Husni Idris, Stephanie Harrison, David Wing
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2018
Human-in-the-Loop Evaluation of Dynamic Multi-Flight Common Route Advisories
Karl Bilimoria, Miwa Hayashi, Kapil Sheth
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2018
Comparison of First-Come First-Served and Optimization Based Scheduling Algorithms for Integrated Departure and Arrival Management
Bae-seon Park, Hyeonwoong Lee, Hak-tae Lee, Yeonju Eun, Kaekeun Jeon, Zhifan Zhu, Hanbong Lee, Yoon Jung
AIAA Aviation Forum, June 2018
Air Traffic Management Technology Demonstration – 3 (ATD-3): Operational Concept for the Integration of ATD-3 Capabilities Version 1.0
Kapil Sheth, Mike Madson, Stephanie Harrison, Doug Helton
NASA Technical Memorandum, June 2018
Air Traffic Management Technology Demonstration – 3 (ATD-3) Multi-Flight Common Route (MFCR) Concept of Operations Version 1.0
Karl Bilimoria, George Price, Doug Helton
NASA Technical Memorandum, May 2018
Air Traffic Management Technology Demonstration – 3 (ATD-3) Dynamic Weather Routes Domestic En Route Concept of Operations Synopsis Version 1.0
Doug Helton, Andrew Ging
NASA Technical Memorandum, May 2018
Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) Technology Description Document (TDD)
Andrew Ging, Shawn Engelland, Al Capps, Michelle Eshow, Yoon Jung, Shivanjli Sharma, Ehsan Talebi, Michael Downs, Cynthia Freedman, Tyler Ngo, Hank Sielski, Easter Wang, Jason Burke, Shawn Gorman, Brian Phipps, Louise Morgan Ruszkowski
NASA Technical Memorandum, March 2018
Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) Phase 1 Concept of Use (ConUse)
Yoon Jung, Shawn Engelland, Richard Capps, Richard Coppenbarger, Becky Hooey, Shivanjli Sharma, Lindsay Stevens, Savita Verma, Gary Lohr, Eric Chevalley, Victoria Dulchinos, Waqar Malik, Louise Morgan Ruszkowski
NASA Technical Memorandum, February 2018
Trajectory Specification Language for Air Traffic Control
Russell Paielli
Hindawi Journal of Advanced Transportation, March 2018