Aviation Data Integration System

During the analysis of flight data and safety reports done in ASAP and FOQA programs, airline personnel are not able to assess relevant aviation data for a variety of reasons. This report discusses the Aviation Data Integration System (ADIS), a software system that provides integrated heterogeneous data to support safety analysis. Types of data available on ADIS include weather, D-ATIS, RVR, radar data, and Jeppesen charts, and flight data. Three versions of ADIS were developed to support airlines. The first version has been developed to support ASAP teams. A second version supports FOQA teams, and it integrates aviation data with flight data while keeping identification information inaccessible. Finally, a prototype was developed to demonstrate the integration of aviation data into flight data analysis programs. The initial feedback from airlines is that ADIS is very useful in FOQA and ASAP analysis.