INTEGRATION OF REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES INTO AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, PHASE II.

An analytical model is presented to enable rapid estimation of the impact of airspace restrictions on air traffic. The model outputs the number of aircraft–airspace conflicts as a function of airspace volume, active duration, mean traffic density, and mean transit time across the airspace. An empirical validation of the model using the MITRE Collaborative Routing and Coordination Tools was performed, showing a highly-correlated fit of conflict counts to the analytical model. Simulation data are also provided illustrating the number of induced secondary conflicts due to rerouting traffic as a function of traffic density and restricted airspace size. Additionally, the transient effects of conflicts when airspace is activated or deactivated are described.

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