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Development of Automated Airport Surface Traffic Monitoring and Management

Traffic congestion in air and on the ground is becoming a reality at major airports. Various other types of surface traffic, in addition to aircraft, as air traffic control maintenance vehicles, vehicles for aircraft handling, ground handling, passenger or cargo handling vehicles and equipment merge and counteract on the apron, manoeuvring area and other surfaces of an airport. The situation is made even more complex by poor visibility due to precipitation or fog as well as unfamiliar aircraft crew with airport. The paper lists the events and accidents that have demonstrated the severity and the importance of this problem. It lists the potentially dangerous situations among different traffic modes at airport manoeuvring areas. History overview and current status are presented together with applied systems and developing traffic monitoring and management.

airport surface; traffic congestion; safety issues; traffic monitoring and management; automation

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