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A new approach for modeling airport surfaces and terminal airspace, collectively referre d to as terminal areas, and traffic movement is presented. The approach supports description of the geometry of gates, taxiways, and arrival and departure routes with multiple levels of fidelity. Each terminal area model consists of a set of nodes and link s that the user connects to form a network. Nodes model gates, taxi intersections, runway thresholds, metering fixes, and other points of interest. Links model taxiways, departure and arrival routes, and aircraft transit from one node to the next. In addit ion to modeling the geometry of terminal areas, the approach supports evaluation of alternative concepts for managing terminal area traffic. Models of these concepts are decoupled, via an interface, from those of terminal areas and traffic movement. The in terface contains a set of generic functions that can be used by models of any air traffic management concept to monitor and to control aircraft passing through terminal areas. |
