Optimal Vertiport Airspace and Approach Control Strategy for Urban Air Mobility (UAM)

Kyowon Song ()
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Kyowon Song: Department of Future Mobility, Kookmin University, Seoul 02707, Republic of Korea

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-21

Abstract: Recently, urban air mobility (UAM), a new transportation system that can expand urban mobility from 2D to 3D, has been in the spotlight all over the world. For successful implementation of UAM, not only eVTOL aircraft development but also various systems such as UAM traffic management are required; however, research on these areas is still insufficient. Based on the BQA model, in this study, we introduce the balanced branch queuing approach (BBQA) model as a new approach control model that can improve operational efficiency by enabling the landing order to be changed more easily. Through simulation, its effectiveness was verified. The proposed BBQA achieved the identical airspace safety as the BQA model, in addition to showing a superior result to the SBA model in on-time performance (OTP). The vertiport airspace blueprint concept and approach control model proposed in this study are expected to play an important role in future studies in the area of air traffic management in UAM.

Keywords: urban air mobility (UAM); UATM; vertiport; approach control; VTOL (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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