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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816283403321

Titolo

Future flight : a review of the small aircraft transportation system concept / / Committee for a Study of Public-Sector Requirements for a Small Aircraft Transportation System, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2002

ISBN

0-309-55057-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 p.)

Collana

Special report / Transportation Research Board, National Research Council ; ; 263

Disciplina

387.7/3/0973

Soggetti

Local service airlines - United States

Aeronautics, Commercial - United States - Planning

Air travel - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Future Flight: A Review of the Small Aircraft Transportation System Concept""; ""National Academy of Sciences""; ""Committee for a Study of Public-Sector Requirements for a Small Aircraft Transportation System""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 - Study Overview and Aims""; ""Background on the SATS Vision""; ""SATS 5-Year Program Plan""; ""Study Aim and Approach""; ""Report Organization""; ""2 - U.S. Civil Aviation Fleet, Airport, and Airway Use Characteristics""; ""U.S. Aircraft Fleet""; ""Fleet Use Characteristics""; ""Airports""; ""Airspace System""

""Aircraft Operators""""Relevant Findings""; ""3 - Air Transportation Challenges: Enhancing Capacity, Service, Safety, and Environmental Compatibility""; ""Congestion and Delay in Commercial Air Transportation""; ""Small-Community Access to Air Transportation""; ""Civil Aviation Safety""; ""Environmental Compatibility""; ""Findings Relevant for Analyzing SATS""; ""4 - Analysis of Small Aircraft Transportation System Concept""; ""Prospects for Technology Development and Deployment""; ""Airport and Airspace Compatibilities""; ""Assessing User Demand""

""Desirability of a Small Aircraft Transportation System""""Key Findings



from Analyses""; ""5 - Summary Assessment and Advice""; ""Recap of SATS Concept and Technology Program""; ""Summary of Key Findings""; ""Conclusions""; ""Recommendations""; ""Concluding Observations""; ""Afterword: Small Aircraft Transportation System and Aviation Security""; ""Study Committee Biographical Information""