Conflict Resolution Maneuvers in Air Traffic Control: Investigation of Operational Data

Abstract

Little is known about air traffic controllers' preferred maneuvers to resolve conflicts between pairs of aircraft, despite the topic's importance of to the planned NextGen system. We analyzed 256 cases of conflict resolution maneuvering from radar track data from 5 U.S. air traffic control centers. Our results show the influences of conflict geometries on controllers' maneuver choices.