Overview

The EU-funded VLD3-W2-SORT project will test seven solutions delivered under the SESAR Joint Undertaking: optimised runway delivery on final approach (ORD, PJ.02-01-01) wake turbulence separations (for arrivals) based on aircraft type-specific static aircraft characteristics (S-PWS, PJ.02-01-04) reduction of wake turbulence risk considering acceleration of wake vortex decay in ground proximity (PJ.02-01-07) minimum pair separations based on required surveillance performance (RSP, PJ.02-03) trajectory based integrated runway sequence function (IRSF, PJ.02-08-01 and PJ.02-08-02) and increased runway throughput based on local ROT characterisation (ROCAT, PJ.02-08-03). This VLD3-W2 SORT covers the following exercises: • At Heathrow airport, a demonstration will be done combining ORD, S-PWS, RSP, and ROT. • The use of aircraft type-specific static pairwise separation (S-PWS) with reduced Minimum Radar Separation (MRS) will be implemented at Heathrow Airport, focussing on the runway occupancy time (ROT) part of the overall TBS concept. • At Vienna, the industrialisation of a wake decay enhancing devices is intended to be demonstrated. • The benefits of an integrated AMAN-DMAN runway sequence function (IRSF) will be demonstrated at Stockholm Arlanda in shadow mode. Together these demonstrations will collect evidence of the concept(s) within the overall time-based separation concept. As such the proposed large-scale demo VLD3-W2-SORT closes the gap between the actual concept development and the deployment (or pre-industrialisation) phases by demonstrating the operational and technical readiness. And by doing so paving the way to the deployment phases of these four solutions, either in real life trials and/or shadow modes trials at major European airports, which will ensure trust in the SESAR results. SORT has received funding from the SESAR Joint Undertaking under grant agreement No 874520 under European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.