A Surface Movement Area/Runway Traffic and Surface Area Flow Tool with Runway
Incursion
Protection System reduces runway incursions due to lost or disoriented aircraft,
navigation in low visibility conditions, unfamiliarity with local procedures and
airport layouts, and truncated or misunderstood clearances or other frequency congestion
related communication and workload problems. SMART Board surface displays are used
to provide route guidance instructions to aircraft at ramp and taxiway intersections,
confirm to for pilots that their aircraft is at the correct location and is in
the assigned queue and sequence before entering active runways, visual confirmation
of runway clearances to aircraft and vehicles at all runway entrances, and lessening
frequency congestion on Ground and Local communications channels. The system includes
an Electronic Flight Data System to generate messages. Sensors and a wireless LAN
are used to provide data from the system to all aircraft and vehicles on the surface
movement area of an airport.
