Research Article

Air Traffic Efficiency Analysis of Airliner Scheduled Flights Using Collaborative Actions for Renovation of Air Traffic Systems Open Data

Table 1

Overview of CARATS Open Data [18, 20].

Record period2012May 7th (Mon)to 13th (Sun)
July 9th (Mon)to 15th (Sun)
September 3rd (Mon)to 9th (Sun)
November 5th (Mon)to 11th (Sun)
2013January 7th (Mon)to 13th (Sun)
March 4th (Mon)to 10th (Sun)

ObjectiveAirliner flying in IFR

FlightApprox. 3600 per day

ItemsTime, Virtual flight number, Latitude, Longitude, Pressure altitude, and Aircraft type

Record cycleApprox. 10 s

SourceRDP (Radar Data Processing System) data and FDPS (Flight Data Processing Section) data
in all four Area Control Centers (ACCs) in Japan