Sectorization and Configuration Transition in Airspace Design

Table 1

Results of six sectorization methods.

Time period	Sectorization method	Obj1	Obj2	Obj3	Con1	Con2	Con3	Nos	Density gap	RT (s)
12:00–14:00	Current in practice	0.8145	674	238	0	1	0	16	4218	—
	Only NSCA	1.0518	471	133	0	6	1	16	6027	—
	RI	0.3158	404	84	1	0	0	9	2521	934
	CI	0.3124	360	59	0	0	0	9	2232	940
	NI	0.3404	375	58	0	0	0	8	2356	942
	MI	0.4329	386	68	0	0	0	8	2512	964
16:00–18:00	Current in practice	1.1466	707	234	0	4	2	16	6705	—
	Only NSCA	1.6230	428	86	0	0	3	16	6732	—
	RI	0.3148	525	106	1	0	0	10	2409	926
	CI	0.4508	608	130	0	0	0	10	3007	937
	NI	0.4259	499	104	0	0	0	10	2521	924
	MI	0.4502	511	91	0	0	0	10	2619	940
20:00–22:00	Current in practice	1.3666	710	247	0	3	2	16	7198	—
	Only NSCA	2.0712	403	72	0	1	5	16	9150	—
	RI	0.4514	684	206	2	0	0	12	2375	936
	CI	0.3487	719	218	0	0	0	12	1902	934
	NI	0.4142	592	134	0	0	0	12	2258	930
	MI	0.3993	598	136	0	0	0	12	2017	915
2:00–24:00	Current in practice	1.3850	427	166	0	1	2	16	7604	—
	Only NSCA	1.6230	428	86	1	2	3	16	9058	—
	RI	0.4318	468	205	2	0	0	12	2635	944
	CI	0.4100	335	79	0	0	0	12	2239	937
	NI	0.3678	350	105	0	0	0	12	2159	924
	MI	0.2982	351	118	0	0	0	12	2073	930