Air Traffic Management of Tiltrotors
General Issues
- Enroute ATM requirements comparable to advanced turboprops
- Steeper approaches for noise abatement
- Horizontal attitude maintained during approach
- Increased passenger comfort and pilot visibility
FAA efforts in ATM of CTR
- General Aviation Vertical Flight Program Office set up
- Study of CTR operation between New York & Boston
- CTR service will not interfere with conventional aircraft
- Study the impact of CTR introduction in the Northwest corridor
- CTR service will increase flexibility of air service without congestion
- Terminal Instrument Approach Procedures being developed
- IMC operations of rotary wing aircraft, using DGPS