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Method and System for Air Traffic Rerouting for Air-space Constraint Resolution
A NASA invention available to explore as a licensing opportunity.
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Overview
NASA Ames Research Center's National Airspace System (NAS) Constraint Evaluation and Notification Tool (NASCENT) is a dynamic, ground-based, airspace constraint avoidance system that automatically analyzes routes of flying or predeparture aircraft, in or near constrained regions (due to weather, Special Use Airspace (SUA), etc.) It continuously analyzes time and fuel efficient reroutes around current and predicted constraints for thousands of flights in real-time. NASCENT provides an evaluation of operationally viable and historically implemented routes that save more than a user-specified number of minutes of wind-corrected flying time savings, for all the 20 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs or Centers) in the NAS, simultaneously. The system includes a flexible and intuitive graphical user interface that allows users to visualize, evaluate, modify (rubber-banding functionality), if necessary, and implement proposed reroutes (under current operational procedures).