Field test results of Collaborative Departure Queue Management

Abstract

This paper describes the Collaborative Departure Queue Management (CDQM) concept, which has been developed by Mosaic ATM under funding from the FAA's Surface Trajectory Based Operations (STBO) project and NASA. Under CDQM procedures, airport departure capacity is allocated to flight operators and metering procedures are used to manage the length of the runway queue. This management of the runway departure queue allows fuel burn, emissions and airport surface congestion to be reduced. Operational field evaluations of CDQM have been conducted over the last year at the Memphis International Airport. This paper provides initial results of these CDQM field evaluations.