scholarly journals Crowdsourced Air Traffic Data from the OpenSky Network 2019–20

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Strohmeier ◽  
Xavier Olive ◽  
Jannis Lübbe ◽  
Matthias Schäfer ◽  
Vincent Lenders
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Weather Forecasting ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Traffic Data ◽  
Control Data ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Past ◽  
Containment Measures ◽  
Climate Analysis ◽  
First Time

Abstract. The OpenSky Network is a non-profit association that crowdsources the global collection of live air traffic control data broadcast by airplanes and makes it available to researchers. OpenSky's data has been used by over a hundred academic groups in the past five years, with popular research applications ranging from improved weather forecasting to climate analysis. With the COVID-19 outbreak, the demand for live and historic aircraft flight data has surged further. Researchers around the world use air traffic data to comprehend the spread of the pandemic and analyze the effects of the global containment measures on economies, climate and other systems. With this work, we present a comprehensive air traffic dataset, derived and enriched from the full OpenSky data and made publicly available for the first time (Olive et al. (2020), DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3928564). It spans all flights seen by the network's more than 3000 members between 1 January 2019 and 1 July 2020. Overall, the archive includes 41 900 660 flights, from 160 737 aircraft, which were seen to frequent 13 934 airports in 127 countries.

scholarly journals Crowdsourced air traffic data from the OpenSky Network 2019–2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-366
Author(s):  
Martin Strohmeier ◽  
Xavier Olive ◽  
Jannis Lübbe ◽  
Matthias Schäfer ◽  
Vincent Lenders
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Weather Forecasting ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Traffic Data ◽  
Control Data ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Past ◽  
Containment Measures ◽  
Climate Analysis ◽  
First Time

Abstract. The OpenSky Network is a non-profit association that crowdsources the global collection of live air traffic control data broadcast by aircraft and makes them available to researchers. OpenSky's data have been used by over 100 academic groups in the past 5 years, with popular research applications ranging from improved weather forecasting to climate analysis. With the COVID-19 outbreak, the demand for live and historic aircraft flight data has surged. Researchers around the world use air traffic data to comprehend the spread of the pandemic and analyse the effects of the global containment measures on economies, climate and other systems. With this work, we present a comprehensive air traffic dataset, derived and enriched from the full OpenSky data and made publicly available for the first time (Olive et al., 2020; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3931948, last access: 9 February 2021). It spans all flights seen by the network's more than 3500 members between 1 January 2019 and 1 July 2020. The archive is being updated every month and for the first 18 months includes 41 900 660 flights, from 160 737 aircraft, which were seen to frequent 13 934 airports in 127 countries.

Development of a Probabilistic Convective Weather Forecast Threshold Parameter for Flight-Routing Decisions

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 1175-1187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kapil Sheth ◽  
Thomas Amis ◽  
Sebastian Gutierrez-Nolasco ◽  
Banavar Sridhar ◽  
Daniel Mulfinger
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Weather Forecast ◽  
Threshold Value ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Weather Data ◽  
Traffic Data ◽  
Threshold Parameter ◽  
Probability Threshold ◽  
Convective Cells ◽  
Convective Weather

Abstract This paper presents a method for determining a threshold value of probabilistic convective weather forecast data. By synchronizing air traffic data and an experimental probabilistic convective weather forecast product, it was observed that aircraft avoid areas of specific forecasted probability. Both intensity and echo top of the forecasted weather were synchronized with air traffic data to derive the probability threshold parameter. This value can be used by dispatchers for flight planning and by air traffic managers to reroute streams of aircraft around convective cells. The main contribution of this paper is to provide a method to compute the probability threshold parameters using a specific experimental probabilistic convective forecast product providing hourly guidance up to 6 h. Air traffic and weather data for a 4-month period during the summer of 2007 were used to compute the parameters for the continental United States. The results are shown for different altitudes, times of day, aircraft types, and airspace users. Threshold values for each of the 20 Air Route Traffic Control Centers were also computed. Additional details are presented for seven high-altitude sectors in the Fort Worth, Texas, center. For the analysis reported here, flight intent was not considered and no assessment of flight deviation was conducted since only aircraft tracks were used.

Fan Lift in VTOL Design

1969 ◽  
Vol 73 (704) ◽  
pp. 657-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. West
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Eastern Area ◽  
The Past ◽  
The North ◽  
Safe Level ◽  
Commercial Airline ◽  
Time Period ◽  
North Eastern

During the past two years the commercial airline operators and the travelling public alike have been forced to acknowledge the rapid increase in airport congestion. This problem is most marked in the North Eastern area of America at the present time but a similar situation will develop fairly soon at major airports in Europe. Even with the introduction of the airbus to scheduled services, the number of aircraft movements at conventional airports, within a given time period, will reach a maximum safe level. The restrictions are imposed partly by the large number of aircraft operations on each runway, and partly by Air Traffic Control safety limits.

scholarly journals Research Usage and Social Impact of Crowdsourced Air Traffic Data

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Martin Strohmeier
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Traffic Data ◽  
Data Systems ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Crowdsourced Data ◽  
Usage Patterns ◽  
Advance Research ◽  
Big Data Systems

Crowdsourced data have played an increasing role in research in the sciences over the past decades. From their early instantiations in the 1990s to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, the concepts of crowdsourcing and citizen science have gained renewed popularity with the broad availability of big data systems. The OpenSky Network has been a poster child of the successful use of crowdsourced data in research and citizen science for many years, with more than 150 peer-reviewed publications using its data. In this article, we follow the efforts made and the results achieved by the OpenSky Network as a non-profit organization with the mission to advance research in and around aviation. We examine the backgrounds and typical usage patterns of OpenSky’s users, both academic and non-academic. We further look at the social impact of air traffic data, particularly during the COVID-19 crisis, and finally examine ways to improve some existing gaps in the data.

Aeronautical Satellite Systems for Air Traffic Control and Communications in the European Environment

1969 ◽  
Vol 73 (700) ◽  
pp. 283-288
Author(s):  
H. G. Leysieffer
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Traffic Surveillance ◽  
Satellite Systems ◽  
The Past ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Trade Route ◽  
North Atlantic Area

The North Atlantic is increasingly developing into the main trade route of the age. Shipping, the pioneer along this highway of commerce, in the past decade has been joined by air traffic displaying a striking growth rate. Not only is the number of aircraft simultaneously plying the Atlantic routes constantly on the increase, but also the volume of passengers and freight transported on each flight. The question, whether such flow of traffic in the air and on water could be dealt with in future with the safety to which it is entitled, has led to world-wide discussions over the past few years concerning the necessity for an air traffic surveillance system for the North Atlantic area. A further question, whether one should not include also sea traffic in such a system suggested itself. The initiative for holding such discussions naturally proceeded less from air and shipping undertakings, but rather from those committees who are entrusted in supervising the safety in the conduct of man and merchandise.

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