Analysis of Helicopter Flights in Urban Environments for UAV Traffic Management
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Analysis of Urban HEMS flights
2.1. Processing and Analysis Methodology
2.2. Application and Results
3. Proposed Separation Strategy
4. Discussion
5. Summary
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ADS-B | Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast |
ALT | Altitude |
HEMS | Helicopter Emergency Medical Service |
NFZ | No-Fly-Zone |
POI | Point of Interest |
UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
UTM | UAV Traffic Management |
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HEMS Segment | |||||||||
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St./Ho. ->Patient | 1059 | 409 | 49 | 278 | 74 | 33.8 | 23.8 | 83.5 | 0.142 |
Patient ->St./Ho. | 1077 | 329 | 63 | 206 | 52 | 48.5 | 8.2 | 10.6 | 0.135 |
Ho. ->St./Ho. and vv | 334 | 378 | 61 | 256 | 56 | 39.1 | 5.8 | 11.8 | 0.184 |
St. ->St. | 225 | 593 | 56 | 466 | 57 | 49.9 | 91.7 | 12.2 | 0.217 |
Un. ->Un. | 170 | 457 | 60 | 305 | 71 | 44.1 | 40.0 | 85.5 | 0.143 |
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Hünemohr, D.; Bauer, M.; Kleikemper, J.; Peukert, M. Analysis of Helicopter Flights in Urban Environments for UAV Traffic Management. Eng. Proc. 2022, 28, 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022028010
Hünemohr D, Bauer M, Kleikemper J, Peukert M. Analysis of Helicopter Flights in Urban Environments for UAV Traffic Management. Engineering Proceedings. 2022; 28(1):10. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022028010
Chicago/Turabian StyleHünemohr, David, Maximilian Bauer, Jan Kleikemper, and Markus Peukert. 2022. "Analysis of Helicopter Flights in Urban Environments for UAV Traffic Management" Engineering Proceedings 28, no. 1: 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022028010