Airspace System Planning and Management

Dear Colleagues,

Airspace system planning and management is not a brand-new topic. However, aircraft manufacturing, the air transport business, general aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles and urban air mobility have developed rapidly in recent years, bringing about technical innovation, industry restructuring and economic benefits globally, especially in aviation-developed countries. However, the rapid development also brought along some problems, for example, the increased demand for private aircraft and flights having increased pressure on airspace operation safety, highlighting the vital need to promote the further study of airspace system planning and management in terms of safety, efficiency, fairness and eco-friendliness. Advanced methods could be regarded as an important reference and the initial exploration of low-altitude airspace systems planning and management, while innovation is also essential.

This Special Issue will highlight new opportunities and challenges relating to the advancement of methodological and technological progress of airspace system planning and management. The topics include, but are not restricted to, the following:

• Airspace planning and design, including airspace resources division, the terminal area design, sector area design, flight program design and optimization, airspace complex network planning, airport site selection and layout planning and urban airspace design and planning.
• Airspace flexible utilization, including airspace resources allocation, dynamic airspace division and optimization, the dynamic flight forbidden area design, flight rerouting strategy, low-altitude airspace management and manned/unmanned aerial vehicles mixed operation airspace management.
• Airspace operation evaluation, including the airspace system evaluation, airspace capacity evaluation, airspace support capability evaluation, airspace network evaluation, airspace operation safety evaluation, airspace operation efficiency evaluation, airspace operation environmental evaluation and low-altitude airspace capacity evaluation.
• Airspace situational awareness, including airspace traffic control, airspace traffic flow management, airspace operation control, airport traffic control and management, general aviation operation, unmanned aerial vehicles control and air navigation system.

Prof. Dr. Honghai Zhang
Prof. Dr. Xinglong Wang
Dr. Hao Liu
Guest Editors

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