Field Taxing Experiments of Aircraft Access to SWIM over AeroMACS

System Wide Information Management (SWIM) concept is now considered in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for an efficient and secure information sharing among air traffic controllers, pilots, and airport operators. However, it is difficult for current air-ground communication systems to satisfy these requirements. To achieve rich information exchange between the aircraft and the Air Traffic Management (ATM) service providers at the airport surface and en-route areas, we have developed a new Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communications System (AeroMACS). In this paper, we present the practical experiments and technical analysis for collaborative information exchange between the mobile vehicle and ground SWIM applications by using AeroMACS. It is effective to share various information over AeroMACS, since it has higher capacity and is securer than traditional aeronautical communication systems. As preliminary experiments for flight test, we carried out filed taxing experiments using test vehicle. The results show the effectiveness of AeroMACS for air-ground SWIM integration.