Simulated Civil Airplane Visual Conspicuity Experiments During Approaching and Departure in the Airport Vicinity

The safety operation of the Airport Tower controllers requires a clear vision of the airplane during departure and approaching process. It is costly and time consuming to conduct field visual conspicuity tests in the airport. It may also interfere with the job of controllers and the schedules of the operation of the airport. Last but not least, in the field test, researchers can only measure the current situation based on the limitation of the airport. On the contrary, lab simulation can create as many scenarios as possible. If the lab simulation produces a good fidelity and accuracy rate, it can make the visual conspicuity measurement more flexible and convenient to a large extent. Based on our experiments, we measure the visual conspicuity with a good accuracy rate and detect the relationship between different parameters and the conspicuity.