Design and Implementation of 3D Air Traffic Control Integrated Information Platform

With the growth of air traffic in China and even in the whole world, the flexibility, efficiency and safety of ATM information system are facing great challenges. The traditional ATM information system has some prominent problems such as dispersion and independence, difficulty in data sharing, weak information expression and low system automation. In order to improve the controller’s management level and efficiency and reduce the workload, key technologies such as Google Earth 3D earth interface interaction technology, 3D track tracking technology, 3D flight plan algorithm and traffic statistics algorithm are studied and a prototype system for 3D ATM information integration platform is designed in this paper. Compared with the operation of the traditional 2D ATM system, it proves that the 3D ATM information integration platform can introduce various air traffic surveillance data sources (ADS-B system, multi-point positioning system, secondary radar, flight plan and meteorology), effectively integrate various ATM information and present the information such as track tracking, flight plan, route, sector and airport layout in the way of 3D. The platform helps to improve the operational efficiency of ATM, allows the front-line staff of ATM to intuitively acquire and understand the operational status of ATM, and improves the information sharing and situation awareness of the various departments of ATM.