Integration of local area augmentation system and inertial navigation system for aircraft surface movement guidance

The research presented is aimed at developing a positioning system that can support aircraft surface movement guidance for commercial aircraft in all weather conditions while maintaining traffic flow equivalent to visual meteorological conditions. Runway incursion trends suggest that the safety margin during the surface operation is reducing. An advanced surface movement guidance system for all surface vehicles operating on airport property could significantly diminish this trend. The proposed system is designed to provide high accuracy position information to an aircraft from touchdown through rollout, turnoff and taxi to the gate area and vice-versa from pushback to takeoff position.