Integrating information towards Digital ATM

Common Flight

Identifiers

Presented By: Chris Dodson (BA), Jim Miller (DEN)

Date: August 28, 2013

Who are you?

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Airport

Airline

Three Axes of Flight Data

To Achieve S-CDMFAA Concept of Operations:

A Simple, Low-Risk Approach with a Foundation in Data Collaboration

Data Exchange and Integration

Basic Surface Surveillance

Procedures, Roles and Responsibilities

Queue Management

Link Surface & Airside Ops

Surface Flow Management

FAA Surface Operations Office and ‘Surface CDM’ – ACI Operations and Technical Affairs Conference (April 18, 2012)Lorne Cass - Manager, Industry Affairs, Surface Operations Office

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So Are We There Yet?

• Not quite.• Vendors have strong, valid,

functional systems• Respect SSIM messaging• But can Vendor A and

Vendor B always ID this flight?

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Today’s scenarios• Mostly correct during

regular ops• Is margin of error

during irregular ops• We use any means

available to identify “that aircraft over there”.– Binoculars, telephone,

radio, tribal knowledge, maybe even Twitter, text or cell phone

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Today’s scenarios

• Most schedules use SSIM identifier• Is not universal• AIDX is recommended practice and key for

commercial and general aviation• FIXM and AIDX building alignment– Will WXXM and AIXM align as well?

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Where are we Heading?

• How will we assure our data align?• And align to what?• Who governs data among the “Three Axes”?• Who will govern or certify the vendors?– ICAO? IATA? ACI?

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If we Craft a GUFI

• GUFI has to align to something unique – In each axes’ schemas– In each vendor’s system– Throughout the flight

cycle

• So all the flight pieces fit together

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Questions?

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Contact Information

• Jim Miller – Denver International Airport– Jim.miller@flydenver.com

• Chris Dodson – British Airways– Chris.dodson@ba.com