WHY DEVELOP A GPS PROCEDURES SOFTWARE TOOL?

THE POTENTIAL MARKET?

With the introduction of GPS, the Federal Aviation Administration will have to develop  GPS procedures to replace approximately 520 non-GPS procedures per year to meet the decommissioning schedule. According to Robert Loh, President of Innovative Solutions International, in the future up to 10,000 GPS-based approach procedures may have to be designed.

Using the WISI GPS software tool, the construction time for a GPS approach procedure can be dramatically reduced, depending upon the complexity of the approach required. In the case of a simple approach to a small aerodrome, the construction will take literally minutes once the original data has been verified and entered into a data base. Other counties around the world can also take advantage of this tool for GPS-based approach procedures.

Greater accuracy

Greater safety

Substantial fuel savings

Increased airport terminal area capacity

Greater efficiency of airspace usage

Reduced separation = more aircraft per route, per altitude, and more routes         

Option for more direct flights

WISI ­ WHY DEVELOP A GPS PROCEDURES SOFTWARE TOOL ?

One of the greatest benefits is the potential for optimization of airport terminal areas, combined with more direct routings between airport terminal areas.

HOW?

Flying a GPS procedure, up to one minute of low altitude flight time may be saved from each arrival and each departure.

In cash terms, this means that the operator of a B747-400 aircraft could save $718 x @ on each point to point flight. An airport that averages a peak hour of one arrival or departure per minute such as Chicago O'Hare Airport would be able to reduce each operation by one minute in the terminal area.  

This time saving would result in cash savings of up to 60 x $718 ($43,080) per hour.

October 1998