Fuel burn and emissions evaluation for a missed approach procedure performed by a B737-400. (November 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dancila, R.; Botez, R.; Ford, S.
• Is Part Of: Aeronautical journal. Volume 118:Number 1209(2014)
• Page Start: 1329
• Page End: 1348
• Publication Date: 2014-11
• Subjects: Aeronautics -- Periodicals; 629.1305
• DOI: 10.1017/S0001924000009994
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0001-9240

Abstract

Abstract: This paper presents the results of a study conducted at the Laboratoire de recherche en commande active, avionique et aéroservoélasticité, École de technologie supérieure, regarding the costs in fuel burn and pollutant emissions corresponding to a flight profile determined by a missed approach procedure. The evaluated missed approach flight profile starts at the point where the missed approach decision is made and ends at the same point, after the aircraft completes the missed approach procedure. This study uses the fuel burn and pollutant emissions data for a Boeing 737-400 aircraft (chosen at random for this study), published by the European Environment Agency, and the standard flying cycle model elaborated by Group 08 of the Task Force on Emissions Inventories and Projections – a task force created by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE)/the co-operative program for the monitoring and evaluation of the long-range transmission of air pollutants in the Europe (EMEP). The missed approach fight profile is based on the Area Navigation/Required Navigation Performance procedure for runway 13R of the King County International Airport/Boeing Field (BFI) in Seattle. Four study cases are considered for the missed approach flight evaluation. These cases correspond to four navigation profiles – a combination of two lateral navigation profiles, one with a 20 nautical miles holding pattern and the other without, and two vertical navigation profiles. The results obtained for the missed approach flight profiles, in terms of fuel burn and emissions, are compared with the fuel burn and emissions reference data corresponding to a standard approach procedure and complete flights (from taxi out to taxi in).