Roland A. A. Wijnen

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the development of a new tool that offers significant capabilities for the analysis and design of noise abatement procedures at any given airport, which combines a noise model, a geographic information system and a dynamic trajectory optimization algorithm.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe an optimisation study concerning arrival trajectories that has been conducted using a recently developed tool for the analysis and design of noise abatement procedures around airports, which combines a noise model, a geographic information system, and a dynamic trajectory optimisation algorithm.

TL;DR: This study proposes a different composition of the performance index that incorporates the deviation from a reference flight path instead of a fuel parameter and shows that, depending on the scenario, two instruments are employed to a different extent in order to achieve a noise reduction.

TL;DR: This paper describes on-going research in the field of trajectory optimization with respect to noise, and proposes a different composition of the performance index that incorporates the deviation from a reference flight path instead of a fuel parameter.