Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) and Manned Traffic near John Wayne Airport (KSNA) Spot Check of the SUAS Facility Map: Towards a New Paradigm for Drone Safety Near Airports

Published 2019-12-08 1 author

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Using data from an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADSB) aggregator, a custom data-mining program was developed to identify all manned aircraft below 500′ AGL within 5 miles of the KSNA airport on six specific days in 2018–2019. The data (a spot check) show that several of the zero-foot grids are well outside of the traffic pattern, with no manned aircraft below 500′ AGL for at least a mile. Detailed maps showing all the traffic on those days are overlaid on the KSNA UAS facility map for comparison. This data-driven safety analysis is outlined as a new paradigm for drone safety near airports, which can be applied worldwide.

Author

Peter J. Burke

Keywords

Computer Science
Engineering
Environmental Science

Citation: Peter J. Burke (2019). Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) and Manned Traffic near John Wayne Airport (KSNA) Spot Check of the SUAS Facility Map: Towards a New Paradigm for Drone Safety Near Airports. Semantic Scholar ID 1bc2bcbadaa8c006b7f18300f5631a084da3abee. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones3040084 ↗