Cited by 36Advanced Aircraft Design and TechnologiesAir Traffic Management and OptimizationAerospace and Aviation Technology

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Accuracy Evaluation of an Aircraft Performance Model with Airliner Flight Data

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HARADA, Akinori, MIYAMOTO, Yuto, MIYAZAWA, Yoshikazu, FUNABIKI, Kozo·2013·TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN

Abstract

This paper quantitatively evaluates the accuracy of the base of aircraft data (BADA) model by comparing calculated fuel flow and total fuel consumption with flight data recorded by airliners' quick access recorder systems. For future more efficient air transportation system research, it is necessary to derive fuel consumption for an arbitrary flight trajectory with good accuracy. BADA, the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) aircraft performance model is widely used for such purposes, but there is only a small number of papers which discuss its accuracy with actual flight data. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the BADA model has sufficient accuracy to deal with the study of air transportation systems. As a result of comparison conducted for a single fleet of twin engine wide-body jet passenger aircraft, calculated fuel flow showed good agreement with the flight data in the cruise phase and it was found that the error between the BADA model and flight data falls within plus or minus 5 [%] for a whole flight.

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Registry

Crossref · 10.2322/tastj.11.79

Cites

9 of 9 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

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Claims the paper makes

19 Own result · 4 Own interpretation · 3 Sources not found · 1 No basis given

  • It may state two separate claims as one. 4
  • Probably not a substantial claim. 4
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  • The authors state this as an assumption.

    The velocity direction change is negligible.

    “the velocity direction change is assumed to be negligible.”
  • The authors state this as an assumption.

    The aircraft is in steady flight with small bank angle.

    “The lift coefficient is derived by assuming the aircraft in steady flight with small bank angle.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    It is necessary to derive fuel consumption for an arbitrary flight trajectory with good accuracy for future more efficient air transportation system research.

    “For future more efficient air transportation system research, it is necessary to derive fuel consumption for an arbitrary flight trajectory with good accuracy.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    The 18 flight cases are representative of general flight trajectories for the aircraft type.

    “this paper revealed that the BADA model has sufficient accuracy to calculate the fuel consumption for general flight trajectory”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    The QAR flight data accurately represent actual fuel flow and aircraft state.

    “The flight data are from the same type of modern large passenger aircraft, for three domestic routes and one international route.”
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Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

Each contradiction between two passages listed here was confirmed by an independent check.

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Research works printed but not linked: 2

  1. 4) Wickramasinghe, N. K., Totoki, H., Harada, A., Miyamoto, Y., Kozuka, T. and Miyazawa, Y.: Flight Trajectory Optimization for Jet Passenger Aircraft using Dynamic Programming, 2012 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, Jeju, 2012.
  2. 5) Fukuda, Y., Shirakawa, M. and Senoguchi, A.: Development and Evaluation of Trajectory Prediction Model, Proceedings of the 27th International Congress of the Aeronautical Sciences, Nice, 2010.

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Metadata

Authors
HARADA, A., MIYAMOTO, Y., MIYAZAWA, Y., & FUNABIKI, K.
Affiliations
Kyushu University (JP)
Venue
TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN
Published
2013
Volume
11
Issue
0
Pages
79-85
ISSN
1884-0485 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2023347115
Cited by
36
References
6
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2
FWCI
3.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN (publishedVersion)
  • Kyushu University Institutional Repository (QIR) (Kyushu University) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Air Traffic Management and Optimization
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Aerospace and Aviation Technology
Keywords
aircraft performance modeling, model accuracy, fuel flow, fuel consumption, flight data, airliners, air transport system, cruise phase

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