Fuel Burn Method Assessment Using Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast and European Reanalysis Data: Limited Flight Sample Analysis

Krajček Nikolić, Karolina; Papoči, Petar; Nikolić, Dario; Antulov-Fantulin, Bruno

doi:10.3390/aerospace11020154

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Fuel Burn Method Assessment Using Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast and European Reanalysis Data: Limited Flight Sample Analysis

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Karolina Krajček Nikolić

^1,*,†

,

Petar Papoči

^1,†,

Dario Nikolić

² and

Bruno Antulov-Fantulin

¹

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Vukelićeva 4, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

²

Aerobit d.o.o., Ulica Milana Begovića 21, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

^†

These authors contributed equally to this work.

Aerospace 2024, 11(2), 154; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace11020154

Submission received: 24 November 2023 / Revised: 9 February 2024 / Accepted: 10 February 2024 / Published: 14 February 2024

(This article belongs to the Section Air Traffic and Transportation)

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Fuel burn during the actual route flown is an important indicator of aircraft operational efficiency. This study aims to assess and systematically evaluate the method for fuel consumed during flights using data from the automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B), European reanalysis (ERA5) meteorological dataset, and BADA 3 performance. A literature background and comprehensive methodology are provided for fuel estimation using track data. The airborne part of the trajectory was used to estimate the total trip fuel consumed during several flights of a commercial airliner. The calculated fuel burn is compared with measured fuel consumption from the flight data recorder (FDR). The results show that fuel consumption for the entire airborne part of the trajectory can be estimated with an average error of 1.2% and with a standard deviation of 1.3%. Detailed results of fuel burn for individual flight phases, from the initial climb to the approach, are also presented. In addition, this paper also discusses the sources of errors and the potential applications of the method for network operations and environmental monitoring.

Keywords: automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast; track data; BADA; flight data recorder; validation; fuel consumption estimation; environmental monitoring; flight efficiency; OpenSky network; Airbus

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Krajček Nikolić, K.; Papoči, P.; Nikolić, D.; Antulov-Fantulin, B. Fuel Burn Method Assessment Using Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast and European Reanalysis Data: Limited Flight Sample Analysis. Aerospace 2024, 11, 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace11020154

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Krajček Nikolić K, Papoči P, Nikolić D, Antulov-Fantulin B. Fuel Burn Method Assessment Using Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast and European Reanalysis Data: Limited Flight Sample Analysis. Aerospace. 2024; 11(2):154. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace11020154

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Krajček Nikolić, Karolina, Petar Papoči, Dario Nikolić, and Bruno Antulov-Fantulin. 2024. "Fuel Burn Method Assessment Using Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast and European Reanalysis Data: Limited Flight Sample Analysis" Aerospace 11, no. 2: 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace11020154

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Krajček Nikolić, K., Papoči, P., Nikolić, D., & Antulov-Fantulin, B. (2024). Fuel Burn Method Assessment Using Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast and European Reanalysis Data: Limited Flight Sample Analysis. Aerospace, 11(2), 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace11020154

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