Terminal and en-route airspace operations based on dynamic routes

A device for improving en-route airspace operations, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that comprises instructions stored thereupon, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor configure the processor to:
• perform spatio-temporal filtering on air traffic data for a plurality of aircrafts in an en-route airspace sector to generate one or more dynamic routes, wherein each dynamic route is associated with a subset of the plurality of aircrafts that share similar spatial and temporal flight characteristics;
• generate a priority value for each of the one or more dynamic routes;
• adjust at least one of the one or more dynamic routes based on the respective priority value to generate one or more final dynamic routes;
• and
• for each of the plurality of aircrafts, generate a three-dimensional route, from an entry point to an exit point in the en-route airspace sector, based on the one or more final dynamic routes to increase an efficiency of the en-route airspace operations.

A method for designing airspace operations associated with one or more aircrafts, the method comprising:

• performing spatio-temporal filtering on air traffic data for a plurality of aircrafts to generate one or more dynamic routes, wherein performing the spatio-temporal filtering uses a processor that is communicatively connected to a non-transitory storage medium comprising processor executable code, wherein each dynamic route is associated with a subset of the plurality of aircrafts that share similar spatial and temporal flight characteristics;
• generating a priority value for each of the one or more dynamic routes;
• and
• for each of the plurality of aircrafts, generating a three-dimensional route based on a corresponding dynamic route and priority value to increase an efficiency of the airspace operations,
• wherein the plurality of aircrafts is in an en-route or terminal airspace, and
• wherein the spatio-temporal filtering uses one or more thresholds that are based on a type of the air traffic data.

A non-transitory computer readable program storage medium having code stored thereon, the code, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to implement a method for improving en-route airspace operations associated with one or more aircrafts, the method comprising:

• performing spatio-temporal filtering on air traffic data for a plurality of aircrafts in an en-route airspace sector to generate one or more dynamic routes, wherein each dynamic route is associated with a subset of the plurality of aircrafts that share similar spatial and temporal flight characteristics;
• generating a priority value for each of the one or more dynamic routes;
• adjusting at least one of the one or more dynamic routes based on the respective priority value to generate one or more final dynamic routes;
• and
• for each of the plurality of aircrafts, generating a three-dimensional route, from an entry point to an exit point in the en-route airspace sector, based on the one or more final dynamic routes to increase an efficiency of the en-route airspace operations.