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Abstract

Small and medium-sized airports account for 83% of the total number of transport airports in China and serve as the foundation for building a comprehensive national airport system. High-altitude small and medium-sized airports are mainly located in the Xinjiang or Tibet regions of China, and operation and control personnel of airlines lack the direct understanding of these airports. Therefore, a hybrid modeling framework using the Unreal Engine and UAV oblique photography is designed to accomplish 3D scene simulation of the airport surface. UAV oblique photography is used to reproduce the real terrain of the airport, while the Unreal Engine is used to model the motion models of aircraft and vehicles on the airport surface. Detailed ideas and realized methods for constructing the simulation scene are provided, and the feasibility of the model is validated through practical cases. The simulation results show that the modeling method combining the Unreal Engine and oblique photography can quickly construct the environment and operation conditions of high-altitude small and medium-sized airports. It effectively enhances the realism and interactivity of the scenes, which is of significant importance for airline flight dispatchers to grasp the operational characteristics of different airports.

Keywords

high plateau airport; small and medium-sized airport; operation and control; 3D modeling

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Funding

2021 Air China Operations Control Center Innovation Laboratory Project; Innovation Project of Chengdu Regional Hub Operation Innovation Laboratory of Air China Southwest Company in 2022

About the authors

Li Mingdi (1991-), male, Han ethnicity, second level flight dispatcher, flight dispatch assistant engineer, bachelor's degree, research direction: civil aviation transportation simulation, unmanned aerial vehicle oblique photography, flight safety, flight data processing.