Low-Fidelity Prototyping for the Air Traffic Control Domain

Abstract

In the next 20 years, significant changes in air traffic control are planned (SESAR, 2015). Next to an increase in air traffic, reduction in delays and improvement of safety, 4D trajectories will ensure flights on the most direct route to the destination airport. Within the research project VAST (Virtual Airspace and Tower), the team wants to explore the design space of future air traffic control inter-faces. Three low-fidelity prototypes were developed to evaluate them as early as possible with the target group, namely Air Traffic Control Officers (ATCOs). They will be described in this paper in more detail.