Propuesta de concepto de operación (ConOps) del uso de vertipuertos para aeronaves no tripuladas con aterrizaje y despegue en vertical en Colombia

Abstract

This research aims to propose the Concept of Operation (ConOps) of the vertiport system in Colombia, for Remotely Piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) for vertical landing and takeoff (VTOL). Taking into account that the operation of unmanned aircraft is a concept of "aviation of the future" called Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), one of the challenges of the industry is that this type of aircraft classified as air taxi, mostly with Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), requires a safe operation integrated with Air Traffic Management (ATM). In this way, Colombia has the need to create and regulate the ideal infrastructure for RPAS to take off and land in safe areas, taking into account the operation of manned aircraft, people and objects that are around and urban air mobility, through the discipline of design of complex systems "systems engineering (SE)" for the development of the conceptual design phase of the proposed system, delimiting the use of vertiports for VTOL-type aircraft with BVLOS, taking as a reference the proposals of authorities such as the FAA of States United States, EASA of the European Union, CASA of Australia and CAA of the United Kingdom. The approach to this process raises the functional requirements, knowing the stakeholders and giving guidelines for the use of this system infrastructure through the ConOps proposal of the vertiport system in Colombia.