Air Traffic Management

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Air Traffic Management studies how to coordinate aircraft and airspace so traffic moves safely and efficiently, from airport surfaces and terminal areas to en-route sectors and urban air mobility corridors. Approaches include trajectory and flow prediction, optimization with mixed-integer or declarative programming, game-theoretic coordination, and multi-agent reinforcement learning, using data such as surveillance tracks, weather, and controller communications. Applications range from conflict resolution and delay forecasting to sector capacity planning, controller training, and safety monitoring. A central challenge is balancing safety, throughput, fairness, noise, and energy under uncertainty while keeping automated recommendations reliable, interpretable, and compatible with human control.

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  1. Dynamic Auction Mechanisms in a Closed-Credit Economy: Sequential Slot Reallocation in Air Traffic Management

    Oct 15, 2026Jihun Kim, Pan-Yang Su, Maria G. Mendoza +3Mechanism DesignAir Traffic Management

    University of California, Berkeley · University of Pennsylvania · Johns Hopkins University

  2. DiTSG: Context-Aware Air Traffic Scene Generation with Multi-Agent Diffusion Transformers

    Oct 12, 2026Seokbin Yoon, Kyungmin Kim, Taejung Kwon +2Air Traffic ManagementDiffusion Models for Motion Generation

    George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA · Korea Aerospace University, Goyang 10540, South Korea

  3. PB-STDG: A Prediction-Based Short-Term Decentralized Greedy Guidance Algorithm for a Drone Road System

    Oct 4, 2026Zhouyu Qu, Andreas Willig, Xiaobing WuCollision AvoidanceMulti-Robot Motion Planning

    Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand · Wireless Research Centre, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand

  4. FlowATC: Aircraft Trajectory Prediction via Flow Matching

    Sep 15, 2026Mathurin Petit, Emir Torun, Louis Brusset +2Probabilistic Trajectory PredictionFlow Matching

    École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, 91128, France · Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, 10623, Germany · Mines Paris–PSL University, Paris, 75006, France +2

  5. Toward a Decision-Assurance Layer for AI-Assisted Flight Planning in Air Traffic Management

    Sep 11, 2026Alexandre Barreto, Shou Matsumoto, Jorge Valverde-Rebaza +2AI AssuranceGenerative AI Evaluation

    George Mason University · Department of Cyber Security Engineering George Mason University Fairfax, VA, USA · Tecnológico de Monterrey +1

  6. Uncertainty-Aware Conflict Detection Against Operator-Conditioned Weather Hazards

    Sep 10, 2026Balram Kandoria, Seulki Kim, Aryaman Singh SamyalUncertainty QuantificationAir Traffic Management

    SkyGrid, Austin, TX 78727, USA

  7. V2TATC: Joint Voice-Trajectory Embedding and Dataset for Air Traffic Controller Situational Awareness

    Aug 29, 2026Louis Brusset, Mathurin Petit, Jordan Kam +1Air Traffic ManagementCross-Modal Retrieval

    Mines Paris–PSL University, Paris, 75006, France · École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, 91128, France · California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA +1

  8. DESCENT: Directed Edge Scene Encoding for Airport Surface Movement Prediction

    Aug 26, 2026Alexander Prutsch, David Schinagl, Horst PosseggerTrajectory PredictionVehicle Trajectory Prediction

    Institute of Visual Computing, Graz University of Technology, Austria

  9. Formal, Executable and Explainable Runtime Monitoring of Spoken Air Traffic Control Operational Procedures

    Aug 26, 2026Roberto Luvini, Giacomo Longo, Alessandro Armando +1Aviation SafetyRuntime Verification

    Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics, and Systems Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, Italy · CASD - University School of Advanced Defense Studies, Rome, Italy

  10. Air Traffic Control Using Large Language Models: Prompt Engineering, Architecture, and Evaluation

    Aug 19, 2026Mahyar Ghazanfari, Matthias Casanova, Jordan Kam +4Air Traffic ManagementLLM Prompting

    George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA · California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA · University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

  11. Can Vision Models Read the Radar Display? On the Feasibility of Radar Imagery for Air Traffic Complexity Estimation

    Aug 12, 2026Hyewook Kim, Byul Kang, Seokbin Yoon +1Air Traffic Management

    Korea Aerospace Research Institute, 169-84, Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34133, Republic of Korea · Korea Aerospace University, 76-10, Hanggongdaehak-ro, Deogyang-gu, Goyang, 10540, Republic of Korea

  12. ASPaeroFlow: Decomposition Heuristics for Joint Air Traffic Flow & Capacity Management

    Aug 10, 2026Alexander Beiser, Markus Hecher, Nysret Musliu +2Air Traffic ManagementCombinatorial Optimization

    TU Wien, Vienna, Austria · University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany · CNRS, Artois University (CRIL), Artois, France +1

  13. Plan-and-Avoid: Real-Time Aircraft Trajectory Coordination in a Multi-Agent Environment

    Aug 6, 2026Huseyin Emre Tekaslan, Ella M. Atkins, Natasha NeogiCollision AvoidanceMulti-Agent Coordination

    Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA · NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA

  14. Declarative Problem Solving in UAM Strategic Deconfliction

    Jul 23, 2026Gioacchino Sterlicchio, Angelo Oddi, Riccardo Rasconi +1Air Traffic ManagementAnswer Set Programming

    DMMM, Polytechnic University of Bari, Bari, Italy · DMMM, Polytechnic University of Bari · ISTC-CNR, Rome, Italy +3

  15. Solution space path planning for supporting en-route air traffic control

    Jun 30, 2026Yiyuan Zou, Wenying Lyu, Clark BorstCollision AvoidanceAir Traffic Management

    Control and Simulation, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

  16. Decentralized Coordination of Autonomous Traffic Through Advanced Air Mobility Corridors

    Jun 22, 2026Jasmine Jerry Aloor, Hamsa BalakrishnanMulti-Agent CoordinationAir Traffic Management

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

  17. Decentralized Autonomous Traffic Management through Corridor Networks

    Jun 22, 2026Jasmine Jerry Aloor, Aadarsh Govada, Hamsa BalakrishnanAir Traffic ManagementIntelligent Transportation Systems

    Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA, USA +2

  18. Joint Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management via Answer Set Programming

    Jun 22, 2026Alexander Beiser, Markus Hecher, Nysret Musliu +1Air Traffic ManagementIntelligent Transportation Systems

    TU Wien, Vienna, Austria · University of Potsdam, Germany & CNRS, France

  19. ASTRA: A Scalable Next-Generation ATCO Training Simulator with Autonomous Simpilots

    Jun 16, 2026Ethan Chew, Enjia Wu, Iruss Eng +11Air Traffic ManagementAutomatic Speech Recognition

    Air Emerging Technologies High-Speed Experimentations and Research (AETHER), RSAF Agile Innovation Digital (RAiD), Republic of Singapore Air Force, Singapore

  20. Data-Driven Runway and Taxiway Exits Prediction of Landing Aircraft: A Case Study at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

    Jun 9, 2026Alex Porcayo, Yutian Pang, Maria Thomas +1Air Traffic ManagementTrajectory Prediction

    Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, TX, USA

  21. A Game-Theoretic Decision Framework for Optimal Selection of Coordination Detection Methods in Multi-UAV Fleet Operations

    Jun 1, 2026Christian Manasseh, Savana AmmonsAlgorithm SelectionAir Traffic Management

    Mobius Logic Inc., Tysons, VA, USA

  22. SCOPE: A Lightweight-training LLM Framework for Air Traffic Control Readback Monitoring

    May 28, 2026Qihan Deng, Minghua Zhang, Yang Yang +1Air Traffic ManagementIntelligent Transportation Systems

    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, 999077, Hong Kong · School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China · State Key Laboratory of CNS/ATM, Beijing, 100191, China

  23. Graph-based Complexity Forecasts in UK En Route Airspace Using Relevant Aircraft Interactions

    May 22, 2026Edward Henderson, George De Ath, Nick PepperAir Traffic ManagementIntelligent Transportation Systems

    The Alan Turing Institute · University of Exeter

  24. Time-To-Reach Separation and Safety Filtering for Safe, Fair, and Efficient Multi-Agent Coordination

    May 20, 2026Matthew Low, Jasmine Jerry Aloor, Victoria Marie Tuck +2Collision AvoidanceMulti-Agent Coordination

    Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley · Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology · GRASP Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania +1

  25. Intent-First Aerial V2V for Tactical Coordination and Separation: Protocol and Performance Under Density and Disturbance

    May 20, 2026Mehrnaz SabetMulti-Agent CoordinationAir Traffic Management

    Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

  26. Towards Automated Air Traffic Safety Assessment Around Non-Towered Airports Using Large Language Models

    May 12, 2026Torsten Darrell, Mahyar Ghazanfari, Jordan Kam +3Air Traffic ManagementAviation Safety

    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, George Washington University · Aerospace Program, University of California, Berkeley · Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley +1

  27. Safety-Oriented Evaluation of Language Understanding Systems for Air Traffic Control

    May 12, 2026Yujing Chang, Yash Guleria, Duc-Thinh Pham +4LLM GroundingAir Traffic Management

    1ATMRI, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore · School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India · Centre of AI Research, VinUniversity, Vietnam

  28. Unlocking air traffic flow prediction through microscopic aircraft-state modeling

    May 11, 2026Bin Wang, Anqi Liu, Jiangtao Zhao +8Air Traffic ManagementIntelligent Transportation Systems

    Faculty of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, Shandong, China. · Sanya Oceanographic Institution, Ocean University of China, Sanya, 572022, Hainan, China. · Joint Laboratory of Data Science and Business Intelligence, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, 610000, Sichuan, China. +2

  29. From Time Series to State: Situation-Aware Modeling for Air Traffic Flow Prediction

    Apr 13, 2026Anqi Liu, Jiangtao Zhao, Guiyuan Jiang +3Air Traffic ManagementTraffic Flow Estimation

    Ocean University of China

  30. eVTOL Aircraft Energy Overhead Estimation under Conflict Resolution in High-Density Airspaces

    Apr 7, 2026Alex Zongo, Peng WeiAir Traffic ManagementAerial Robotics

    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052, USA