Fast Time Simulation
Fast time simulation is a computational approach used to model and analyze airport, airspace, airside, terminal, and ground handling operations in a virtual environment. It enables planners to evaluate scenarios, optimize processes, and make data-driven decisions. Fast time simulation is essential for testing airport expansions, improving efficiency, and mitigating potential bottlenecks.
Unlike real-time simulation, which runs at the same speed as actual operations and is often used for training and live system monitoring, fast time simulation accelerates time progression, allowing the analysis of complex scenarios in a fraction of the real-world duration. This makes it ideal for long-term strategic planning and optimization.
CAST is the leading fast time simulation tool for Airspace, Airside, Airport, Terminal, and Ground Handling, providing comprehensive insights and predictive analytics for better airport management.
With this glossary we would like to give short, basic explanations and definitions for important and frequently used terms in the fields of Analysis, Runway and Terminal Capacity Assessment and Airport Simulation/Allocation. These are based on our experience of practical application in the industry. We would be happy to provide you with more detailed definitions and further explanations. Please feel free to contact us.
Related Topics:
- UAM – Urban Air Mobility
- UA / UAS – Unmanned Aircraft (Systems)
- UAV / UAVS – Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (Systems)
- RPA / RPAS – Remotely Piloted Aircraft (Systems)
- MAV – Micro Air Vehicles
- sUAS – small Unmanned Aircraft System
- eVTLO – electrical Vertical Take-off and Landing (Vehicle)
- UTM – Unmanned Traffic Management
- BVLOS – Beyond Visual Line of Sight
- U-Space
- USSP – U-Space Service Provider