Ahmed, KawserCoelho, MilcaBousson, K.2020-02-242020-02-242019-11Ahmed, K., Coelho, M.F., Bousson, K., "Optimal Fuel Saving in 4D Waypoint Networks", International Conference on Engineering ICEUBI-2019, Paper ID: 280, Covilhã, Portugal, November 27-29, 2019.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/9476The purpose of this work is to develop a trajectory optimization method that generates a fuel optimal trajectory from a predefined 4D waypoint networks, where the arrival time is specified for each waypoint in the network. A single source shortest path algorithm is presented to generate the optimal flight trajectory that minimizes fuel burn. Generating such trajectories enables the airlines to cope with increasing fuel costs and to reduce aviation induced climate change, as emission is directly related to the amount of fuel burn. Two case studies were considered and the simulation results showed that flying a fuel optimal trajectory based on the proposed algorithm leads to a reduction of average fuel consumption on international flights by 2-4% compared with the conventional trip fuel.engFuel savingCost index4D trajectory optimizationWaypoint networkDijkstra’s Algorithmconference object