De Barros, Alexandre GomesCosta, Larissa Moreira2018-11-162018-11-162018-11-15http://hdl.handle.net/1880/109175The Free Flight (FF) concept is a potential alternative to improve route efficiency and airspace capacity (17). This research aims to evaluate how gains in airspace capacity correlates to losses in airspace safety within a FF scenario. The variables chosen to indicate airspace capacity are the airspace size and the number of aircraft within this airspace. For a 2-D scenario, the simulation results indicate that the averages time, distance or speed (time and distance) flown by the aircraft impacts on the average conflict rate per aircraft per hour.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Free FlightConflict DetectionConflict ResolutionAir Traffic ControlConflict RateSociology--TransportationEngineeringmaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/34503