Dr. Manuel Waltert

Work at ZHAW

Position

Lecturer

Focus

Airport strategic planning, ADS-B trajectories

Teaching

• Infrastructure Aerodromes (INFRA-AD), BSc in Aviation
• Infrastructure Integration (INFRA-INT), BSc in Aviation
• ATM Summer School (ATMSS), BSc in Aviation

Education and Continuing education

Education

PhD / Transportation Sciences
Cranfield University
02 / 2016 - 02 / 2022

Continuing Education

Certificate of Advanced Studies ZHAW in Higher & Professional Education
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
08 / 2023

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7649-6581

Projects

• Making I-CNS A Reality: New aviation technology for integrated communication, navigation, and surveillance / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• High Integrity Satellite Navigation for UAV using the Galileo HAS / Deputy project leader / completed
• Emission Reduction using Satellite Navigation for Approach Guidance / Deputy project leader / completed
• AGEAIR: Investigation of the effects of performance deterioration and AGEing on gaseous and particulate emissions of in-service AIRcraft turbofan engines / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Felux, M. et al. (2024) 'Impacts of global navigation satellite system jamming on aviation', Navigation : Journal of the Institute of Navigation, 71(3), p. navi.657. doi: 10.33012/navi.657.
• Krauth, T. et al. (2023) 'Deep generative modelling of aircraft trajectories in terminal maneuvering areas', Machine Learning with Applications, 11(100446). doi: 10.1016/j.mlwa.2022.100446.
• Waltert, M., Jimenez Perez, E. and Pagliari, R. (2023) 'Flexible facility requirements for strategic planning of airport passenger terminal infrastructure', Transportmetrica A: Transport Science. doi: 10.1080/23249935.2023.2287502.
• Figuet, B. et al. (2023) 'Data-driven mid-air collision risk modelling using extreme-value theory', Aerospace Science and Technology, 142, Part A(108646). doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2023.108646.
• Waltert, M. et al. (2021) 'Ratio-based design hour determination for airport passenger terminal facilities', Journal of Air Transport Management, 96(102125). doi: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2021.102125.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Hänggi, K., Waltert, M. and Wilde, J. (2026) 'Prediction of arrival runway occupancy time and exit taxiway using ADS-B trajectories', in Journal of Open Aviation Science. TU Delft OPEN Publishing. doi: 10.59490/joas.2026.8465.
• Fustagueras, A. and Waltert, M. (2026) 'Aerodrome movement monitoring using ADS-B data : a case study at Lommis Airfield', in Journal of Open Aviation Science. TU Delft Open Publishing. doi: 10.59490/joas.2026.8455.
• Olive, X., Waltert, M. and Schultz, M. (2025) 'Assessing airport surface traffic performance from open sources of aviation data', in ATRD Symposium 2025. EUROCONTROL. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.20087715.
• Waltert, M., Figuet, B. and Felux, M. (2025) 'Evaluating potential fuel-savings of external alternative ground propulsion systems', in Journal of Open Aviation Science. TU Delft Open Publishing. doi: 10.59490/joas.2024.7888.
• Felux, M. et al. (2024) 'Effects of GBAS/SBAS precision approach guidance on fuel consumption and CO2 emissions', in Proceedings of the 37th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2024). Institute of Navigation, pp. 1612–1618. doi: 10.33012/2024.19836.
• Olive, X. et al. (2024) 'Filtering aircraft surface trajectories using information on the taxiway structure of airports', in 11th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT), Singapore, 1-4 July 2024. Winterthur: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-34908.
• Felux, M. et al. (2024) 'A cost-efficient RFI localization approach to detect GNSS jamming and spoofing', in Proceedings of the 2024 International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation. Manassas: Institute of Navigation, pp. 374–380. doi: 10.33012/2024.19482.
• Waltert, M. and Figuet, B. (2023) 'Using ADS-B trajectories to measure how rapid exit taxiways affect airport capacity', in Journal of Open Aviation Science. TU Delft Open Publishing. doi: 10.59490/joas.2023.7207.
• Figuet, B. et al. (2023) 'Analysing the impact of go-around occurrences at Large European airports', in Journal of Open Aviation Science. TU Delft Open Publishing. doi: 10.59490/joas.2023.7219.
• Felux, M. et al. (2023) 'Analysis of GNSS disruptions in European airspace', in Proceedings of the 2023 International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation. Manassas: Institute of Navigation, pp. 315–326. doi: 10.33012/2023.18626.
• Figuet, B. et al. (2022) 'GNSS jamming and its effect on air traffic in Eastern Europe', in Engineering Proceedings. MDPI, p. 12. doi: 10.3390/engproc2022028012.
• Monstein, R. et al. (2022) 'Large landing trajectory dataset for go-around analysis', in Engineering Proceedings. MDPI, p. 2. doi: 10.3390/engproc2022028002.
• Figuet, B. et al. (2022) 'Impact of GNSS outage on mid-air collision', in Proceedings of the IWAC2022. Tokyo: Electronic Navigation Research Institute, pp. 41–48.
• Figuet, B. et al. (2020) 'Predicting airplane go-arounds using machine learning and open-source data', in Proceedings. MDPI. doi: 10.3390/proceedings2020059006.

Research data

Monstein, Raphael; Figuet, Benoit; Krauth, Timothé; Waltert, Manuel; Dettling, Marcel, 2022. Large landing trajectory data set for go-around analysis. Zenodo. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7148117

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