Air Traffic ManagementA performance driven, system level approach

Rzvan MrguanMarch 2015

Course Objectives

Get to know each other;

Establish a foundation knowledge

understanding of the ATM business domain (WHAT?)

Current (limitations)

Future evolutions (challenges)

performance driven approach (WHY?)

operational and technical perspective(HOW?)

Course Objectives

system-level overview of the current ATM system components

present and future technologies in the ATM domain.

increased system automation

elements and enablers

the strategy for implementation

Whos Who & The plan

You

Your expectations

Me

My expectations

Rules of engagements

Plan of the week

Whos Who & The plan

You

Your expectations

Whos Who & The plan

Me

My expectations

Course organisation:

AM Session (09:30 13:30) Lectures and case studies

PM Session (14:00-16:00)

Group tutorials:

Practical course assignment (PCA)

16:00 UNL

Group work

Rules of the game

Open book exam. No e-media allowed

Please refrain from using electronicdevices during lectures (unless for note taking)

Grading

Written exam: 2h Short questions One topic to develop more in depth

Participation Requirement ( Lectures) >75% 10 pts

Participation Requirement (Group Tutorials) >75% 10 pts

Practical course assignment (PCA) 30 pts

Exam 50 pts

Course scheduleDay 1

Fri 13.03

Day 2

Sat 14.03

Day 3

Mon 16.03

Day 4

Tue 17.03

Day 5

Wed 18.03

Day 6/7

Sat/Sun 03/04.04

Intro to ATM / Current OPS and SYS

Current OPS and SYS

Current OPS and SYS

Current OPS and SYS

Future OPS and SYS

PCA presentation

INTRODUCTION NETWORK OPERATIONS in EuropeStudy case - NMOC & ATC slots

Architecture of ATC systems

Controller Working Positions & ATCO Tools

Future datalink technologies

Exam

CHALLENGES OF ATM

The NM systems Surveillance Data Processing

Datalink & CPDLC SESAR and The European ATM Master Plan

HISTORY OF ATM ASM & FUAStudy case - FABEC

Flight Data Processing

EUROCONTROL CentralisedServices

SESAR CONOPS

CONTINENTAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLStudy case - a flight radiography: A380 flight EGLL-OMDB

AIRPORT CDM SESAR Study cases

OCEANIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLStudy case -Shanwick (NATS)

FAA NEXTGEN & ICAO ASBUs

Recap of ATC fundamental concepts (ICAO, EUR & US)

Phases of flight in ATM

Communication, Navigation, Surveillance

(CNS)

Meteorological Services (MET)

Air Traffic Management

(ATM)

Search and Rescue(SAR)

Aeronautical Information Services

(AIS)

Air Navigation Services(ANS)

AirSpaceManagement

(ASM)

Air Traffic Services

(ATS)

Air Traffic Flow and CapacityManagement(ATFCM) (*)

(*) ICAO 4444 defines Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM)

Flight Information Services

(FIS)

Air Traffic Control(ATC)

Alerting Services

(FIS)

Approach Control

(terminal)(APP)

Aerodrome Control (tower)

(TWR)

Area Control(en-route)

(ACC)

Key organisations

Air Traffic Management (ATM)

The dynamic, integrated management of air trafficand airspace including air traffic services,airspace management and air traffic flowmanagement safely, economically andefficiently through the provision of facilities andseamless services in collaboration with all partiesand involving airborne and ground-basedfunctions.

Procedures for Air Navigation Services (PANS-ATM) ICAO Doc 4444ATM/501 Fifteenth Edition 2007

Air Traffic Management (ATM)

The general objective of ATM is to enable aircraft operators to

meet their planned departure and arrival times and to adhere to their preferred flight profiles

with the minimum constraints,

without compromising agreed levels of safety.

ATM system

A system that provides ATM through

the collaborative integration of humans, information, technology, facilities and services,

supported by air and ground- and/or space-based communications, navigation and surveillance.

Air Traffic Control (ATC).

A service provided for the purpose of:

a) preventing collisions:

1) between aircraft, and

2) on the maneuvering area between aircraft and obstructions; and

b) expediting and maintaining an orderly flow of air traffic.

Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management (ATFCM).

A service established with the objective of contributing to a safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic by ensuring that

ATC capacity is utilized to the maximum extent possible, and that

the traffic volume (demand) is compatible with the capacities declared by the appropriate ATS authority.

Note: The above-mentioned is the ICAO definition of the ATFM. ATFCM is EUROCONTROL term that includes a process that ensures better realisation of the ATM capacity towards the traffic demand.

Airspace Management (ASM)

is a planning function with the primary objective of maximising the utilisation of available airspace by dynamic time-sharing and, at times, the segregation of airspace among various categories of users based on short-term needs.