The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

Investigation of route occupancy

Fulfilled by:Marina Ivanenko IAN 403

Supervisor:Grekhov A.M., Doctor of Sciences

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Why is it important nowadays?

Investigation of Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre

route occupancy and determination of possible

parameters for airspace reorganization.

Topic of the presentation:

In the nearest future a huge changes in airspace

organization should be done because European

airspace tends to oversaturation point.

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Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre

Investigation of route occupancy

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MUAC UkSATSE

260,000 km2 729,800 km2

1,500,000 per year 397,100 per year

5000 per day 2800 per day

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Traffic Data Analyser(TDA)

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Till 60 aircraft are accepted every hour within a sector

Traffic depends on:

the location of the sector

the complexity of the traffic flows involved

the time of day/week/month

Capacity is 60

Traffic will double

Airspace at over

saturation point

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The main flows parameters:

1• Airspace density

2• Aircraft types

3• Time dependency of

routes occupancy

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Airspace density

EGGLLondon

Heathrow Airport

EDDHHamburg Airport

EDDTBerlin Tegel

Airport

EDDMMunich

International Airport

EDDKCologne

Bonn Airport

EDDFFrankfurt am Main Airport

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Aircraft types

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Time dependency of routesoccupancy

18/07/2010 25/07/2010

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Conclusion:

Reorganization of sectors on a flexible and dynamic base,

which will depend on the main routes, heaviest aircraft and

season, weekday and daytime variables, will help to

handle continuously growing amount of traffic, decrease of

the air traffic controller’s workload, simplify a procedure of

aircraft control at decreasing the controller-pilot

communication, maximize entire potential of airspace

usage and ensure the safe and effective provision of air

navigation service.

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Thank you for attention!