Remote AFIS in Japan

Ⅰ. Remote AFIS in Japan

1. ANSP in Japan

2. Three Types of Air Traffic Services

3. FSC

4. The present circumstances

Ⅱ. Regulations

Ⅲ. Infrastructure

Ⅳ. Training and Certification

Act., Regulations, Manual and Agreement

Operation manual

Training manual

Agreement to

Area Control Center

Agreement to

Airport authority

Agreement to

Meteorological agency

For Departure/Approach Clearance by ACC

For Aerodrome condition For latest Weather information

Manual :

Agreement :

Act :

Regulations: Air Traffic Service ProcedureHandbook

AIP :CivilAeronauticsAct.

ATS Airspace ClassificationWithin Fukuoka FIR, Airspace is classified as A, B, C, D, E(Controlled Airspace) and G(Non-controlled Airspace) inaccordance with ICAO Standards in ANNEX 11.

Class D & Class E

ClassificationClass D Class E

IFR VFR IFR VFR

ServiceAir Traffic Control Service

Air Traffic Control Service

Airport Advisory Service

Separation

Separation provided between allIFR flights.

Not applicable, Traffic information provided on IFR and other VFR flights.

Separation providedbetween all IFR flights

Traffic information provided within Air Traffic Information Zone

ATC Clearance Required Required Required Not Required

Act(Civil Aeronautics Act.)AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE

(TOWER)AIR TRAFFIC INFORMAION ZONE

(AFIS AND R/AFIS)

All aircraft flight while receiving instructions air traffic controller.

#Article 96

All of the aircraft, flying in response to the provision of information from the flight information officer.(ATC instructions not provide, information only)#Article 96-2

Aircraft, flying in the responsibility and authority of the pilot at the direction of air traffic controllers

（CLASS E）

Aircraft, flying in the responsibility and authority of the pilot

（CLASS D）

Regulations(Air Traffic Service Procedure Handbook)

item

Aeronautical Mobile Communication and Information ServiceAirport Air-ground Communication

Service(AFIS)

Remote Air-ground Communication Service

(R/AFIS)

application

in airport

1.The provision of information necessary to navigation of aircraft

2.The transmission of the report between ATC and aircraft

3.Other secure necessary communication of aircraft navigation

in other airport

same as on the left

itemAeronautical Mobile Communication and Information Service

AFIS R/AFIS

Classification of

communication

1.Distress communication2.Emergency communication3.Communication related to search and rescue4.Communication related to air traffic control5.Communication related to flight information6.Communication related to safety of flight

same as on the left



AFIS R/AFIS

information to provide

1.runway in use2.information about the weather3.informaion about the traffic4.Information about the state of airport5.Information about the state of the runway6.Other necessary information

same as on the left



The difference in the provision of information

item AFIS R/AFIS

1.runway in use basically unchanged

item AFIS R/AFIS

2.information about the weather

A weather phenomenon that can be clearly visible, report the situation as appropriate.(for example)Fog approaching from north of airport.

nil



item AFIS R/AFIS

3.informaion about the traffic

Information to be provided, including those that were confirmed by visual observation.

nil

item AFIS R/AFIS

4.informaion about the state of airport

Information to be provided, including those that were confirmed by visual observation.

nil



item AFIS R/AFIS

5.informaion about the state of runway

When there are not obstacles in the runway, use the following term.

RUNWAY IS CLEAR.

When the obstacle is not reported on the runway,use the following term.

OBSTRUCTION NOT REPORTED ON RUNWAY.

item AFIS R/AFIS

6.Other necessary information

basically unchanged


AFIS R/AFIS

measures against fire fighting and rescue

In the following cases, it will report to the relevant authorities.(e.g. airport authority)

1.If the aircraft accident or fire has occurred in the airport or in its vicinity2.If there is an aircraft that is in the emergency state3.If there is a request from the aircraft

In the following cases, it will report to the airport authority

below same as on the left



AFIS R/AFIS

operation method of aeronautical lighting

by other regulations

nil*airport authority to perform the operation of aeronautical

lighting.


ManualOperation manual

It has established the operation manual in order to supplementthe Air Traffic Service Procedure Handbook in each offices

Training manual

It has established training manual for implementing the training andtraining in each of the offices.


1. ANSP in Japan


3. FSC


Ⅱ. Regulations

Ⅲ. Infrastructure


Operation Console

APDU

ITV

FIHS terminal

Weather Receiving Unit

Communication Unit• ACC• Airport authority• Meteorological office

Airport A Airport B

OLD-Type NEW-Type

Weather Receiving Unit

FIHS terminal

• Wind direction and speed indicator• Weather observation data• SCAN• RVR

• Distribute Flight Information for radio communication

• Request/reply of the historical ATS messages

• Aeronautical Information (NOTAM, eAIP)

APDU (Aircraft Position Display Unit)

• Identify the condition of airport movement area

Since 2005

Since 2009

• Identify the position and altitude of flying aircraft around the airport

• Provide traffic information if necessary• Radar data is branched from en-route radar system, so very low cost!

ITV

New - Advanced ITV functions

• Composite to full Runway from 3 cameras• Tracking the target aircraft

ＦＳＣ

① ＩＴＶ

① ② ③ ④ ⑤

Two type of network(IP-VPN & Telephone circuit)

①②

④Airport Authority

②weather

③ ④

⑤

⑤ Radar site

③Air to ground

IP-VPN Network

telephone circuit

(private circuit)

Console & VCS

VCS(L/L)

VCS(Radio)

VCS(L/L)

VCS(Radio)

uRedundancy

uCapacity

uLine types

ØVCS : Redundant configuration, switchover to backup within one second (no service interruption)

ØConsole: Spare console can be started with a “one-touch” operation

ØScalable to meet requirements

ØTelephonyAnalog, VoIP

ØRadio TelephonyAnalog

• Telephony(Land lines): Max 450• Radio Telephony(Air-Ground lines): Max 450• Consoles : Max 90

450

450

90

Console

2

3

4

5

S

C123 .456

F123 .456

D123 .456

E123 .456

B123 .456

A123 .456

1 TX

TX

RX

RX

S S S S S

LCL

#6 AA1 TL1 OP ｼｽ統

#2 AA2 TL2 OFC

#5 WX ATIS SHP TW1

YOK TK TE TI TW2

L/L

SET UP

PTN １

VOL

RING

● RUN ● LOCK

S S S S S S

Control Area

Radio Com Area

Landline Com Area

uHMIØTouch panel based

ITV

Fixed View Area-Panorama view by 3 Fixed cameras

Control Area-Control Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera

-Focus-Windshield wiper

-System management

Movable View Area-View by Pan-Tilt-Zoom camera

uGrasp the condition of Remote AirportuDetect moving objects(Aircraft, Vehicle….)uAuto-Track the moving object

ITV

uDetecting Aircraft and Vehicles

uAuto-Tracking Demo

Multi-Purpose Information Display

uShow necessary information for RAG operation• SID/STAR• Map• Status of equipment in airport, current RWY, etc

Transmission Equipment

RAG Airport

Console

TransmissionEquipment

uTransmission b/w VCS and Tx/Rx

VCS

Rx

FSC

RAG Airport

Ø Main Functions:uTo transmit Voice and PTT(Push To Talk) SignaluTo Watch on Tx/Rx

Tx

Active Stand-by

Rx

Tx

Active Stand-by

Analog orIP Network


1. ANSP in Japan


3. FSC


Ⅱ. Regulations

Ⅲ. Infrastructure


Certification

Certification necessary for AFIS and R/AFIS

Aeronautical Mobile Communication and Information

〈AFIS〉〈R/AFIS〉

Subject of Qualifying examinationüAeronautical communicationüAerodromeüAircraftsüAirspaceüDeparture Procedure and Arrival ProcedureüAir Navigation FacilitiesüAlerting ServiceüAeronautical Mobile Communication and Information practice (including AFIS and R/AFIS)

航空管制運航情報

技能証明

AIR TR A FFIC S ER V IC ESFLIG H T IN FO R M A TIO N O FFIC ER

C ER TIFIC A TE

Training Course1st FY 2nd FY 3rd FY 4th FY

Aeronautical Safety CollegeAeronautical information course

FSC

1

Flight Operation and Information

Aeronautical Mobile Communication and Information

: Qualifying examinationAerodrome Operation and Information

IwanumaTraining Center

2 3

1

2

3

〈service〉•ATS MSG handling•Flight watch•Search and rescue coordination•ATIS etc.

〈service〉•Aerodrome operation •Coordination of aircraft stands•Bird hazard reduction etc.

〈service〉•AFIS•Remote AFIS•Area/En-route Information Service

Other traning1.skill retention2.training to a person transferred to different office3.training for who had been away for more than one year from the service

Sendai

Tokyo

Matsumoto

CyubuOsakaHiroshima

Yamaguchiube Takamatsu

Tsushima

Fukuoka

Oita

MiyazakiNagasaki

KagoshimaTanegashima

Naha

Noto

Shizuoka

Hyakuri

Iwakuni

Aeronautical Safety collegeIwanuma Training Center

: FSC: Airport Air-ground Communication Service: Aerodrome Operation and Information New Chitose

Training Facility

Training Device

Aeronautical Safety college

Iwanuma Training Center

FSC

virtual environment virtual environment OJTskill practice 120h skill practice 80h skill practice 4months

The training in the Iwanuma training center is finished in 2018 and is going to carry it out in FSC.

Therefore JCAB is going to arrangea training device of the virtual environmentin each FSC.

This figure is ATC ver.

Government & Nonprofit

Remote AFIS in Japan