The Air Traffic Management System, as it is used today, is a centrally organized system. One controller, sometimes assisted by a planner, is responsible for maintaining the separation between all aircraft in his/her sector. Pilots merely follow the directions received from the controller and have no active role in the separation assurance. To maintain an orderly traffic pattern, airways are used to structure the traffic flow and flight levels are used as layers to separate aircraft. This often inhibits a more optimal direct route at the optimal altitude. The need for maintaining situational awareness also limits the number of aircraft a controller can handle. This is a limiting factor for airspace capacity and contributes to delays.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Designing for Safety the Free Flight Air Traffic Management Concept


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    324 pages



    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





    Air Traffic Management and Free Flight

    Rossi, Nick | Online Contents | 1998


    Free flight concept

    Schultz, Robert / Shaner, Donald / Zhao, Yiyuan | AIAA | 1997


    Free Flight an Air Traffic Management Partnership

    Ball, J. W. / IEEE / AIAA | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997


    Safety net for a sectorless air traffic management concept

    Birkmeier, Bettina / Biella, Marcus | IEEE | 2012