ATC

News, issues, personnel, equipment and developments about air traffic management.

Latest

Coded clearances going nationwide next year

Coded departure routes (CDRs) are proving so popular with business jet flight crews that the FAA plans to expand the trial program into nationwide service.

ATC

February 6, 2007

ERA calls for longer-term solution to slot dilemma

Europe is facing a shortage of 3.5 million airport slots by 2025, according to the latest projections by Eurocontrol.

ATC

February 6, 2007

RVSM debutruffles few feathers

By most accounts, the start of reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) standards in North America a little over a month ago was a relatively smooth tran

ATC

February 5, 2007

European initiatives look to remove ATC jams

The air-traffic community gathered in the Netherlands last month to discuss the continually evolving options for modernizing ATC.

ATC

February 5, 2007

Videos

France publishes its first GNSS approach

The French civil aviation authority, DGAC, has published the first GNSS nonprecision approach procedure for a French airport and is working toward introduc

ATC

February 5, 2007

Smaller Aircraft Mean Big Headaches for ATC Providers

Growing numbers of smaller aircraft are compounding the problems air navigation service providers face, senior officials told the Jane’s conference at last

ATC

February 5, 2007

Sensis considers expanding ADS-B

Sensis is building on its experience of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) in the FAA-sponsored Capstone trials in Alaska and the increasin

ATC

February 5, 2007

Raytheon’s ADS-B unit cuts down on

Raytheon Systems Limited (RSL) has unveiled a new automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) receiver that uses a 16 MHz or better sampling rate, a

ATC

February 5, 2007

Germans buying SITA VHF datalink

Germany’s air navigation service provider (ANSP), Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), has agreed to buy the SITA network of 27 VHF datalink (VDL) ground stations

ATC

February 5, 2007

Precision Approaches Take Shape

Hickok & Associates of Orange Beach, Ala., has developed a network of 19 GPS approaches to hospitals in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for aeromedical operator

ATC

February 5, 2007

Controllers Claim Losses Exceeding New Hires

Although the FAA needs to hire 11,800 new controllers through Fiscal Year 2015 to replace retirees and other vacancies, the National Air Traffic Controller

ATC

February 2, 2007

FAA prepares to meet airspace challenges

While Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has promised that the government will not stand in the way of innovative aviation ideas, at a January meeting

ATC

February 2, 2007

AG clearing still available in Lanai, Hawaii

Last November the Hawaiian Department of Agriculture ruled it would no longer clear incoming aircraft on the Island of Lanai.

ATC

February 2, 2007

Public-private co-op could lower AFSS costs

Members of the National Association of Air Traffic Specialists (NAATS), the labor union that represents more than 2,700 FAA employees who staff the agency’

ATC

February 1, 2007

Eurocontrol postpones deadline for ELS mode-S implementation

Europe’s ambitious program to introduce mode-S surveillance datalink technology has once again been rescheduled to account for operational and technical di

ATC

February 1, 2007

Security presents challenge for ATC

“The job of a controller is no longer just separating airplanes,” National Air Traffic Controllers Association president John Carr told attendees at a symp

ATC

February 1, 2007

Will ADS-B be the next big FAA equipment mandate?

When the idea was initially being explored a number of years ago, FAA planners saw a use for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) only in Ala

ATC

February 1, 2007

Iridium may serve as ADS-B backup in Alaska

The FAA’s Alaska Region this year will assess the suitability of a communications satellite system with an unusual history to supplement its Capstone autom

ATC

February 1, 2007

Nav Canada Boosts Online Wx, Flight Plan Tools

Enhanced weather data and flight planning tools are now available for Canada under the Flight Operations link at www.navcanad

ATC

January 31, 2007

Mesa Boss Ornstein: ‘Mother of All Years’

Smaller aircraft–specifically regional jets–are often blamed for delays in the National Airspace System, said Mesa Air Group chairman and CEO Jonathan Orns

ATC

January 31, 2007

ATC

News, issues, personnel, equipment and developments about air traffic management.

Latest

Coded clearances going nationwide next year

Coded departure routes (CDRs) are proving so popular with business jet flight crews that the FAA plans to expand the trial program into nationwide service.

ERA calls for longer-term solution to slot dilemma

Europe is facing a shortage of 3.5 million airport slots by 2025, according to the latest projections by Eurocontrol.

RVSM debutruffles few feathers

By most accounts, the start of reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) standards in North America a little over a month ago was a relatively smooth tran

European initiatives look to remove ATC jams

The air-traffic community gathered in the Netherlands last month to discuss the continually evolving options for modernizing ATC.

Videos

More Articles

France publishes its first GNSS approach

The French civil aviation authority, DGAC, has published the first GNSS nonprecision approach procedure for a French airport and is working toward introduc

Smaller Aircraft Mean Big Headaches for ATC Providers

Growing numbers of smaller aircraft are compounding the problems air navigation service providers face, senior officials told the Jane’s conference at last

Sensis considers expanding ADS-B

Sensis is building on its experience of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) in the FAA-sponsored Capstone trials in Alaska and the increasin

Raytheon’s ADS-B unit cuts down on

Raytheon Systems Limited (RSL) has unveiled a new automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) receiver that uses a 16 MHz or better sampling rate, a

Germans buying SITA VHF datalink

Germany’s air navigation service provider (ANSP), Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), has agreed to buy the SITA network of 27 VHF datalink (VDL) ground stations

Precision Approaches Take Shape

Hickok & Associates of Orange Beach, Ala., has developed a network of 19 GPS approaches to hospitals in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for aeromedical operator

Controllers Claim Losses Exceeding New Hires

Although the FAA needs to hire 11,800 new controllers through Fiscal Year 2015 to replace retirees and other vacancies, the National Air Traffic Controller

FAA prepares to meet airspace challenges

While Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has promised that the government will not stand in the way of innovative aviation ideas, at a January meeting

AG clearing still available in Lanai, Hawaii

Last November the Hawaiian Department of Agriculture ruled it would no longer clear incoming aircraft on the Island of Lanai.

Public-private co-op could lower AFSS costs

Members of the National Association of Air Traffic Specialists (NAATS), the labor union that represents more than 2,700 FAA employees who staff the agency’

Eurocontrol postpones deadline for ELS mode-S implementation

Europe’s ambitious program to introduce mode-S surveillance datalink technology has once again been rescheduled to account for operational and technical di

Security presents challenge for ATC

“The job of a controller is no longer just separating airplanes,” National Air Traffic Controllers Association president John Carr told attendees at a symp

Will ADS-B be the next big FAA equipment mandate?

When the idea was initially being explored a number of years ago, FAA planners saw a use for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) only in Ala

Iridium may serve as ADS-B backup in Alaska

The FAA’s Alaska Region this year will assess the suitability of a communications satellite system with an unusual history to supplement its Capstone autom

Nav Canada Boosts Online Wx, Flight Plan Tools

Enhanced weather data and flight planning tools are now available for Canada under the Flight Operations link at www.navcanad

Mesa Boss Ornstein: ‘Mother of All Years’

Smaller aircraft–specifically regional jets–are often blamed for delays in the National Airspace System, said Mesa Air Group chairman and CEO Jonathan Orns

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