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Terrain Clearance and Airspace Design

52ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Bali, Indonesia, 24-28 April 2013 WP No. 89 Terrain Clearance and Airspace Design Presented by TOC Summary The increasing usage of structured departure and arrival procedures, including PBN operations, has brought to light existing ambiguities in current … Continued

En-route Wake Turbulence

57TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Accra, Ghana, 19-23 March 2018 WP No. 89 En-route Wake Turbulence Presented by TOC Summary All the prescriptions about wake turbulence separation are established only for approach/ or departure phases. En-route separation (time or distance based), is … Continued

Review of Technical Policy

37TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Toulouse, France, 30 March – 3 April 1998 WP No. 81 Review of Technical Policy Introduction This paper deals with those policy items which have been the subject of a review by SC 1 during the past … Continued

Review of Policy on MLS

40TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Geneva, Switzerland, 19-23 March 2001 WP No. 83 Review of Policy on MLS Introduction The IFATCA Policy on MLS was developed when ICAO planned to replace ILS with MLS as the world-wide standard precision approach aid. At … Continued

Investigate interactions between Traffic Collision Avoidance System and Mode S

44TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Melbourne, Australia, 17-22 April 2005 WP No. 86 Investigate interactions between Traffic Collision Avoidance System and Mode S Presented by TOC Introduction 1.1 The carriage of a functioning Mode S transponder is a basic requirement for any … Continued

Study Advanced Offset Procedures

48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20-24 April 2009 WP No. 92 Study Advanced Offset Procedures Presented by TOC Summary A number of mid-air collisions and close encounters have raised concern in the aviation community that aircraft navigation has become so … Continued

Study Minimum Fuel

53RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Gran Canaria, Spain, 5-9 May 2014 WP No. 90 Study Minimum Fuel Presented by TOC Summary Proper fuel management is responsibility of the airlines and pilots but ATM is also involved. Correct flow management may be as … Continued

ATS 3.42 HELICOPTER OPERATIONS

The integration of fixed wing aircraft and helicopters on an airfield can present considerable difficulties to airfield ATC. IFATCA Policy is: Procedures should be developed in order to integrate fixed and rotary-winged operations at airfields. In developing these procedures cognisance … Continued

ATS 3.47 VFR AND SVFR FLIGHTS

IFATCA Policy is: Information regarding VFR flights should be published on VFR charts. ANSPs should consider the impact of VFR/SVFR flights on the workload of Air Traffic Controllers, and mitigations should be put in place if required. If VFR/SVFR … Continued