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Flight Planning Impacts on the ATM System

54TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Sofia, Bulgaria, 20-24 April 2015 WP No. 83 Flight Planning Impacts on the ATM System Presented by TOC Summary Inaccuracies during initial flight planning or insufficient communication regarding changes to existing flight plans can lead to undesirable … Continued

Interactions Between Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operators and Air Traffic Control

59TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Singapore, 30 March – 3 April 2020 WP No. 89 Interactions Between Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operators and Air Traffic Control Presented by TOC IMPORTANT NOTE: The IFATCA Annual Conference 2020 in Singapore was cancelled. The present … Continued

COM 4.11 RADIO MANDATORY ZONES / TRANSPONDER MANDATORY ZONES

Traffic density is constantly increasing and due to specific airspace classification, controlled IFR traffic can be mixed up with uncontrolled VFR traffic. With the intention to improve safety, additional SSR transponder and radio equipment carriage requirements have been implemented. This … Continued

Policy Review: Terrain and Obstacle Clearance

63RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Singapore, 15-19 April 2024 WP No. 100 POLICY REVIEW: TERRAIN AND OBSTACLE CLEARANCE Presented by TOC Summary This working paper analyses the current IFATCA policy regarding terrain and obstacle clearance in the context of work underway … Continued

ATM Systems Interoperability

65TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Abu Dhabi, 28 April – 2 May 2025 WP No. 102 ATM Systems Interoperability Presented by PLC & TOC SUMMARYTOC and PLC were tasked to study the issues of interoperability between ATM systems, especially how they … Continued

AAS 1.01 AIRBORNE COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS (ACAS)

IFATCA Policy is: IFATCA fully supports and encourages the development and operation of airborne anti- collision systems. The primary means of collision avoidance for flights for which a separation service is set-up shall be the air traffic control system. This … Continued

AAS 1.11 “FLY-BY” AND “FLY-OVER” WAYPOINTS

The concept of “fly-by” and “flyover” waypoints is integral to RNAV and as such has been in existence for quite some time. As Performance Based Navigation is being increasingly used to reduce the distances between routes to a minimum, air … Continued

ADME 2.6 RESPONSIBILITY AND FUNCTIONS OF AERODROME CONTROLLERS WITH REGARD TO SURFACE MOVEMENT

The task of apron control is not solely the responsibility of ATC; therefore, all staff involved in the provision of this service should be trained to the appropriate standard. It is important that the siting of control towers, the markings … Continued

ATS 3.8 RADAR MONITORING

Radar monitoring is one of the functions in the provision of an air traffic control service. For the purposes of this policy, it has been considered in two areas, namely: arrival / departure phase and the en-route phase. The need … Continued

ATS 3.21 SURVEILLANCE: IN-TRAIL PROCEDURES ITP

IFATCA Provisional Policy is: When using ADS-B ITP, proper mitigation shall be in place to account for misidentification by the pilot due to incorrect input of FlightID. See: WP 85 – Dubrovnik 2009