Airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS|TCAS) - Eurocontrol
Mar 25, 2022 · Civil-military cooperation in aviation. The Airborne collision avoidance system tracks aircraft in the surrounding airspace through replies from their air traffic control transponders. If the system diagnoses a risk of impending collision, it issues a resolution advisory (RA) to the flight crew, which directs the pilots how best to regulate or ...
About us - Eurocontrol
Governance. EUROCONTROL has two governing bodies: the Permanent Commission and the Provisional Council. The Agency is the executive body. The Organisation’s broadly-based stakeholder groups are also involved in steering the Agency’s efforts in order to ensure that the interests of all aviation stakeholders are represented. Governing bodies.
Airport collaborative decision-making (A-CDM) - Eurocontrol
Mar 31, 2017 · At collaborative decision-making (A-CDM) airports, the target off-block time (TOBT) values reflect any delays that can be attributed to the aircraft operator (AO) or to the ground handling operations. To help reduce the workload for our partners, we provide a service to automatically solve the EOBT – TOBT discrepancies, depending on the AO ...
European AIS Database - Eurocontrol
Jul 2, 2020 · The European aeronautical information services database (EAD) is a centralised reference database of quality-assured aeronautical information that enables users to retrieve and download AIS data in real time. It provides instant access to the most up-to-date digital aeronautical information from the ECAC and ECAC+ areas, from Notices to Airmen ...
EUROCONTROL Aviation Learning Centre
Jan 26, 2022 · For over 50 years, EUROCONTROL’s Luxembourg site has been meeting European aviation’s training needs, and with 900,000 course registrations over that time, heading for our millionth enrolment. Our learning journey now continues in 2022 under a new name: the EUROCONTROL Aviation Learning Centre (ALC). Our new name emphasises our ambition to ...
Revisiting the "Swiss Cheese" model of accidents - Eurocontrol
Accidents in complex system occur through the accumulation of multiple factors and failures. J. Reason has famously developed a model based on the Swiss Cheese Metaphor that suggests multiple contributors (the holes in cheese slices) must be aligned for any adverse events to occur. Barriers in a system (the slices themselves) are intended to ...
EUROCONTROL European Aviation Overview
EUROCONTROL billed 901M€ in October 2024 (8% above October 2023 and 29% above October 2019) reflecting more service units (+4%) and higher unit rates. The next edition of the European Aviation Overview, covering the whole of 2023, will be released early in January. Join our mailing list and receive a detailed snapshot of the latest Network ...
Automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast (ADS-B)
ADS-B is a Surveillance technique that relies on aircraft or airport vehicles broadcasting their identity, position and other information derived from on board systems (GNSS etc.). This signal (ADS-B Out) can be captured for surveillance purposes on the ground (ADS-B Out) or on board other aircraft in order to facilitate airborne traffic ...
Classroom and e-learning aviation training courses - Eurocontrol
Classroom training has all the advantages of face-to-face communication between trainer and trainee. It makes for a professional exchange with participants from different organisations, and facilitates networking on a European level. ATM Training courses are held at the EUROCONTROL Aviation Learning Centre in Luxembourg, while Network ...
Flight information region (FIR/UIR) charts - 2023 - Eurocontrol
May 14, 2024 · Here you will find charts depicting the flight information region (FIR/UIR) in Europe, for the lower and upper airspaces. Below, you will find: the upper and lower airspaces for EUROCONTROL Member States only; the upper and lower airspaces for …