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Traffic Flow
Management
(TFM)
By: Mark Libby
ATCSCC
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Collaboration
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National Airspace System (NAS)
20 Domestic En Route Air Route Traffic Contol Centers (ARTCCs)
5 Geographical Regions
1 Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC)
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ATCSCC• National Oversight for all
Traffic Flow Management and NAS Operations
• Coordinate and implement all National traffic management initiatives– Reroutes
– AFP
– Ground Stops
– Miles-in-Trail (MIT)
– GDP
• Focal point for stakeholder coordination
ATCSCC
ARTCC Industry
Terminal
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Preflight
TerminalTerminal En Route
TFMS Strategic Planning
Post Flight
Cross-Domain
AnalysisTime-based Flow Mgt/TMI and ATC
Tactical Functions
TFMS Operational
Modeling & Planning
Days 4 hours 2 hours Departure Arrival
Strategic Planning
• Weather
• Equipment
• Volume vs. Capacity
• Constraints
• Special Activities
• Stakeholder Preferences
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Preflight
TerminalTerminal En Route
TFMS Strategic Planning
Post Flight
Cross-Domain
AnalysisTime-based Flow Mgt/TMI and ATC
Tactical Functions
TFMS Operational
Modeling & Planning
Operational Modeling & Planning
Days 4 hours 2 hours Departure Arrival
•FSM Flight Schedule Monitor•IPM Integrated Program Modeling•CCFP Collaborative Convective Forecast Product•TSD / CCSD Traffic Situation Display / Common Constraint Situation Display•FEA / FCA Flow Evaluation Area / Flow Constrained Area•Playbooks / CDRs (Coded-Departure Routes) / Preferential Routes
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Why did I get delayed?
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Tactical
Operations
TerminalTerminal En Route
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A normal flight from Chicago O’Hare
(ORD) to Newark, NJ (EWR)
ORD
EWR
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Ground Delay Programs (GDP)
ORD
EWR
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Ground Stop (GS)
ORD
EWR
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Airspace Flow Programs (AFP)
ORD
EWR
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Reroutes or Integrated Collaborative Routing (ICR)
ORD
EWR
+
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Next Gen
• RRIA Reroute Impact Assessment
• CTOP Collaborative Trajectory Option Program (Formerly known as SEVEN)
• ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast
• Data Comm
• TBO Trajectory Based Operations
• Surface
• Collaborative I-ATM
(Integrated Air Traffic Management)
TFMS Strategic
Planning
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TFMS Strategic
Planning Collaborative I-ATM
Common
Situational
Awareness
Controller
Traffic
Manager
Pilot
Dispatcher
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Questions?
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CDM Road Show - Friends & Partners in
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Link to “CDM and NGIP”
