• Hans van Weerdenburg

• Air traffic controller RNLAF

• Air Traffic Controller Schiphol

• Supervisor TWR & APP

• Training Manager Schiphol & Rotterdam

• Guest Lecturer Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS Aviation Academy)

• Owner: ATCOAir Traffic Control Opleidingen & Operations

“To learn about and from ATC”

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https://www.atco.nu

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• Millions of flights per year through the worlds airspace

• At this very moment over 10.000 airplanes in the air worldwide

• Carrying an average >1 million people in the air

• Schiphol itself >1500 movements a day

• Should we be ashamed?

• Individual consideration?

• Pros and Cons to consider

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• Pros among others:

• Fresh flowers

• Fresh food that can’t be transported by ship

• Vegetables

• Fruit

• Quick availability of spare parts

• Warehousing would cost too much space

• Warehousing would cost too much money

• Cheaper!

• Present economy needs fast deliveries

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• Cons among others:

• Use of scarce commodities

• Polution

• Noise

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• Can we reduce the Cons?

• Efficiency key word!

• Air transport must be used and be as efficient as possible?

• Partly achieved by setting up Air Traffic Management (ATM)

• ATM goal not just efficiency:

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ATM:

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Ref:ICAO Doc 4444

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Safety first!

ATM:

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• Can we reduce the Cons?

• Efficiency key word!

• Partly achieved by setting up Air Traffic Management (ATM)

• ATM goal not just efficiency

• ATM just piece of the cake

• ATM NO piece of cake but complex game

• Presentation about airspace design:

• Physical lay out

• And why!

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Amsterdam Flight Information Region

(FIR):

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Horizontal division in:

• Civil airspace

• Military airspace

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ATS route system (airways)

INSIDE civil airspace

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How things work:

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How things work:

• ARTIP

• RIVER

• SUGOL

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How things work:

• ARTIP

• RIVER

• SUGOL

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How things work:

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How things work:

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Complex system during

Runway changes

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Complex system during

Runway changes

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Complex system during

Runway changes

Puzzel solved by humans

ATCO’s

Designated airspace needed

without intruders or

unpredictable traffic

Military training also requires

dedicated airspace

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Airspace redesign:

• Different or no divisions?

• ATS route system (airways)

INSIDE civil AND military

airspace

• Flexible use?

• Colocation of Mil and Civ Atco’s

• Different ATS route system?

• European redesign needed

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• Millions of flights per year through the worlds airspace

• At this very moment over 10.000 airplanes in the air worldwide

• At this very moment >1 million people in the air

• Schiphol itself >1500 movements a day

• Should we be ashamed?

• Individual consideration?

• Pros and Cons to consider

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• We can think about mitigation of Cons:

• Air transport only when no alternative

• CO2 compensation

• More silent and efficient airplanes

• Etc.

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• From an ATM perspective:

• ATM system must be modernised

• Maintaining connection with international network

• Acceptable solutions for all airspace users

• Acceptable solutions for all residents

• Changing a complex process is a complex process

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• Thank you!

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