Airspace design

Approximate price: €4,200.00  (final price confirmed at offer submission time)

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Concept

This training course teaches the fundamental concepts underlying airspace design and provides an overview of the main real-world factors affecting design decisions, with an emphasis on pragmatic and tested solutions.

Learning outcomes

Having completed the course, students should have gained a comprehensive understanding of the factors involved in efficient airspace design and classification and have the fundamental knowledge and skills to address traffic flows, sustainability and integration of manned and unmanned operations in their home airspace.

Prerequisites

This course is designed for air traffic management professionals, airspace planners, and flight procedure designers with an interest in airspace design.

The language of instruction is English. Attendees must be proficient at least to STANAG 6001 Level 3 or ICAO Level 4.

Method of instruction

In-person classroom instruction. Lectures followed by practical exercises and debrief.

Duration

Approximately 55 classroom hours.

Training syllabus

TopicSchedule
Introduction Day 1
Airspace design and classification
Conventional IFP design
ARINC 424 coding
Terminal airspace and air traffic flow and capacity management (ATFCM) Day 2
Continuous climb and continuous descent operations (CCO, CDO)
Airspace management and flexible use of airspace
Quality assurance Day 3
PBN instrument flight procedure design for departure trajectories
PBN instrument flight procedure design for arrival trajectories
Exercise session
Free routing implementation Day 4
Exercise session
Environment and sustainable development Day 5
Complexity and challenges in airspace design
Exercise session
Air traffic flows: AMAN, DMAN and CDM systems Day 6
Unmanned aircraft traffic: introduction to UTM systems
Case study: Airspace design implementation for Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 Day 7
Case study: Airspace design implementation in France
Exercise session
Final exercise Day 8
Final exercise correction

The content and pace of instruction can be adapted to the client’s wishes and operational needs and student performance.