Air traffic management
Air Traffic Management (Engl. Air Traffic Management , ATM ) serves to ensure safe and efficient movement of aircraft during all phases of their operation. It subsumes all functions and services of Air Space Management (ASM), Air Traffic Flow Management ( ATFM ) and Air Traffic Services (ATS).
- Air space management
- Planning and division of the available air space with the aim of making the best possible use of this air space. For this, a permanent separation must be avoided and a dynamic division of the airspace among the various airspace user categories (civil commercial aviation, civil non-commercial aviation, military aviation) must be achieved.
- Traffic flow control
- Planning and controlling the volume of air traffic with the aim of ensuring a safe, orderly and high flow of traffic. For this, (1) the maximum utilization of available capacities must be ensured and (2) overload situations in individual traffic areas must be avoided by regulating the traffic.
- Air Traffic Services
- Summary of the operational services Air Traffic Control (ATC), Flight Information Service (FIS), Alerting Service (ALRS) for the operational implementation of air traffic. Air traffic services are part of the air traffic control services provided by air traffic control .
Related topics
- Single European Sky is an initiative to standardize European air traffic control.