They establish minimum vertical separation of 1,000 feet (approximately 300 meters) and minimum horizontal separation of between 2.5 and 8 nautical miles (4.6 to 14.8 kilometres) between aircraft. After all, four eyes see better than two.Īrea controllers ensure sufficient separation between aircraft. They also obtain relevant information from neighbouring sectors and support the radar controller. Their tasks include the coordination of transfer levels for inbound and outbound traffic. While the radar controller monitors the radar screen and issues instructions and clearances to the pilot via radiotelephony, the coordinator communicates with the adjacent sectors. Each sector is controlled by a team of two air traffic controllers: the radar controller and the coordinator. The individual flight information regions of the control centres, in turn, are subdivided into different sectors. German airspace is divided into so-called flight information regions (FIR), which are assigned to radar control centres. The colleagues in Karlsruhe have an eye on upper airspace.
Lower airspace, up to around 7,500 metres, is monitored from Langen, Bremen and Munich. All pilots flying under instrument flight rules (IFR) are controlled by the air traffic controllers working in these control centres. In total, DFS has four such centres: in Langen, Bremen, Munich and Karlsruhe. The air traffic controllers in the radar control centres, on the other hand, only see aircraft as symbols on their radar screens. At night and in conditions of low visibility, such as fog, they are supported by ground radar. Tower controllers always have direct visual contact with the aircraft.
They inform pilots about the departure procedures and issue take-off clearances. They coordinate the aircraft which are taxiing, taking off and landing by radiotelephony. These tower controllers ensure the smooth conduct of traffic at the aerodrome. The air traffic controllers in control towers manage what happens on the apron, on the runways and in the surrounding airspace. Air traffic controllers work in radar control centres and in control towers. They make sure that there is always sufficient separation between aircraft. Give me an air carrier tower or tracon, money be damned.DFS air traffic controllers ensure that flights are conducted in a safe, orderly and expeditious manner. Personally, I would never want to work a vfr airport or at a center. But it's not outside the realm of possibility to succeed in any of them since it's basically the same core skills that get you through, it's how you process the information. Some are just wired to do one and struggle with the others, it's not uncommon to see a level 12 center controller struggle at a level 7/8/9 tower because it's just a different type of ATC. There are controllers that swear by their specialty (either vfr or ifr tower, approach, or center). Some controllers are just wired to, or just prefer, dealing with one type of traffic over the other (especially if money isn't a factor). You could have a level 10 tower that does 700 operations a day, but it's all air carriers that only land and depart. (And this incredibly complex formula they use to determine what level your facility is)Ī level 7 VFR tower like Van Nuys will do 1000 operations (takeoff/landings) a day, but it's little private planes doing nothing but touch and go's all day long. Kinda all boils down to different types of traffic.
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