AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (A Summary)
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (A Summary)
PRINKESH BARODIYA
Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by
ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the
ground and in the air.
The day-to-day problems faced by the air traffic control system are primarily
related to the volume of air traffic demand placed on the system . Several
factors dictate the amount of traffic that can land at an airport in a given
amount of time. Each landing aircraft must touch down, slow, and exit the
runway before the next crosses the beginning of the runway. Allowing for
departures between arrivals, each runway can thus handle about 30 arrivals
per hour.
• Weather
Rain, ice or snow on the runway cause landing aircraft to take longer to slow and
exit, thus reducing the safe arrival rate and requiring more space between
landing aircraft. Fog also requires a decrease in the landing rate. These, in turn,
increase airborne delay for holding aircraft. In Area Control Centers, a major
weather problem is thunderstorms, which present a variety of hazards to aircraft
Air Navigation Service Provider — The air navigation service
provider is the authority directly responsible for providing
both visual and non-visual aids to navigation within a specific
airspace in compliance with, but not limited to, International
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) .