Proceedings of the 16th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam

CONFLICT POINTS AND AIR TRAFFIC PROBLEM RESOLUTIONS OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS IN ISTANBUL AIRSPACE

SONER DEMIREL, ERTAN CINAR, MEDINE ELIF OTHAN

Abstract:

Every hour of a day, airlines make millions of flights. In this century, it is getting more and more important to manage air traffic effectively and regularly. In order to manage this job that is important and connected with the human lives directly, there are air traffic controllers in the tower or control centers. To be successful for managing this extreme and exciting air traffic, air traffic controllers have to know and apply the exact rules that have international validity. However, every process of air traffic is not very regular. There may be some problems that air traffic controllers have to solve to prevent air traffic crashes or air misses. These are called “conflict and conflict traffic”. There are some applications and solving methods in the job life. In this study, İstanbul Airspace conflict points and applications which are used by air traffic controllers to solve the conflicts and save the day for the crew, passengers and aircrafts are researched.

Keywords: air traffic control, conflict resolution, percentage distribution, single screening model

DOI: 10.20472/IAC.2015.016.028

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