Air Traffic Control Administration System
In any air traffic environment data flowing in and out is
normally via the AFTN. This comprises of flight plans and
information on flights that the unit is handling, such as slot time
requests, delays etc.
Typically, the required information can be entered in ICAO format
and UTC and can contain the following information:
- Aircraft Registration
- Runway Used
- Actual Time of Landing and Departure
- Number of Circuits
- Number and Type of Approaches
- New Estimates of Arrival and Departure
- New Flight Information
Aircraft registrations are required so that the aircraft type
can be retrieved from the database and this information can be used
for correct allocation of stands/air-bridges, aeronautical billing
on weight of aircraft etc.
Runway used creates statistical information and assists with the
planning of runway maintenance.
Actual time of landing and departure can be used for
aeronautical billing of parking and can be used to trigger an
update to the flight information status.
Number of circuits and approaches are used for aeronautical
billing and statistical purposes.
ATC information can be used to create mandatory statistics
required by some Government agencies such as the National Air
Traffic Service (NATS) who use the information for planning
purposes and in some cases for airspace planning and overflight
billing.