Airspace Management (ASM) and Advanced Flexible Use of Airspace (A-FUA) aim to provide most efficient airspace organisation and management in response to civil and military airspace users’ requirements after completion of an enhanced CDM process among all concerned partners. ASM with A-FUA provides a solution for dynamically managing airspace users’ demands in various operating environments regardless of national boundaries.

ASM procedures and processes shall facilitate a dynamic management of airspace structures, such as variable profile area (‘VPA’), temporary restricted/reserved area (‘TRA’) and temporary segregated area (‘TSA’).
The ASM process must promote cross border operations, e.g. establishment of Cross-border areas, to improve the efficiency in airspace utilisation (more flexible solutions available), satisfying civil and military requirements. The ASM system shall support cross-border activities resulting in shared use of volume of airspace regardless of national boundaries.

The process starts at strategic level (ASM level 1) with the involvement of relevant civil and military ATM partners to ensure the optimal airspace organisation and efficient rules, including priority rules, for the management of airspace structures during pre-tactical (ASM level 2) and tactical (ASM level 3) phases.
Along all phases, local and NM systems will use and exchange coherent and updated aeronautical/airspace data, made available to airspace users. This enables planning to be undertaken on the basis of accurate information relevant to the time of the planned operations.

A rolling process in the pre-tactical and tactical phase will support the continuous exchange of ASM data among all concerned ATM partners. A CDM process between all involved operational stakeholders will enhance the daily Network Operations Plan (NOP) by identifying the most suitable solutions for the allocation of airspace structures to satisfy both civil and military requirements aiming at improving the performance of the European route network.

In the pre-tactical phase, an enhanced notification process to AOs/CFSPs will ensure common awareness of the airspace availability and provide the opportunities for more efficient flight trajectories, contributing to environment performance achievements.

In the tactical phase, ASM information, such as pre-notification of activation, notification of activation, de-activation, modification and release of airspace structures, is shared between ASM systems and affected civil and military ATS units/systems in order to enhance ATCOs’ situational awareness regarding the actual status of airspace reservations and thus, to ensure safety.

The ASM support systems (LARA or equivalent) shall:

• support cross-border activities resulting in shared use of volume of airspace regardless of national boundaries;
• be interoperable with neighbouring ASM systems, whenever required, to support cross-border operations;
• support the continuous exchange of ASM information with NM system for the rolling AUP and UUP;
• support the new AUP template content and format containing additional information such as NPZ and FUA group restrictions;
• ensure the utilisation of airspace data aligned with the centralised airspace data provided by NM system;
• exchange airspace status data with ATC system;
• support exchange of airspace data according to SWIM requirements as described in SDP Family 5.3.1, where SWIM is available.

In alternative to deploying ASM support systems, States may decide to fully rely on NM applications and system capabilities such as CIAM and its further developments and migration to NES. .

The Network Manager system shall:

• reflect the changes in the status of airspace structures such as VPA, TSA, TRA as well as routes in order to notify updated information to ANSP systems, AUs/CFSPs in a timely manner;
• provide EAUP/EUUP information;
• provide a centralised airspace data information supporting the ASM process.

AU systems shall be interoperable with NM system to retrieve up-to-date airspace status information, to file and modify flight plans based on timely and accurate information.

ATC systems shall correctly depict the activation and de-activation of configurable airspace reservations.

Aeronautical/airspace data shall be used and exchanged in a coherent way between local and NM systems.

NOTE FOR MILITARY AUTHORITIES: It is the responsibility of each military authority to review this Objective IN ITS ENTIRETY and address each of the SLoAs that the military authority considers RELEVANT for itself. This has to be done on top and above of the review of "MIL" SLoAs which identify actions EXCLUSIVE to military authorities.

Edition

2022

Stakeholders

Air Navigation Service Provider / Airspace Users / Network Manager

Type

CP1

Scope

ECAC+

Status

Active