Air Traffic Control: The Role Of The Air Traffic Control

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Air Traffic Control (ATC):
The Air Traffic Controller Task is to monitor and manage the air traffic during a phase of travel in airspace that comes under their control. They also ensure safe and efficient way of arrival and departure from an airport with en route traffic.

Working:
The controller works in such a way that there is a screen which displays the relevant information egarding any plane that arrives and departs with their respective speed, altitude, type and radar positions. The screen is updated every few seconds so that the current data is always available.

The controller also decides the order in which the plane should land or depart and the communication is done to pilots i.e the commands are radioed to the respective pilots.
Eg: Lower flight level ; reduce air speed etc

In a current situation the controller always keeps track …show more content…

All decisions ATCOs take can have safety critical consequences. Ther might be extraordinary situations arising due to different weather conditions such as snow in the air/ ground or thunderstorms heavy rain etc. Also situations in which traffic is high managing can become stenuous for the controller. The planning becomes more and more complicated and no optimal decisions can make the situation even more complex.

One way to overcome this is to use electronic assistance systems. Assistance systems exist for several kinds of controller tasks, such as aircraft approach ("Arrival Manager",
AMAN), departure ("Departure Manager", DMAN), or navigation on the ground.

In case of Arrival phase :AMAN – suggests the order in which the air craft lands and provides the required commands. This helps to give an optimal planning from the system’s point of

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