AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT

REFERENCE

ICAO doc 4444 CH.1 DEFINITION

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 Objectives
• Define ASM;
• Describe the scope of ASM;
• Explain the responsibility for the provision
of ASM;
• State the methods of managing the
airspace (FUA, airspace design).

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 Definition
• Airspace Management (ASM) is a
generic term covering any management
activity provided for the purpose of
achieving the most efficient use of
airspace based on actual needs and,
where possible, avoiding permanent
airspace segregation.

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 Responsibility
• States should ensure that military authorities
responsible for the planning and conducting activities
potentially hazardous to civil aircraft are fully familiar
with the area of activity in terms of:
 type(s) of civil aircraft operations;
 ATS airspace organisation and responsible
controlling/monitoring unit(s);
 ATS routes and their dimensions, as appropriate; and
 relevant regulations and special rules in force,
including airspace restrictions.

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 Advantages
• Enhancement of ASM processes and improvement of
civil-military co-ordination;
• Airspace structure (optimisation of the ATS route
network, ATC sectors and terminal airspace);
• Airspace classification (development of new or
adapted airspace structures and progress towards a
uniform airspace organisation leading to a continuum
of airspace);
• ATM procedures (development of procedures to
support operational change);

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 .

Methods of ASM-F.U.A

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 FUA Concept
• Airspace should no longer be designated
as either purely civil or military airspace,
but rather considered as one continuum
and allocated according to user
requirements.
requirements
• Any necessary airspace segregation
should be temporary,
temporary based on real-time
usage within a specific time period.
period

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• Explain the airspace structures
associated with FUA.
Permanent ATS Routes.
Airspace Restrictions.
Temporary Segregated Areas (TSAs).
Cross-Border Areas (CBAs).
Conditional Routes (CDRs).
Reduced Co-ordination Airspace (RCA).
Joint Airspace.
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 FUA Airspace Structures
• Permanent ATS Routes.
• Airspace Restrictions.
• Temporary Segregated Areas
(TSAs).
• Cross-Border Areas (CBAs).
• Conditional Routes (CDRs).
• Reduced Co-ordination Airspace (RCA).
• Joint Airspace.
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 Temporary Segregated Areas
(TSAs)
• TSA is an airspace of defined dimensions
within which activities require the reservation
of airspace for the exclusive use of specific
users during a determined period of time.
• TSAs established at Level 1, allocated at
Level 2 by AMCs and activated at Level 3.
• TSAs introduce need for prior planning; if not
practical, remain Danger or Restricted Area.

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 TSA Activation
TSAs have 3 levels of activation:
• Published Hours.
• Planned Hours.
• Real Activation Times.

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 Published Hours
• Identified at Level 1.
• Maximum possible time during which the
TSA can be used.
• Information published in National AIPs.

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 Planned Hours
• Time brackets, within the published hours,
that the TSA has been requested for use
on a day-to-day basis.
• Managed at Level 2 by the appropriate
Airspace Management Cell.

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 Real Activation Times
• The real-time activation of a TSA for the
planned activity.
• Managed at Level 3 by military and civil
ATC units.
• Real-time co-ordination could permit
real activation times outside the planned
hours subject to:
– ATFM measures in force.
– No significant impact on OAT or GAT
planned to operate through the TSA.
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 KIRCHBERG FIR
ANOTHER FIR
F IR
KIRCHBERG TOT

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TSA Introduced.
 FUA Airspace Structures
• Permanent ATS Routes.
• Airspace Restrictions.
• Temporary Segregated Areas (TSAs).
• Cross-Border Areas (CBAs).
• Conditional Routes (CDRs).
• Reduced Co-ordination Airspace (RCA).
• Joint Airspace.
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 Conditional Routes (CDRs)
• CDRs are ATS routes that are not
permanent.
• CDRs are categorised as
CDR1
CDR2 or
CDR3 depending on availability.

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 CDR1
• Available for specified periods such as
night-time or weekends.
• Activation periods specified in AIPs.
• Always plannable during these times
unless notified by NOTAM.
• Short-notice closure handled tactically by
ATC.

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 CDR2
• Typically routes through TSAs.
• Available only when the TSA is not active.
• Plannable only in accordance with the
availability times notified the day before
operations.
• Established to maximize one or more of the
following:
Better traffic distribution.
Increase in overall ATC capacity.
Flight economy.
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 CDR3
• Not plannable.
• Routes expected to become available at
short notice.
• Routes allocated at Level 3 on a tactical
basis.

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 KIRCHBERG FIR
ANOTHER FIR
F IR
KIRCHBERG TOT

UB1
ABA
KIEM

CBA001 BOD
660
155
BONTY
ALT CL412
Military

TSA R212
155
27
212
310 050 CR
155
DEL
FIR
EM
KI
UR

KIRCHBERG
1

UB2
P112
BOB

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