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Eurocontrol

Europe Air traffic management system


Split up into several FIRs



NAT Eastbound

PM (EST) US to Euro

NAT Westbound

AM (EST) from Europe to US

3 phase planning process

Strategic, pre-tactical, tactical

Slot time

AKA Wheels up time, NLT than 3 hrs prior

Flight plan filling

Must be on a route than can be cleared

NAT RVSM

FL290 to FL410




Reduced Vertical Separations Min.


1000 ft between flights

NAT flight Procedure

Euro to Coast out point, Clear to NAT, coast in point to US




squack 2000 in the NAT

Coast In/Out Clearance time

NLT 30 mins prior

NAT Region floor

FL055

FIR

Flight Information Region

MNPS

Min. Nav. Performance Specifications,




Now called NAT HLA




Only in NAT not in PAC

PBCS

Performance-Based Communications and Surveillance

OTS

Organized Track System





Full Tracks OTS

60 nm lateral separation (1 lat)


RNP 10

Half Tacks OTS

30 nm lateral separation (1/2 lat)




RNP 4

TMI

Track Message Indicator




West Bound from Europe in AM –1130-1900Z (Shanwick)




East Bound from US in PM – 0100-0800Z (Gander)

PosRep

Every Waypoint or Upon request


Revise if +/-3mins or > off




Position, Estimate, Next




MET

3 Diff. Clearances

Domestic Depart, Oceanic, Domestic Arrival

SLOP

Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure




Mitigates collisions & wake

Freezing Pt of Jet Fuel

-40 C

Ground Speed Cont

TAS + Winds

Ground Speed Return

TAS - Winds

ETP Formula (Equal Time Point)

(Dist x GSR) / (GSc + GSr)




midpoint corrected for winds

RA Formula (Radius of Action)

(GSc x GSr) x ETE / (GSc + GSr)




Max distance & return with reserves intact

Whats is ETOPS

Extended Operations

FAA Definition of Polar Area

Above 78N or below 60S

Polar Pos Rep

At least every hour

OTRs

Oceanic Transition Route that get you out of Japan

CEP

Central East Pacific, which is from US to Hawaii

FTRs

Flexible Track Routes are used to navigate thru the PAC

PACOTS

Pacific Organized Track System




uncharted routes in Pacific?

NOPAC Lateral Sep

50 NM

Does PAC have MNPS

No

Does PAC have SLOP

No

PosRep in PAC

every 10 lat/lot, if longer than 1:20 than every 5 degrees

RTS

Random Track System from western US to PAC, then established on OTS

NOPAC Plane-to-place Comms

123.45

TDM

Track Definition Message in the PAC, issued together




Numbers = East to US


Letters = West to Asia

QNE

Indicated alt. at runway thresh



QNH

Actual ALT above mean sea level

QFE

Alt corrected for temp. Will read height, not altitude