Eurocontrol Simulates Airspace Reconfiguration Scenarios

Eurocontrol conducted a large scale multi-center real-time simulation to validate new FAB (functional airspace block) airspace and route scenarios in April.

The AMRUFRA (Amsterdam, Ruhr and Frankfurt) project covered the airspace area controlled by Amsterdam, Langen and Maastricht, and included both civil and military operations.  The three-week simulation started on April 7^th and involved 25 controllers.

One of the simulation's important purposes was to examine the consequences of the introduction of a new runway at Frankfurt and its potential for increasing the complexity of aircraft routings in the region.

In addition, Eurocontrol wanted the simulation to validate some of the expected capacity, efficiency and safety benefits of the new FAB.  05-03-2008.

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