Air Traffic Management (ATM)

Technical work programme responsibilities	The operational concept of global air traffic management Required total system performance safety regularity efficiency certification and quality assurance Autonomy of flight Situational awareness Separation assurance Collision avoidance Optimization of traffic flows Air traffic management regional concept Updating the Global Air Navigation Plan for CNS/ATM Systems Strategic airspace management Airspace infrastructure planning airspace organization visual flight rules (VFR) operations facilities and services airborne capabilities airspace planning methodology ATM requirements for communications, navigation and surveillance ATM requirements for communications required communication performance (RCP) automatic dependent surveillance (ADS) systems controller-pilot data link communications (CPDLC) data link-flight information services (D-FIS) ATM requirements for navigation required navigation performance (RNP) area navigation (RNAV) for en-route operations ATM requirements for surveillance required surveillance performance (RSP) ADS systems Tactical airspace management Dynamic use of airspace Civil/military co-ordination Air traffic services (ATS) Air traffic services systems flight data processing system (FDPS) radar data processing system (RDPS) utilization of data link automated display systems Air traffic services procedures revision of provisions global navigation satellite system (GNSS) operations operations on intersecting and same runways surveillance ADS procedures use of radar use of secondary surveillance radar (SSR) alone for separation purposes air traffic incident reporting adequacy of distress and urgency communications procedures flight planning requirements ATS safety management requirements Air traffic services integration ATS applications for air-ground data links data interchange between automated ATS systems Air traffic flow management Air traffic flow management systems functionality data bases user interface surveillance input Air traffic flow management procedures strategic ATFM tactical ATFM slot allocation ATFM messages Air traffic flow management integration global networking integration of regional ATM systems and procedures Flight operations Aircraft systems communications navigation surveillance pilot interface Pilot procedures update of AIREP format communication failure procedures air traffic incident reporting adequacy of distress and urgency communications procedures Integration of operations maintain ATC-specified separation Functional integration Flight operations and ATS ATS applications for air-ground data links voice position reporting automatic position reporting ADS-broadcast (ADS-B) Flight operations and ATFM flight plan negotiation dynamic flight profiles ATS and ATM assessment of impact on ATS of data link applications Contingency planning and crisis management Planning, technical support and implementation Search and rescue Requirements for ELTs and communications Harmonization of SAR procedures Regional air navigation plans and supplementary procedures Regional planning, monitoring of regional developments and implementation support
Council committee, AN panels and study groups	Air Traffic Management Operational Concept Panel (ATMCP) Separation and Airspace Safety Panel (SASP) Operational Data Link Panel (OPLINKP) Proficiency Requirements in Common English Study Group (PRICESG) Simultaneous Operations on Parallel or Near-Parallel Instrument Runways Study Group (SOIRSG)
Annexes and PANS	Annex 2 — Rules of the Air Annex 11 — Air Traffic Services Access a free online-only version of Annex 11 Annex 12 — Search and Rescue Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Air Traffic Management (PANS-ATM, Doc 4444)
Manuals and Circulars	Air Traffic Services Planning Manual (Doc 9426) Manual of Radiotelephony (Doc 9432) Manual concerning Interception of Civil Aircraft (Doc 9433) Manual Concerning Safety Measures Relating to Military Activities Potentially Hazardous to Civil Aircraft Operations (Doc 9554) Manual on Implementation of a 300 m (1 000 ft) Vertical Separation Minimum Between FL 290 and FL 410 Inclusive (Doc 9574) Manual on Required Navigation Performance (RNP) (Doc 9613) Manual on Airspace Planning Methodology for the Determination of Separation Minima (Doc 9689) Manual of Air Traffic Services Data Link Applications (Doc 9694) International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual, Volume I — Organization and Management, Volume II — Mission Coordination and Volume III — Mobile Facilities Doc 9731) Global Air Navigation Plan for CNS/ATM Systems (Doc 9750) Satellite-aided Search and Rescue — The COSPAS-SARSAT System (Circular 185) Simultaneous Operations on Parallel or Near-parallel Instrument Runways (Circular 207) (new manual in preparation) Pilot Skills to make “Look-out” more effective in Visual Collision Avoidance (Circular 213)