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Air Traffic Control

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-0370/06
Abbreviation RLP
Course title Air Traffic Control
Credits 4
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator Ing. Rostislav Stryk, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Legal, institutional and organisational framework of air traffic services.
2. Airspace structure and organisation of air traffic services.
3. Aeronautical information and aeronautical information management.
4. Communication and coordination within ATS.
5. Fundamental principles and procedures of air traffic control.
6. Separation and organisation of air traffic.
7. Approach, aerodrome and special operational procedures from the ATC perspective.
8. Emergency, abnormal and degraded operational situations in ATS.
9. Communication, navigation and surveillance systems used in ATM.
10. Flight data processing systems, automation and decision support.
11. Airspace management and air traffic flow and capacity management.
12. Safety management and human factors in ATM/ANS.
13. Professional visit to an air traffic services unit.

E-learning

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Literature

EFTHYMIOU, Marina, ed. Air Traffic Management: Principles, Performance, Markets. 1st ed. Abingdon: Routledge, 2023. ISBN 978-0-367-33244-0 .
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Procedures for Air Navigation Services – Air Traffic Management, Doc 4444. Montréal: ICAO, as amended.
Aeronautical regulations of the L series, European Union legislation, and ICAO, EASA and EUROCONTROL documents relating to the provision of air traffic services and air navigation services, as amended and in force.

Advised literature

ARBLASTER, Margaret. Air Traffic Management: Economics, Regulation and Governance. Oxford: Elsevier, 2018. ISBN 978-0-12-811118-5 .
COOK, Andrew, ed. European Air Traffic Management: Principles, Practice and Research. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007; reprint Abingdon: Routledge, 2016. ISBN 978-1-138-25576-0 .
ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ed. Air Traffic Management and Systems IV: Selected Papers of the 6th ENRI International Workshop on ATM/CNS. Singapore: Springer, 2021. ISBN 978-981-33-4668-0 .