Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, et de l’Énergie

Direction générale de l’Aviation civile

AirSpace Management

Airspace Use Plan (AUP)

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Updated airspace Use Plan (UUP)

Operational Working Session – 2017-04-26

Fabrice Etard HQ – ASM

fabrice.etard@aviation-civile.gouv.fr

Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, et de l’Énergie

Direction générale de l’Aviation civile

National Airspace Management Cell

(AMC France)

Pre-tactical level 2

SDRCAM

Airspace

Directory

DIRCAM DTA

ACC

Real-time

management

CDC

ACC

Strategic level 1

Tactical level 3

CDPGE

(military component

of AMC)

DSNA/DO

(civilian component

of AMC)

Regional

Committees

DCC

CDPGE: Airspace

Management & Planning

Center

CDC: Military ATC centre

DCC: Civilian unit of

coordination

CMCC: Coordination and

Control Military Center

Air Base

Squadron

,

Navy,

Army,

Test flight

center

FMP

ACC

Regulators

Civ/Mil Co-ordinations

CMCC

FUA Concept

Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, et de l’Énergie

Direction générale de l’Aviation civile

Cellule Nationale de Gestion de l’Espace Aérien (CNGE)

A joint Civil /Military body located inside DSNA/DO

(at Athis-Mons) and created in 1996

CDPGE: Defense booking and planning center,

including the military component of the French AMC

This “Airpace Management Cell”(AMC) :

Collects and analyses all Airspace and Routes Requests which may require

temporary airspace segregation

Allocates, after internal negotiation, the airspaces identified as TSA, CBA

and CDR with a daily notification through the Airspace Use Plan (AUP) and

Updated Airspace Use Plan (UUP);

Analyses afterwards about the Use of Airspace

AMC France

Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, et de l’Énergie

Direction générale de l’Aviation civile

CREATION OF AUP/UUP

• In France, the National Airspace Management Cell (CNGE) is responsible for the creation of AUP/UUP.

• At European level, a function of centralized data airspace (CADF), established in NM (Network Manager) compiles the various AUP/UUP for transmission to aircraft operators (EAUP/EUUP on Network Operational Portal).

• AUP is made at D-1 with a validity from 06:00 UTC (D) to 06:00 UTC (D+1)

UUP updates the AUP through a rolling process with a mimimum of 3 hours lead time.

CADF: Centralised Airspace Data Function

AUP : Airspace Use Plan - EAUP : European Airspace Use Plan

UUP : Updated airspace Use Plan – EUUP : European Updated airspace Use Plan

Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, et de l’Énergie

Direction générale de l’Aviation civile

TOOLS TO MAKE FRENCH AUP/UUP

LARA (Local And sub-Regional Airspace management system)

CHMI/CIAM (in case of LARA failure)

Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, et de l’Énergie

Direction générale de l’Aviation civile

STATUS OF AUP

1- INTEND

Opening of a new AUP (not visible by the other partners NM, AMC…)

2- DRAFT at 13:00 UTC (12:00 UTC summer)

Beginning of the work on Areas allocations and on CDRs availability (civ/mil

negociations)

3- READY at 15:00 UTC (14:00 UTC summer)

Data are stable. The AUP is ready for NM.

4- RELEASED before 16:00 UTC (15:00 UTC summer)

Validation (CACD Datas) and coordination CADF/AMC(s) in case of discrepancy.

The release of the AUPs triggers the update of NM operational systems and makes the

information available as an EAUP on the Network Operations Portal, as well as through

eAMI via B2B.

CACD: Central Airspace and Capacity Database (former ENV)

EAUP: European Airspace Use Plan eAMI: electronique ASM Information

B2B: Business to Business

UUP ROLLING PROCESS

1- Updated AUP (UUP) • Validity starting at any time between 06.00 UTC and 06.00 UTC D+1.

The ‘UUP time’ is set by CADF.

• 32 possible UUPs (4 on D-1 + 28 on D) at fixed times every 30 minutes

(full or half hour).

• This advanced rolling process applies to all AMCs participating in the

UUP publication procedure and provides the advantage to use shorter

slots for UUP publication in order to notify releases of airspace (so

called Procedure 2).

UUP ROLLING PROCESS

2- Principles of the UUPs

Allowed

- Cancellation/Reduction (in time

and/or FL) of RSA allocation;

- New/Extension of CDR2 availability

(in time and/or FL);

- Cancellation/Reduction of CDR1/ATS

route closures (in time and/or FL)

• Not Allowed* (except in 2 specific

UUPs)

- New/Extension of RSA allocation (in

time and/or FL)

- Cancellation/Reduction (in time

and/or FL) of CDR 2 availability

published in previous AUP/UUP

- New/Extension (in time and/or FL) of

CDR1/ATS route closures

Procedure 2 Procedure 3

*Due to NM system.

In France, additional activations of RSA (3 hours lead time) is possible,

through a national process of coordination (rerouting of flights tactically).

AUP EVOLUTIONS

Context FRA-DCT

Special events

FUA Restrictions

EU Restrictions

FBZ Full Rolling

UUP

FUA Restrictions

• Introduced in the CACD database to manage acceptance of PLNs in a restricted / reserved

related area .

• Activation of a FUA restriction :

• Via activation of the associated reserved / restricted area, by AUP / UUP.

• all PLNs passing through the bound area will be rejected according to RAD Annex 7

• As France doesn’t apply Procedure 3 on D day (only via National Process), extra activations

of FUA Restrictions cannot be applied.

FBZ: FPL Buffer Zone

• Airspace defined laterally and vertically associated with a restricted or reserved airspace for the purpose of submitting a valid IFR FPL when the areas are active.

• Represents the entire airspace to be avoided for flight planning purposes

• FPL can be filed up to the FBZ limit.

• Published in AIP and notified per day via AUP / UUP

• If FBZ=>FUA restriction must be defined.

• As France doesn’t apply Procedure 3 on D day (only via National Process), extra

activations of FBZ cannot be applied.

EU RESTRICTIONS

• Defined for areas set up during a temporary period (eg: large-scale exercises or special

events):

• Represents a temporary airspace associated with a restricted airspace,

• Defined in the CACD system and managed as FBZ and FUA Restrictions via AUP / UUP.

• Today:

- at D-1 (after AUP):

Procedure 2 and 3 applied

- at D:

Procedure 2 is applied (Advanced Rolling UUP )

Procedure 3 is applied in 2 specific UUP but France has never adopted this

process (only national process)

• Near futur:

- at D:

Procedure 3 will be applied through Advanced Rolling UUP

ROLLING UUP

EXAMPLE THROUGH EUROPEAN AUP

FUA Restrictions AREAS

FBZ ASSOCIATED

Thanks for your attention!