ACAC-Supplemental Data Collection QuestionnaireAirbus ProSky

ACAC CNS/ATM Study Update & Strategic Planning

Supplemental Data Collection Questionnaire

Project Manager:

DeAnna Burke

Technical Team

Barbara Cogliandro

Carolyn Cross

Peter Hruz

Mike Nash

John Timmerman

December 21, 2015

Metron Aviation, Inc.

45300 Catalina Court, Suite 101

Dulles, VA 20166 USA

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ACAC-Supplemental Data Collection QuestionnaireAirbus ProSky

Revision Record

Revision / Date / Description
1.0 / December 14, 2015 / Supplemental Questionnaire
2.0 / December 21, 2015 / ACAC Amended Supplemental Questionnaire

Table of Contents

Purpose

Survey Outline

Instructions

1FIR Participant Information (PI):

2FIR Organizational Information (OI):

3FIR Documentation (CD):

4FIR General Facility Background (GB):

5FIR ASBU Block 0, 1, 2, and 3 Progression (AS):

5.1ASBU Block 0

6FIR Operations (FO):

6.1Area Control Centre (ACC): Commercial Operations (COM):

6.2Area Control Centre (ACC): Non-Commercial Operations (NCO):

6.3Approach Control Facility (APC): Commercial Operations (COM):

6.4Approach Control Facility (APC): Non-Commercial Operations (COM):

6.5Aerodrome (A1): Commercial and Non-Commercial Operations

6.6Aerodrome (A2): Commercial and Non-Commercial Operations

6.7Aerodrome (A3): Commercial and Non-Commercial Operations

6.8Aerodrome (A4): Commercial and Non-Commercial Operations

6.9Aerodrome (A5): Commercial and Non-Commercial Operations

6.10Aerodrome (A6): Commercial and Non-Commercial Operations

6.11Physical Infrastructure

7FIR Communications (CM):

8FIR Surveillance (SR):

9FIR Automation (AU):

10FIR Separation (SP):

11FIR Navigation (NV):

12FIR Airspace (AS):

13FIR Sectorization (SE):

14FIR Staffing (ST):

15FIR Capacity (CA):

16FIR Initiated Data (FID): Optional

Appendix A:Additional FIR Facility Identification

Appendix B:Additional FIR Facility Traffic Counts

Appendix C:Additional Automation Input Table (Question: AU – 3)

List of Figures

Figure 1: ACAC Member States

Figure 2: OI-3, Sample, Organizational Information

List of Tables

Table 1: ACAC Member States

Table 2: Supplemental Questionnaire Data Collection Categories

Table 3: Initial Questionnaire Data Collection Questionnaire

Table 4: CD-6, Sample, FIR Documentation

Table 5: CD-6, FIR Documentation

Table 6: GB-2, Sample, Facility Identification

Table 7: GB-2, Facility Identification

Table 8: AS-1, Sample, ASBU Block 0

Table 9: AS-1, ASBU Block 0

Table 10: AS-2, ASBU Block 1

Table 11: AS-3, ASBU Block 2

Table 12: AS-4, ASBU Block 3

Table 13: FO-1, Sample, ACC-COM, Traffic Counts: Commercial Operations (COM)

Table 14: FO-1, ACC-COM, Traffic Counts: Commercial Operations (COM)

Table 15: FO-1, ACC-NCO, Traffic Counts: Non-Commercial Operations (NCO)

Table 16: FO-1, APC-COM, Traffic Counts: Commercial Operations (COM)

Table 17: FO-1, APC-NCO, Traffic Counts: Non-Commercial Operations (NCO)

Table 18: FO-1, A1 Traffic Counts

Table 19: FO-1, A2 Traffic Counts

Table 20: FO-1, A3 Traffic Counts

Table 21: FO-1, A4 Traffic Counts

Table 22: FO-1, A5 Traffic Counts

Table 23: FO-1, A6 Traffic Counts

Table 24: FO-3, Physical Infrastructure

Table 25: CM-1, Sample, Communication Methods

Table 26: CM-1, Communication Methods

Table 27: CM-2, Sample, A/G Communications

Table 28: CM-2, A/G Communications

Table 29: CM-2, G/G Communications

Table 30: SR-1, Sample, Surveillance Systems

Table 31: SR-1, Surveillance Systems

Table 32: SR-2, Sample, Surveillance Adequacy

Table 33: SR-2, Surveillance Adequacy

Table 34: SR-3, Surveillance Characteristics

Table 35: SR-4, Radar Data Sharing

Table 36: AU-1, Sample, Automation Systems

Table 37: AU-1, Automation Systems

Table 38: AU-2, Sample, Automation System Adequacy

Table 39: AU-2, Automation System Adequacy

Table 40: AU-3, Sample, Automation Functional Capabilities

Table 41: AU-3, Automation Functional Capabilities

Table 42: SP-1, Separation Minima

Table 43: SP-2, Spacing Practices

Table 44: SP-3, Separation Application

Table 45: SP-7-1, Sample, Separation Effects

Table 46: SP-7-1, Separation Effects

Table 47: NV-1, Sample Navigation Specifications

Table 48: NV-1, Navigation System Identification

Table 49: AP-1, Sample, Airspace Efficiency

Table 50: AP-1, Airspace Efficiency

Table 51: AP-1-3, Airspace Configurations

Table 52: AP-3, Sample, Route Bottlenecks

Table 53: AP-3, Route Bottlenecks

Table 54: SE-1, Sample, Sectors

Table 55: SE-2, Sectors

Table 56: SE-2, Sample, Facility Numbers

Table 57: ST-2, Facility Numbers

Table 58: ST-1, Sample, DESIRED Operational Staffing

Table 59: ST-1, DESIRED Operational Staffing

Table 60: ST-2, On-hand Level Staffing

Table 61: ST-3, Sample, Staffing Attrition

Table 62: ST-3, Staffing Attrition

Table 63: ST-4, Sample, Staffing Recruitment

Table 64: ST-3, Staffing Recruitment

Table 65: CA-1, Sample, Capacity Shortfall Identification

Table 66: CA-2, Capacity Shortfall Identification

List of Acronyms

AAR...... Airport Acceptance Rate

ACAC...... Arab Civil Aviation Commission

ACAS...... Airborne Collision Avoidance System

ACC...... Area Control Center

A-CDM...... Airport Collaborative Decision Making

ADR...... Airport Departure Rate

ADS-B...... Automated Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast

ADS-C...... Automated Dependent Surveillance - Contract

AIDC...... Air Traffic Services Inter-facility Data Communications

AIP...... Aeronautical Information publication

AMAN...... Arrival Manager

ANSP...... Air Navigation Service Provider

ASBU...... Aviation System Block Upgrade

ASDE-X...... Airport Surface Detection Equipment – Model X

ASEP...... Airborne Separation

A-SMGCS...... Advanced Surface Movement Guidance & Control System

ASR...... Airport Surveillance Radar

ATC...... Air Traffic Control

ATM...... Air Traffic Management

ATSA...... Air Traffic Situational Awareness

CCO...... Continuous Climb Operations

CDO...... Continuous Descent Operations

CPDLC...... Controller Pilot Data Link Communication

DCPC...... Direct Controller Pilot Communications

DMAN...... Departure Manager

DME...... Distance Measuring Equipment

EMAN...... EnRoute Manager

EVS...... Enhanced Vision Systems

FFICE...... Flight and Flow Info for the Collaborative Environment

FIR...... Flight Information Region

FUA...... Flexible Use of Airspace

GBAS-GLS...... Ground=Based Augmentation System Landing System

GANP...... Global Air Navigation Plan

GNSS...... Global Navigation Satellite System

HF...... High Frequency

ICAO...... International Civil Aviation Organization

IFR...... Instruments Flight Rules

ILS...... Instrument Landing System

IMC...... Instrument Meteorological Condition

LOA...... Letter of Agreement

LOC...... Localizer

MLS...... Microwave Landing System

MNT...... Mach Number Technique

NDB...... Non-Directional Beacon

nm...... Nautical Miles

OLDI...... On-Line Data Interchange

PAR...... Precision Approach Radar

POC...... Point of Contact

RFP...... Request for Proposal

RNAV...... Area Navigation

RPA...... Remotely Piloted Aircraft

RWY...... Runway

SAA...... Special Activity Area

SATCOM...... Satellite Communication

SMAN...... Surface Management

SOP...... Standard Operating Procedure

SMS...... Safety Management System

SSR...... Secondary Surveillance Radar

SVS...... Synthetic Visualization Systems

SWIM...... System Wide Information Management

TACAN...... Tactical Air Navigation

TWR...... Tower (Airport Control Tower)

UHF...... Ultra High Frequency

UTC...... Universal Coordinated Time

VFR...... Visual Flight Rules

VHF...... Very High Frequency

VMC...... Visual Metrological Condition

VNAV...... Vertical Navigation

VOR...... Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range

VORTAC...... Tactical Aircraft Control and Navigation

WAAS...... Wide Area Augmentation System

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ACAC-Supplemental Data Collection QuestionnaireAirbus ProSky

Purpose

In recent years,there have been significant changes in the global approach to ATM and for aviation in the Middle East. Most notably for ATM is the adoption of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP), development of the Aviation System Block Upgrade (ASBU) approach to ATM evolution, implementation of formalized Safety Management System (SMS), and shifts in how Air Navigation Services are provided. There continues to be unprecedented rapid growth of aviation in parts of the region that is straining ATM capabilities and spurring various localized nation replanning efforts.

The Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) and aviation authorities have developed strategic plans to address the growing needs. There are, however, substantial challenges in being able to accommodate effectively the anticipated aviation growth and expectations of its stakeholders. Some areas of the current regional ATM system are already experiencing extended periods of airborne holding or ground departure delays. There is a need to increase airspace capacity, provide increased access to airports, improve efficiency for both aviation system customers and ANSPs and reduce environmental impacts while continuing to maintain, foster, and promote safety. Specific objectives include:

  1. Increase airspace capacity to meet future demand requirements
  2. Increase access to airports
  3. Improve airspace safety and efficiency
  4. Reduce environmental impact of increasing traffic by providing improved ATM operations
  5. Improve interoperability between ANSPs to foster seamless services across borders

As a result, the Arab Civil Aviation Commission (ACAC) launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a new study thatobtainsan update toa similar previous effort from 2005.

The questions in this supplemental questionnaire and the previously submitted initial questionnairecollect data in support development of an ATM Study addressing near-term and strategic ATM needs and requirements in the Middle East and North Africa. The principal study rationale and mutual benefits are as follows:

  • This region spread over the Middle East and North Africa has one of the highest air traffic growths in the world with projections for sustained growth.
  • Some nations are already experiencing greater aircraft activity levels than ATM capabilities and airspace route structures can and will be able to support.
  • Legacy operational agreements and procedures between nations lack the ability to prevent oversaturating ATM capabilities of adjacent nation ATM facilities.
  • Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) to assist in managing imbalance between demand and available capacity will be significantly more effective in a larger and coordinated regional application.
  • With no immediate actions, the region is due to have numerous bottlenecks that will have immediate effect on aviation growth, economic growth, safety, and the environment.

This ATM Study Update intends to collect and aggregate data and trends that would be used to develop both near-term requirements and longer term strategic needs by ACAC to formulate a master plan for regional air navigation service provision through 2030.

The study update participants include the ACAC member states (Table 1) and (Figure 1)which will define the overall data collection area depicted in (Figure 2).

Table 1: ACAC Member States

ACAC Member States / ACAC Member States
The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria / The Kingdom of Morocco
The Kingdom of Bahrain / The Sultanate of Oman
The Arab Republic of Egypt / The State of Palestine
The Republic of Iraq / The State of Qatar
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan / The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The State of Kuwait / The Republic of Sudan
The Republic of Lebanon / The Syrian Arab Republic
The Great Peoples Socialist Libyan Arab Jamahiriya / The Tunisian Republic
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania / The State of the United Arab Emirates
The Yemen Republic

Figure 1: ACAC Member States

Survey Outline

The supplemental questionnaire is divided into15core data collection categories (Table 2) and 1 optional category. The core categories reflect those operational and management categories that will provide the data that will become the focus of the ACAC CNS/ATM Study Update & Strategic Planning.One optional category allows the individual FIR respondent to include any additional information that would support the advancement of this project.

Each question is identified by its category and question number. This format will assist in the data compilation, and support the development of a reusable database.Each category has an option for the responder to add any additional information that could be relevant to this effort.

Table 2: Supplemental Questionnaire Data Collection Categories

ID / Description / ID / Description
PI-1 / Participant Information / AU-9 / Automation
OI-2 / Organizational Information / SP-10 / Separation
CD-3 / Core Documentation / NV-11 / Navigation
GB-4 / General Background / AP-12 / Airspace
AS-5 / ASBUBlock 0/1 Progression / SE-13 / Sectorization
FO-6 / Facility Operations / ST-14 / Staffing
CM-7 / Communications / CA-15 / Capacity
SR-8 / Surveillance / FID-16 / Facility Initiated (optional)

The following data collection categories (Table 3) areamong those contained in the initial questionnaire. Project States are encouraged to additionally review and complete the initial questionnaire.

Table 3: Initial Questionnaire Data Collection Questionnaire

Initial Questionnaire - Data Collection Categories Include:
Description / Description
Air Traffic Management / Special Activity Airspace
GAP Identification / Weather Impacts
Runway Constraints / Airport Constraints
Controller Workload / Aircraft Equipage

Instructions

This questionnaire is supplemental to the initialquestionnaire distributed during October 2015. In a few cases, there are questions that are similar to those in the initialquestionnaire.To differentiate these questions, the similar questions are identified with a grey outlined box, as indicated below.Those States that have already provided full responses to the preliminary questionnaire may choose to bypass these highlighted questions.

This questionnaire is developed in Microsoft© Word Document format and isopen to the respondent for edits. The principal method of data insertion will be accomplished by using ‘tables.’ Each table has been formatted to accept input and ‘expand’ as data is inserted. Following each question table is an opportunity for the respondent to add any additional information—this insertion will be accomplished by adding text.

Each new Category is paginated by ‘section’, which will allow for the automatic movement to the next page as information is added to previous sections.

Data Input Consistency:

To ensure as full and complete an understanding as possible of the individual and regional operational environments, the Airbus ProSky team will be heavily relying on the data provided by the ACAC Member States. Critical to obtaining this understanding, is a level of uniformity and consistency in format and detail to the responses provided to both the initial and supplemental questionnaires. To achieve this goal, questions that require significant detail within the supplemental questionnaire are preceded with a sample response, indicating the minimum desired detail and format. The sample DOES NOT restrict the respondent from providing more information.

Sample input will be indicated with red highlights as indicated below:

Documentation – Sample

SAMPLE - (CD-5):Identify the currency and availability status of the following documentation or their local equivalents. Indicate your response in the table with a ‘Y’ or ‘N’.

Document Title (or local equivalent) / Document Status
Established / Available / Current / Under Revision / Not Current
Sample Doc. Name / Yes / Yes / Yes
Sample Doc. Name / Yes / No / Yes
Sample Doc. Name / No

Several questions will ask the responder to judge the operational adequacy of a system/method. To ensure uniform understandings that later will allow for logical analysis, the following definitions have been developed. For those type questions, please use the following definitions when completing your responses.

  1. Adequate – The subject system/method provides you with most of the modern era operational capabilities you need, and at a high level of quality or reliability to perform your daily job function. (On a scale of 1-10, this level would be a 9-10)
  2. Moderately Adequate – The subject system/method provides you with many of the modern era operational capabilities you need, and at a medium level of quality or reliability to perform your daily job function. (On a scale of 1-10, this level would be a 6-8)
  3. Minimally Adequate – The subject system/method provides you with few of the modern era operational capabilities you need, and at a low level of quality or reliability to perform your job function. (On a scale of 1-10, this level would be a 3-5)
  4. Not At All Adequate – The subject system/method does not provide you with any of the modern era operational capabilities needed, and at a poor or inconsistent level of quality or reliability to perform your daily job function. (On a scale of 1-10, this level would be a 0-2)
  5. Not Applicable – You have no interaction with the subject system/method.

Data Delivery Means and Procedures:

To ensure ease and security of data transmission from each FIR to the Project team,individualSECURE File Transfer Protocol (FTP) siteshave been established for EACH participating project State Point of Contact (POC).These FTP sites will allow for the (1) transfer of large file sizes that are often restricted in general email accounts, and (2) secure transmission of data between the intended participants. The following FTP site and data transmission procedures will be used by all affected parties:

  1. Each of the FTP site addresses and passwords will be forwarded to the ACAC POC Mr. Mohamed Rejeb by Airbus ProSky.
  2. Mr. Mohamed Rejeb will forward each specific site address and its password to the individual point of contact (POC) for each ACAC Member State.
  3. Each POC FTP recipient should initiate a test upload to ensure proper site functionality.
  4. As the Member State collects and transmits its data, it will upload the information to the FTP Site.
  5. Upon successful upload to the FTP site, the State POC will initiate an email to Mr. Mohamed Rejeb (), indicating that data has been uploaded to the FTP site.
  6. Mr. Mohamed Rejeb will confirm the upload of the data to the FTP site, and then initiate an email to Airbus ProSky ( and ), indicating the originating member state, and that data is available for review.
  7. Airbus ProSky will conduct an initial ‘quick-look’ review of the uploaded information toconfirm (1) completion, and (2) level of response detail. If clarification of the data or additional information is required, Airbus ProSky will advise Mr. Mohamed Rejeb of the needed attention, who will in turn contact the member state.
  8. The FTP sites will be eliminated, and their use will no longer available either when the (1) data collection process has ended, or (2) the project has ended. In either case, Mr. Mohamed Rejeb will be advised, and he then will advise the member states.

Questionnaire Response Period:

The project team is estimating a reasonable completion and submission period to be 45 days from the State’s reception of the questionnaire. We are therefore requesting your finalized input by January 31, 2016.

The project team requests your support in providing (1) responses that are as thorough and detailed as possible to both questionnaires (initial and supplemental), and (2) submission of requested/available documentation,so that we can obtain the best possible understanding of your operations and its needs.

Questions for the project team should be routed through the ACAC Representative, Mohamed Rejeb, ().

Thank you for your time, cooperation, and support.

1FIR Participant Information (PI):

Please provide the following Point-Of-Contact (POC) information for the person(s) that will be interacting with the project team: