Air Traffic Control

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Department of Radioelectronics

Synopsis:

Air traffic control services, its purpose. Procedures of air traffic control and commuinication, navigation and radar techniques application. Requirements on radio equipment. Obtained knowledge is suitable for aircraft industry and for aircraft operators.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Air transport safety, ATC tasks. Air traffic rules, ICAO

2. Classification of air traffic control system

3. VFR, IFR fights, ICAO categories

4. TWR, APP, ACC

5. Information service, search and rescue

6. En route flight. Procedural and radar control. Separations.

7. Approach and landing

8. Radionavigation overview and its application for ATC

9. Radar. Surveillance radar

10. Secondary radar

11. Secondary radar of S mode. Automatic target tracking

12. Collision avoidance systems, TCAS

13. Airborne radar

14. ATC organization, Eurocontrol

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Altimeter and its settings

2. Flights in airspace of A, B, C class

3. Flights in airspace of D, E, F, G

4. Airspace classification in the CR for civil and military traffic

5. Czech airspace

6. Separations applicable in the CR

7. Approach classification

8. Aviation authority test aircraft visit

9. VFR, IFR, VMC, IMC procedures

10. Equipment of TWR, APP, ACC centres

11. Simulators

12. Aeronautical information publication

13. Procedures for low visibility at airports

14. Search and rescue

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Illman, P.E. The Pilot's Air Traffic Control Handbook. Third Edition. The PilotPortal: Warsaw. 2001. ISBN 0-07-031834-4.

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Cybernetics and Measurements - Control Engineering- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Cybernetics and Measurements - Artificial Intelligence- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Cybernetics and Measurements - Measurement and Instrumentation Systems- structured studies (compulsory elective course)
• Cybernetics and Measurements - Aeronautical Engineering and Control Systems- structured studies (compulsory elective course)