ABSTRACT
CAPACITY OF THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) SYSTEM
3.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM AND CAPACITY
The ATC (Air Traffic Control) system is established over some designated area (airspace) to provide safe, efficient and regular air traffic. That means that the aircraft, as the system’s users, should be served without any conflicts among each other and the surrounding terrain (the safety of the system’s operation). Then, they should be served without significant delays that could be caused by ATC system itself (the regularity of the system’s operation). In addition, it is desired that the sufficient system capacity to meet expected demand is always available (the efficiency of the system’s operation). In other words, the aircraft have to be provided for flying through the airspace between the origin and destination along their fuel/time optimal flight paths (trajectories).
