The new year is starting off with a set of new calls! The KDC management team has requested its partners to provide proposals for the projects Steep approach runway 22 (subject 4.2.6 of the research agenda) and Traffic Segregation Concepts (subject 4.2.3). The project Transition to Trajectory Based Opartion (subject 4.5.1) is in the form […]
Read MoreThe results of the study “Optimising Preferred Use of Schiphol runways through flexible ILS maintenance”, or “OPUS” are available. Click the link below to view the page about this project, with the download link to the report. Feasibility of more flexible ILS ground inspection (OPUS project) A study to investigate the feasibility of additional permanent monitoring […]
Read MoreThe ILS ground inspection intervals can be extended, which reduces the interference of ground inspections with operational use of the runway.
Read MoreThe new research agenda has been approved by the KDC Board, and is now available on the KDC website! The KDC research has been expanded to a five year program, covering the 2021 – 2025 period. The program revolves around five themes: Safe Airspace and Airport Navigation Environmental sustainability Airline and Airport Operational Efficiency Capacity […]
Read MoreThe results of the study Schiphol Target Time of Arrival (TTA) Concept are available. Click the link below to view the page about this project, with the download link to the reports. Initial Target Time Over (TTO) Concept for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Two studies are performed: the first was an inventory about the content of […]
Read MoreThe rapid growth of demand in recent years has outpaced capacity and this has led to increasing delays at Schiphol. One of the sources of delays is the occurrence of so called ‘traffic bunches’, short periods of over-delivery of traffic, at the boundary of the Amsterdam FIR. Traffic bunches create high workload for the controllers […]
Read MoreThe results of the study Holding suport for Amsterdam Area Control are available. Click the link below to view the page about this project, with the download link to the report. Holding Support for Amsterdam Area Control A study into high level holding support concepts for Area Control. The purpose of this development is to […]
Read MoreBefore COVID-19 holding operations were a common phenomenon at busy European airports. At London Heathrow holding operations are an integral part of the arrival management concept. At other airports, such as Schiphol, holding operations are more incidental to manage short peaks in the arrival stream and of course in case of unforeseen shortage of arrival […]
Read MoreA new article is filed under the ‘Projects’ tab: Environmental Sustainability about the project CCO high altitude SIDs. Click the link below to view the article and the download link to the report. Design options for Continuous Climb Procedures A study into different departure design choices and their effects on the noise footprint and the […]
Read MoreThe national airspace redesign program aims to design the Schiphol departure and arrival routes to reduce noise and emissions and to maintain capacity. The KDC has supported the national airspace redesign program (programma luchtruimherziening) with a study into the effects of various design options for continuous climb procedures (CCO). With the help of To70, departure […]
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