The 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 […]
Read MoreA new article is filed under the ‘Projects’ tab: Capacity Management about the project Multi-Airport Concept. Click the link below to view the article and the download link to the report. Multi-Airport Concept: improved management of air traffic flows in The Netherlands The project ‘Multi-Airport Concept’ explores how Schiphol Airport and the regional airports will […]
Read MoreWhat did we achieve in 2019? Which projects did we work on? What did we complete? What will we continue to work on over the course of the next year? And what are the results so far? You can find the answers to all these questions below.
Read MoreDutch airports have grown considerably over time. This growth takes place almost autonomously. No mechanisms are established to balance this growth among airports, routes or airspace. Without a coordinated development of airports, it is expected that the maximum airspace capacity will soon be reached.
Read MoreThe new year is starting off with yet another set of calls! The KDC management team has requested its partners to provide proposals for benefit assessments of Runway sequence bays (subject 5.3 of the research agenda), Optimization of ground movements in relation to taxiway renovation (subject 5.4), and an Airport Operations Centre (APOC) for Schiphol […]
Read MoreThe KDC management team has requested its partners to provide proposals for a benefit assessment of RECAT-EU for Departures (subject 5.2 of the research agenda) in a joint collaboration with EUROCONTROL. This is the first of four calls that will be made in the period up to January 15, 2020. Next in sequence will be […]
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