THE Aviation System Block Upgrades THE FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL HARMONIZATION DRAFT 2016 EDITION This Page Intentionally Left Blank ii Table of Contents Field Code Changed APPENDIX A – SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMME OF BLOCK UPGRADES ...................................................... 1 Field Code Changed APPENDIX B – DETAILED AVIATION SYSTEM BLOCK UPGRADES ............................................... 119 Field Code Changed Performance Improvement Area 1: Airport Operations ······························································ 1311 Thread: Airport Accessibility (APTA) Field Code Changed B0-APTA: Optimization of Approach Procedures including vertical guidance ............................................................ 1513 Field Code Changed B1-APTA: Optimized Airport Accessibility ................................................................................................................... 2220 Field Code Changed Thread: Wake Turbulence Separation (WAKE) Field Code Changed B0-WAKE: Increased Runway Throughput through Optimized Wake Turbulence Separation ................................... 3028 Field Code Changed B1-WAKE: Increased Runway Throughput through Dynamic Wake Turbulence Separation...................................... 3836 B2-WAKE: Advanced Wake Turbulence Separation (Time-based).............................................................................. 4644 Field Code Changed Thread: Runway Sequencing (RSEQ) Field Code Changed B0-RSEQ: Improve Traffic flow through Runway Sequencing (AMAN/DMAN) ........................................................... 5250 Field Code Changed B1-RSEQ: Improved Airport operations through Departure, Surface and Arrival Management ................................ 5956 Field Code Changed B2-RSEQ: Linked AMAN/DMAN .................................................................................................................................. 7066 Field Code Changed B3-RSEQ: Integration AMAN/DMAN/SMAN ............................................................................................................... 7672 Field Code Changed Thread: Surface Operations (SURF) Field Code Changed B0-SURF: Safety and Efficiency of Surface Operations (A-SMGCS Level 1-2).............................................................. 8278 B1-SURF: Enhanced Safety and Efficiency of Surface Operations – SURF, SURF-IA and Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS) Field Code Changed .................................................................................................................................................................................... 9084 Field Code Changed B2-SURF: Optimized Surface Routing and Safety Benefits (A-SMGCS Level 3-4 and SVS) .......................................... 9790 Field Code Changed Thread: Airport Collaborative Decision Making (ACDM) Field Code Changed B0-ACDM: Improved Airport Operations through Airport-CDM............................................................................. 109100 Field Code Changed B1-ACDM: Optimized Airport Operations through A-CDM Total Airport Management ......................................... 115106 Field Code Changed Thread: Remote Air Traffic services (RATS) Field Code Changed B1-RATS: Remotely Operated Aerodrome Control ................................................................................................. 122112 Field Code Changed Performance Improvement Area 2: Globally Interoperable Systems and Data - Through Globally Field Code Changed Interoperable System Wide Information Management ··························································· 132122 Field Code Changed Thread: FF/ICE (FICE) Field Code Changed B0-FICE: Increased Interoperability, Efficiency and Capacity through Ground-Ground Integration ...................... 134124 B1-FICE: Increased Interoperability, Efficiency and Capacity though FF-ICE, STEP 1 application before Departure Field Code Changed ................................................................................................................................................................................ 141130 Field Code Changed B2-FICE: Improved Coordination through multi-centre Ground-Ground Integration: (FF-ICE, Step 1 and Flight Object, Field Code Changed SWIM) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 148136 B3-FICE: Improved Operational Performance through the introduction of Full FF-ICE .......................................... 153140 Field Code Changed Thread: Digital Air Traffic Management (DATM) Field Code Changed B0-DATM: Service Improvement through Digital Aeronautical Information Management ................................... 161148 Field Code Changed B1-DATM: Service Improvement through Integration of all Digital ATM Information ........................................... 167154 Field Code Changed Thread: System Wide Information Management (SWIM) Field Code Changed B1-SWIM: Performance Improvement through the application of System-Wide Information Management (SWIM) Field Code Changed ................................................................................................................................................................................ 174160 B2-SWIM: Enabling Airborne Participation in collaborative ATM through SWIM .................................................. 181166 Field Code Changed Thread: Advanced Meteorological Information (AMET) Field Code Changed B0-AMET: Meteorological information supporting enhanced operational efficiency and safety .......................... 187172 Field Code Changed iii B1-AMET: Enhanced Operational Decisions through Integrated Meteorological Information (Planning and Near-term Field Code Changed Service).................................................................................................................................................................... 197182 B3-AMET: Enhanced Operational Decisions through Integrated Meteorological Information (Near-term and Field Code Changed Immediate Service) ................................................................................................................................................. 207192 Field Code Changed Performance Improvement Area 3: Optimum Capacity and Flexible Flights – Through Global Collaborative ATM················································································································ 213198 Field Code Changed Thread: Free-Route Operations (FRTO) Field Code Changed B0-FRTO: Improved Operations through Enhanced En-Route Trajectories ............................................................ 215200 Field Code Changed B1-FRTO: Improved Operations through Optimized ATS Routing .......................................................................... 230215 Field Code Changed Thread: Network Operations (NOPS) Field Code Changed B0-NOPS: Improved Flow Performance through Planning based on a Network-Wide view .................................. 240225 B1-NOPS: Enhanced Flow Performance through Network Operational Planning .................................................. 246231 Field Code Changed B2-NOPS: Increased user involvement in the dynamic utilization of the network ................................................. 252237 Field Code Changed B3-NOPS: Traffic Complexity Management ............................................................................................................ 256241 Field Code Changed Thread: Alternative Surveillance (ASUR) Field Code Changed B0-ASUR: Initial capability for ground surveillance ................................................................................................. 262247 Field Code Changed Thread: Airborne Separation (ASEP) Field Code Changed B0-ASEP: Air Traffic Situational Awareness (ATSA) ................................................................................................. 271255 B1-ASEP: Increased Capacity and Efficiency through Interval Management .......................................................... 278261 Field Code Changed B2-ASEP: Airborne Separation (ASEP) ..................................................................................................................... 285267 Field Code Changed Thread: Optimum Flight Levels (OPFL) Field Code Changed B0-OPFL: Improved Access to Optimum Flight Levels through Climb/Descent Procedures using ADS-B............... 293275 Field Code Changed Thread: Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems (ACAS) Field Code Changed B0-ACAS: ACAS Improvements ............................................................................................................................... 301283 Field Code Changed B2-ACAS: New Collision Avoidance System ............................................................................................................ 307289 Field Code Changed Thread: Safety Nets (SNET) Field Code Changed B0-SNET: Increased Effectiveness of Ground-based Safety Nets ............................................................................ 316297 Field Code Changed B1-SNET: Ground-based Safety Nets on Approach ................................................................................................. 321301 Field Code Changed Performance Improvement Area 4: Efficient Flight Path – Through Trajectory-based Operations Field Code Changed ·············································································································································