Working in the control centre


ATC BASICS	AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES	CONTROL CENTRE AND TOWER	TECHNOLOGY	GLOSSARY

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Working in the control centre

The German airspace looks like a giant jigsaw puzzle. And just as a puzzle consists of many individual pieces, the airspace is divided into so-called flight information regions which are assigned to the radar control centres.
The individual flight information regions of the control centres in turn are subdivided into different sectors. These pieces of the puzzle fit perfectly.

Each sector is controlled by two air traffic controllers: the radar controller and the coordinator controller, who form a team. While the radar controller monitors the radar screen and issues instructions and clearances to the pilot via radiotelephony, the coordinator controller communicates with the adjacent sectors. His tasks include the coordination of transfer levels for inbound and outbound traffic. He also receives the appropriate information from other sectors and supports the radar controller in line with the "four-eyes" principle.

All pilots flying under instrument flight rules (IFR) are controlled by the air traffic controllers of DFS. The controller establishes minimum vertical separation of 1,000 feet (approximately 300 metres) and minimum horizontal separation of between 2.5 and 6 nautical miles (i.e. 4.6 to 11.1 kilometres) between the aircraft involved. If, however, pilots fly under visual flight rules (VFR), they are responsible for maintaining their own separation from other aircraft. Their flight is not controlled by German air traffic control and they may only use certain airspaces.


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