Air Traffic Management and Airport Meteorology

At PROAVIA we know that Air safety is requiring the highest level of equipment (ILS, VOR, multilateration, VHF …) in order to ensure the reliability of the air traffic management, the communication, navigation and surveillance of the aircraft from its take-off until its landing.

Research continues to improve in particular the and the safe functioning of installations, the operational efficiency of air traffic control throughout all phases of flight and the tools used by the Civil Aviation and the airports in order to make the most of air-ground data links trough radar and radar image process.

The growth of air traffic is causing more and more congestion and delays.

Given its complexity and the number of stakeholders, solutions to this problem may only be by introducing new concepts into air traffic management such as Gate-to-Gate project , a seamless gate-to-gate approach developed in order to bring solutions to the operational problems of the ATS providers.

Proven PROAVIA members ATM and air-navigation use cases

Building a modular control tower for a time-limited airport requirement

Alpha Airport replaced an obsolete control tower with a modular building assembled from converted shipping containers. The project delivered a 25-square-metre ATC room, technical facilities, offices and a break room suited to an international airport scheduled for relocation within ten years.

Discover Alpha Airport's modular control-tower project

INSTRUCTION ANAKRYS - NE PAS PUBLIER : Destination du lien : fiche use case Modular Control Tower, puis profil Alpha Airport. Source catalogue : p. 14.

Synchronising critical airport operations

Bodet deployed a centralised time-distribution system for a new international airport. A time server synchronises network equipment and clocks across operational and public areas, providing a scalable and energy-efficient time reference.

Explore Bodet's airport-wide time-synchronisation project

INSTRUCTION ANAKRYS - NE PAS PUBLIER : Destination du lien : fiche use case Time Synchronisation, puis profil Bodet. Source catalogue : p. 26.

Calibrating PAPI systems by drone

France Aviation Civile Services uses a drone with real-time detection of colour-transition information to calibrate PAPI systems. The method was certified by the French Civil Aviation Authority in 2021. The catalogue reports calibration in under one hour per PAPI set with no impact on airport operations.

Discover the drone-based PAPI calibration service

INSTRUCTION ANAKRYS - NE PAS PUBLIER : Destination du lien : fiche use case PAPI Calibration, puis profil France Aviation Civile Services. Source catalogue : p. 44.

Specialist expertise across the ATM lifecycle

PROAVIA connects air navigation service providers, airports and civil aviation authorities with French technology providers, systems integrators and consultants. Members can support needs assessment, system design, deployment, commissioning, cybersecurity, training, maintenance and modernisation.

Find PROAVIA members specialising in ATM and airport meteorology

INSTRUCTION ANAKRYS - NE PAS PUBLIER : Destination du lien : annuaire filtre ATM & Meteorology, avec les tags ATM, ATC, AWOS, meteorology, wind profiling, navaids, PAPI et time synchronisation.

Frequently asked questions

What is an AWOS?

An Automated Weather Observing System measures and distributes local meteorological information used by airport and flight operations.

Why is precise time synchronisation important at airports?

A common time reference helps ATC, operational, information and technical systems record and coordinate events consistently.