About the exercise

This exercise assessed a first integration of the AMAN with precision navigation procedures in a complex TMA involving more than one airport. The trial was carried out at Madrid airport. The Queue Manager checked the proposed sequence and manually edited any change in the sequence of flights according to traffic, weather and airspace situation.

Results

Extended AMAN and E-MAN significantly reduces the workload of the TMA controllers, increased the situational awareness at all Controller Working Positions (CWP) and allows for the silent coordination between adjacent sectors.  The Queue Manager is essential in order to monitor and validate the arrival sequence provided by E-AMAN.  E-AMAN, in combination with conventional vectoring techniques, can significantly increases performance efficiency.