European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
Formation
1963[1]
Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium
Membership
41 member states
Budget
€505.8 million (as of 2014)[2]
Employees
1,945 (as of 2014)[2]
Website
eurocontrol.int
The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, commonly known as Eurocontrol (stylised EUROCONTROL), is an international organisation working to achieve safe and seamless air traffic management across Europe. Founded in 1963, Eurocontrol currently has 41 member states with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. It has several local sites as well, including an Innovation Hub in Brétigny-sur-Orge, France, the Aviation Learning Centre (ALC) in Luxembourg, and the Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The organisation employs approximately two thousand people, and operates with an annual budget in excess of half a billion Euro.[2]
Although Eurocontrol is not an agency of the European Union, the EU has delegated parts of its Single European Sky regulations to Eurocontrol, making it the central organisation for coordination and planning of air traffic control for all of Europe.[3] The EU itself is a signatory of Eurocontrol and all EU member states are presently also members of Eurocontrol.[4] The organisation works with national authorities, air navigation service providers, civil and military airspace users, airports, and other organisations. Its activities involve all gate-to-gate air navigation service operations: strategic and tactical flow management, controller training, regional control of airspace, safety-proofed technologies and procedures, and collection of air navigation charges.
^member states by accession date Archived 2017-03-16 at the Wayback Machine Eurocontrol.int.
^ abcEurocontrol: Annual Report 2014, p. 67.
^Eurocontrol, SES mandate on Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA) implementing rule for airspace – Part A - COMPLETED Archived 2017-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, 31 January 2011.
^Eurocontrol, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Eurocontrol Archived 2017-05-31 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved: 4 May 2016.
Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, commonly known as Eurocontrol (stylised EUROCONTROL), is an international organisation working to achieve safe...
ASTERIX (short for All Purpose Structured Eurocontrol Surveillance Information Exchange) is a standard for the exchange of air traffic services (ATS)...
2010–2020". EUROCONTROL Aeronautical Information Management (AIM). Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2014. Eurocontrol AIRAC calendar...
opportunity to accelerate development | EUROCONTROL". www.eurocontrol.int. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2024. "EUROCONTROL launches ContrailNet - the new...
airport (i.e. the airline, ground handling and Air Traffic Control (ATC)). EUROCONTROL have defined DMAN as follows: "DMAN is a planning system to improve departure...
These roughly correspond to the commercial flight length distinctions: Eurocontrol defines short-haul routes as shorter than 1,500 km (810 nmi), long-haul...
of the 32 European Aviation Safety Agency member states, and all 41 EUROCONTROL member states. ECAC "promotes the continued development of a safe, efficient...
levels, level 1 and 2 have been validated by EUROCONTROL Airport Operations and Environment division in Eurocontrol located in Brussels, Belgium and work is...
Par 4" (PDF). EUROCONTROL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-02-26. "Wake Vortex". eurocontrol.int. EUROCONTROL. Archived from...
through an Updated Airspace Use Plan (UUP). Eurocontrol ATM Lexicon:AUP Eurocontrol ATM Lexicon: UUP Eurocontrol ATM Lexicon:AUP Eurocontrol ATM Lexicon:UUP...
air traffic controllers. FEAST was designed by and made available by (EUROCONTROL), the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation. It is used...
com. Retrieved 10 January 2023. "EAD Basic - Error Page". EAD.EuroControl.int. EUROCONTROL – The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation...
Retrieved 8 January 2017. McInally, John (December 2010). "Eurocontrol History Book" (PDF). Eurocontrol. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2016. "Très...
In 1960, Britain, France, Germany, and the Benelux countries set up Eurocontrol, intending to merge their airspaces. The first and only attempt to pool...
There are discussions to standardize the transition altitude within the Eurocontrol area. In the United Kingdom, different airports have different transition...
and staff of international organizations such as NATO, European Union, EuroControl, etc. are, since 2014, issued a standard Belgian plate. Those plates...
English Language Proficiency for Aeronautical Communication (ELPAC) by Eurocontrol, the Test of English for Aviation (TEA) by Mayflower College, UK, the...
requires |journal= (help) "EUROCONTROL Specification on the Air Traffic Services Message Handling System (AMHS)" (PDF). EUROCONTROL. 18 September 2009. Archived...
(NGA) and the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL).The current version is AIXM 5.1.1. AIXM has two main components: The...
uk. 2 October 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2013. "Eurocontrol – "Mode S Technical Overview"". Eurocontrol.int. Archived from the original on 31 March 2013...
Exchange Model (WXXM) is a platform that was originally designed by EUROCONTROL for the exchange of weather related information between users. It is...
October 2018. "Transfer Programme for Istanbul Airport (LTFM)" (PDF). Eurocontrol NOP. 17 January 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January...
identifier assigned to each system which uses the ASTERIX format. The Eurocontrol SuRveillance Data Exchange Task Force (RDE-TF) maintains these identifiers...
(MUAC) of the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) is also located at the airport. Plans for an airport in southern Limburg...
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