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Centralised SSR Code Assignment and Management System (CCAMS) |
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Here you will find general information, planning details and technical documentation for the CCAMS Implementation Project.
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CCAMS stands for the Centralised Code Assignment & Management System |
It is a project EUROCONTROL has launched in December 2006 as a pan-European solution to overcome the current and future shortages of the SSR codes used by Air Traffic Control for radar services.
CCAMS is a service based on a central server to be located at the Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU) which will provide a unique Mode 3/A SSR code to each flight operating in the European region.
Today, each Air Navigation Service Provider determines an SSR code, composed of four digits between 0 and 7, that each individual flight is to use, or squawk in air ground communications. It is based on the ICAO Originating Region Code Assignment Method or ORCAM. The limitations on the amount of codes available (4096), and the increase in European traffic, have started to cause problems in today's systems.
The current static system of codes based on national allocation is already running out of codes at peak times in some parts of Europe and this problem will increase as traffic does. CCAMS will eliminate code shortages by making more efficient use of codes as well as by removing code conflicts that can affect flight safety.
By managing code assignment on a central basis, the most optimum code assignment can be achieved avoiding code changes and conflicts while coping with the increased traffic demand.
The CCAMS Implementation Project is another example of the aviation community entrusting EUROCONTROL with delivery of pan-european solutions to improve the European ATM network.
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Mr
Armin
Schawe
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CCAMS Project Manager
- DNM/COO/NOM/NOS/ORA
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+32 2 729 98 77 |
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Last validation: 05/08/2011
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