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Civil Use of Military Aerodromes (CUMA) |
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Why are we looking into CUMA? |
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The significant growth in the number of flights forecast for the medium/long term in the ECAC area will challenge the air transport system’s ability to accommodate a much bigger demand with the appropriate level of safety and efficiency. In particular, if overall airport capacity will not be adequately adapted to the future traffic demand, it will represent a serious limiting factor for the expected growth of aviation.
A possible solution to alleviate the future airport capacity crunch could be the expansion of the use of military aerodromes by civil aviation, as envisaged by recent authoritative documents and the SESAR programme.
The joint civil-military use of designated military aerodromes (for brevity, CUMA: Civil Use of Military Aerodromes) is a practice already in place in many ECAC States, on the basis of national regulations or agreements laying down competencies and responsibilities for the involved civil and military counterparts. This national approach makes the current ECAC-wide arrangements for CUMA fragmented.
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EUROCONTROL CUMA Guidelines |
EUROCONTROL DSS/CM, by virtue of its unique position in the field of civil-military ATM cooperation - intends to contribute by developing the EUROCONTROL Guidelines supporting CUMA, produced with the help of Agency and States’ airport operations, ATM, legal and regulatory experts.
This document aims at supporting the national decision-making process and offers a means for ECAC-wide harmonised implementation of CUMA by representing benefits for civil and military parties, highlighting key institutional, legal, financial, technical and operational issues, and proposing related recommendations.
By definition, EUROCONTROL Guidelines are not binding for States; therefore, the application of recommendations from the CUMA Guidelines is voluntary.
In full recognition of States’ prerogatives on defence matters such as military aerodromes, the CUMA Guidelines take due account of existing ICAO documents and EC legislation, in particular the Single European Sky I and II provisions.
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CUMA Guidelines Version 1.0 - November 2009 |
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A Fact-Finding Study on Existing Legislation, Regulation, Procedures and Practices across ECAC and Relevant Non-ECAC States in the Joint Civil-Military use of Military Aerodromes, commissioned by DCMAC (precursor of DSS/CM) to SILURI Integration Ltd. was delivered in August 2008. It intends to bring together available information with regard to the current organization in the conduct of CUMA in some ECAC States and in the United States of America.
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Last validation: 14/01/2011
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