Airport corner

At EUROCONTROL, as Network Manager (NM), we use data from airports to improve planning and operational processes and effectively manage the European air traffic management network. This helps us and our stakeholders account for problems before they can affect network performance and ensures that we distribute network capacity where it is most needed.

The Airport corner offers the capability to treat information as confidential whenever required.

The Airport Corner covers a wide range of airport information such as airport capacities, traffic forecasts, A-CDM / Advanced ATC Tower implementation, diversion capabilities, local contacts and more.

Airports can update their strategic information at any time, but twice a year, we launch a Request for Information asking airports to review and update their data.

All airports can share events with the NM via the Airport Corner, thereby improving situational awareness of the European aviation network. These events cover anything that may have an impact on the network, for example runway maintenance, industrial action or increased demand due to a sports event in your city. Reported events are an extremely valuable tool as they complement NOTAMs, add contextual information, highlight any positive or negative impact and provide more agile access to relevant stakeholders.

When following up the events that have had a significant impact on the network, the Airport Unit produces a post-operational impact analysis, in coordination with the NMOC post-operational team. This analysis provides an independent view of the impact that airport events have had on the network.

Based on the learnings from the COVID crisis, a new Airport Corner interface dedicated to major disruptions related information was made available to airports. Airports are invited to share any relevant information about the impact of a specific disruption to their operations with NM and other impacted stakeholders.

Every week there is a EUROCONTROL NM Airports Weekly Briefing containing information for the following 7-day period, including: global updated slot situation, demand / capacity imbalances, flight and passenger demand prediction, expected events with potential impact on airports. Immediately after the briefing, a “briefing pack” is made available via the Airport Corner.

EUROCONTROL also provides a dedicated interface for airlines. The information contained in the Airport Corner for Airlines can add value in strategic, pre-tactical and tactical airline operations’ planning by:

• providing early situational awareness of the status of both destination and alternate airports, triggering early coordination and making for improved business decisions;
• providing background information which complements other sources, such as AIP SUPs and NOTAMs;
• providing information which is currently not available in the AIPs;
• providing information on medium and long-term airport plans. This helps airlines with their strategic decision-making (e.g. capacity vs traffic forecast; future infrastructure improvements, etc.);
• improving predictability and resource planning;
• facilitating the coordination in a diversion situation (airport-NM-airlines);
• providing post-operational analyses on events, which had a major impact on operations helping in responding to customer, claims (EC regulation 261/2004).