Our air traffic services comprise various tasks including air traffic control and the provision of flight information and alerts.
Air traffic control is the management of air traffic by issuing clearances and directions to pilots. Air traffic control is divided into three subdisciplines: general air traffic control (area control), approach control and local traffic control (aerodrome control).
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The provision of flight information involves giving information during a flight to ensure safe and efficient flight operations. This includes information on weather conditions along the route, changes in the suitability of navigational tools and changes in conditions at aerodromes and facilities.
Alerts are aimed at warning the relevant authorities about aircraft requiring assistance in the form of search and rescue and assisting these authorities to the extent required.
LVNL is responsible for managing the civilian airspace and everything associated with it. We have been doing this since 1923, since 1993 as a ZBO (Dutch quango).
The Dutch Aviation Act lays down the statutory duties of LVNL. These include:
LVNL must comply with the Dutch Airport Traffic Decree, a general administrative order based on the Dutch Aviation Act, which lays down rules for route and runway usage. This decree also stipulates the responsibility to comply with the limit values for noise, external safety and local air pollution. LVNL, the airlines and the operator of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport have a joint duty of care to handle air traffic within these limit values.
At airports with multiple take-off and landing runways in different directions – such as Amsterdam Schiphol Airport – flight operations on one runway can affect another runway. What rules apply?
Five major international ‘highways’ or corridors run high through Dutch airspace. Planes fly to these corridors from every runway at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
