Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 54 minutes ago
A 6-week real-time simulation of the redesigned Antalya TMA has been recently performed with DHMI 🇹🇷 – the Turkish ANSP – at #EIH the EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub.
👉 After several months of preparation, including defining the validation plan, objectives and scenarios, as well as adapting the simulation platform, the Antalya TMA real-time simulation project, performed by DHMI and EIH experts, took place over 6 weeks in March, April and May 2024.
🎯 The goal was to validate the redesigned terminal manoeuvring area (TMA) with independent parallel runway operations for both nominal and non-nominal cases.
➡️ In parallel, another simulation - Antalya Tower - was taking place at EIH to address the same operational changes as the Antalya TMA simulation, but with a focus on assessing the impact on ground ATC operations, including airport redesign, with new aprons, routings and runway exits.
🏗️ As part of the Antalya Airport expansion project, the number of ground parking positions increased by around 85%, which meant significant changes needed to be made in airspace organisation, including revising all SIDs and STARs. All these changes needed to be simulated and tested to provide evidence that the capacity targets could be achieved while maintaining the safety of operations.
🖥️ We simulated the implementation of a new set of closed RNAV STARs (Standard Arrival Routes) and SIDs (Standard Instrument Departures) designed by DHMI. 💡 This new design will enable parallel independent arrivals instead of the staggered arrivals currently in place.
Altogether, we aim to increase runway throughput and airport capacity from 30 arrivals 🛬 per hour on both runways today to 40 arrivals per hour in the future.
More about EIH's simulation capabilities: https://www.eurocontrol.int/simulations
A 6-week real-time simulation of the redesigned Antalya TMA has been recently performed with DHMI 🇹🇷 – the Turkish ANSP – at #EIH the EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub.
👉 After several months of preparation, including defining the validation plan, objectives and scenarios, as well as adapting the simulation platform, the Antalya TMA real-time simulation project, performed by DHMI and EIH experts, took place over 6 weeks in March, April and May 2024.
🎯 The goal was to validate the redesigned terminal manoeuvring area (TMA) with independent parallel runway operations for both nominal and non-nominal cases.
➡️ In parallel, another simulation - Antalya Tower - was taking place at EIH to address the same operational changes as the Antalya TMA simulation, but with a focus on assessing the impact on ground ATC operations, including airport redesign, with new aprons, routings and runway exits.
🏗️ As part of the Antalya Airport expansion project, the number of ground parking positions increased by around 85%, which meant significant changes needed to be made in airspace organisation, including revising all SIDs and STARs. All these changes needed to be simulated and tested to provide evidence that the capacity targets could be achieved while maintaining the safety of operations.
🖥️ We simulated the implementation of a new set of closed RNAV STARs (Standard Arrival Routes) and SIDs (Standard Instrument Departures) designed by DHMI. 💡 This new design will enable parallel independent arrivals instead of the staggered arrivals currently in place.
Altogether, we aim to increase runway throughput and airport capacity from 30 arrivals 🛬 per hour on both runways today to 40 arrivals per hour in the future.
More about EIH's simulation capabilities: https://www.eurocontrol.int/simulations
