09 - Crewed and Uncrewed Aircraft Operations and Traffic Management

FLIGHT CENTRIC ATC – HOW TO SOLVE CONFLICTS WITHOUT COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION OVERLOADS?

T. Finck¹, V. Bottino¹, M. Weber¹, B. Korn¹; ¹German Aerospace Center, Germany

Flight Centric ATC (FCA) replaces sector-based ATC with flight-based responsibility allocation, enabling higher capacity without coordination overload. This paper examines conflict resolution in FCA using rule-based priority assignment and automated decision support. High-fidelity simulations show safe, scalable conflict management with reduced controller workload and no loss of separation.

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DOI: 10.71945/icas2026_0178