Technical Notes and Studies

In-depth technical analyses and research studies by the Performance Review Commission.

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2026

PRC Airport Operations Centres (APOC) Factsheets
19 March 2026 · Performance Study

The Transformation Support Strategy (TSS) of the independent Performance Review Commission (PRC) helps to analyse how emerging technologies enhance the European ATM system performance.

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2025

Air Connectivity Study
15 December 2025 · Technical report

Connectivity Study This technical report was commissioned by a group of eight EUROCONTROL Member States seeking to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war against …

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PRC Airport Operations Centres (APOC) Performance Study
4 April 2025 · Performance Study

The Transformation Support Strategy (TSS) of the independent Performance Review Commission (PRC) helps to analyse how emerging technologies enhance the European ATM system performance.

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2024

Report commissioned by the PRC - The performance of dynamic airspace management
14 February 2024 · ATM performance, civil military coordination, flight efficiency, capacity

In 2021, the Performance Review Commission committed to additional analyses of the potential efficiency and capacity gains from Civil-Military coordination under the Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA) …

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2023

Technical Note - PRC trial with ANSPs to improve transparency in ATFCM operations
18 January 2023 · ATFM delay codes, Transparency, Operations, Capacity

For several years, the PRC has highlighted that the existing ATFCM process could be improved to provide greater transparency to stakeholders, in particular in the way in which ATFM delays are …

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2022

Consultation on new Taxi and ASMA methodology
16 November 2022 · Operations, Airport

Rationale and background The additional taxi-out time and the additional Arrival Sequencing and Metering Area (ASMA) time are used in several performance schemes as proxies for operational …

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2021

PRC Technical Note on Vertical flight efficiency
29 April 2021 · Technical Note

Technical Note on Vertical flight efficiency This Technical Note has been produced by the EUROCONTROL Performance Review Commission (PRC), The PRC was created in 1998 to provide independent …

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Technical Note - Composite Risk Index Methodology
22 January 2021 · Technical Note

Technical Note - Composite Risk Index This Technical Note, commissioned by the Performance Review Commission (PRC) has been prepared by the EUROCONTROL Performance Review Unit (PRU).

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2020

PRC Technical Note on En-route Capacity
11 December 2020 · Technical Note

Technical Note on en-route Capacity This technical note focuses on en route capacity in 10 area control centres (ACCs) managed by seven air navigation service providers (ANSPs).

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Airport Capacity Imbalance Study
28 October 2020 · Study

Published: 28 October 2020 Available runways at a given airport, together with their relative disposition, length, navigational aids, environmental constraints and local meteorological conditions …

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Daily country flight flows - 2020
11 September 2020

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2016

Borealis Horizontal en-route flight efficiency analysis
26 June 2016 · Study

Borealis is an alliance of nine ANSPs which combined provide air traffic services for over 3.

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Vertical Flight Efficiency During Climb and Descent
5 April 2016 · Study

In addition to horizontal flight efficiency, various stakeholders have indicated to be interested in the vertical aspect of flight efficiency as well.

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2015

Flights flows within Europe
9 December 2015

Explore IFR flights flows between Eurocontrol Member States grouped as per STATFOR regions for the period 2001 - 2015.

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Flights flows in/out of Europe
11 November 2015

Explore IFR flights flows between Eurocontrol Member States and other regions/countries for the period 2001 - 2015.

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