Air Traffic Services

Air Navigation Services

A generic term meaning variously, flight information service, alerting service, air traffic advisory service, air traffic control service (area control service, approach control service or aerodrome control service

The Rwanda Civil Aviation Regulations (RCARs) and Technical Standards (RCATS) related to ATS are: -

RCAR Part 22: Air Traffic Services
RCAR Part 40: Rules of the Air
RCATS-ATS001: Air Traffic Services

The following Advisory Circulars (AC) have been provided for additional insight on ATS:

AC-ATS 001D - Training Programme for ATS Staff
AC-ATS 002A - Determination of ATS Staff Job Descriptions
AC-ATS 003B - Procedures for Determining the ATS System Capacity
AC-ATS 004A - Procedures for Determining and Maintaining Continued Competency of Air Traffic Controllers
AC-ATS 005 - Fatigue Management Programme For Air Traffic Controllers
AC-GEN-ATS001 - Guidance on Certification of Air Traffic Services Providers
AC-GEN-ATS002 - Guidance on Development of Manual of Operations (MANOPS) for the Provision of ATS
AC-GEN-ATS003 - Elimination of deficiencies in the Provision of Air Navigation Services
AC-GEN-ATS004 - ATS Contingency planning
AC-GEN-ATS005 - Guidance on Determination of Aerodrome Operating Minima
AC-GEN-ATS006 - Development of CAP
AC-GEN-ATS007 - Human Factors Principles for Air Traffic Services
AC-GEN-ATS008 - Guidance on Development of ATS Security Programme
AC-GEN-ATS009 - Guidance on Incident Reporting and Investigation
AC-GEN-ATS010 - Runway Safety Programme
AC-GEN-ATS011 - Dissemination of Safety Critical Information
AC-GEN-ATS012 - Aeronautical Data Quality Requirements