Who is responsible for aircraft separation?

The air traffic controller is responsible to give first priority to the separation of aircraft and to the issuance of radar safety alerts, second priority to other services that are required, but do not involve separation of aircraft and third priority to additional services to the extent possible.



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It states that for each degree off (or displacement) over a distance of 60 nautical miles (NM), it will result in 1 NM off course.

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DEPARTING AIRCRAFT 1. Except as set out in sub - paragraph (2) below, a minimum of 2 minutes will be applied between a light or medium aircraft taking off behind a heavy aircraft when they are using;- a) The same runway; or b) Crossing runways if projected flight paths will cross.

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Being an air traffic controller is an extremely high-stress job, with workers responsible for the movement and direction of thousands of lives onboard commercial and general aviation aircraft every day.

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