Operational Evaluation of Air Traffic Flow Management in the Philippines

Abstract

In the past decade, both the economy and air traffic demand have been growing rapidly in the Philippines. As a result, Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has had to cope with increasingly heavy traffic. To mitigate the effects of this traffic, an air traffic flow management (ATFM) system was introduced in the Philippines. In this paper, background on introducing the ATFM system is presented and its successful results in reducing the holding time of flights waiting to land at the NAIA are reported on.