Arrival
The area around Cologne is divided into several sectors and areas, which can be staffed by four ATC stations. All radar stations, with the exception of NöNörvenich Radar, take over the tasks of the other stations if they are not staffed.online.
Arrival: Cologne Arrival DKA is responsible for the area around Cologne-Cologne/Bonn Airport up to the Belgian border. The sector handles all departures from Cologne and sequencepresequence the inbound flights for the feeder. If arrivals or departures from NöNörvenich (ETNN) take place without another station being staffed, this traffic is also handled by Arrival.
Feeder: WithinThe Feeder (Director) DKF works within the sector of Arrival. Especially during 14 operations the small area between FAF and the Düsseldorf Arrival sector isborder themight arearequire ofcloser responsibilitycoordination ofbetween theDKA Feederand DKF. The segments are arranged like pieces of cake around the control zone to ensure optimal guidance into the final approach in different runway configurations.
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Military station NöNörvenich Radar: For arrivals and departures to the military airbase NöNörvenich ETNN, the station NöNörvenich Radar (ETNN_APP) can be opened.staffed. This station does not have its own sector,sector as such, but has ais delegated an area of its sector by the arrival. This is staggered from GND over 3500ft to 5000ft MSL. The exact range can be seen in the following image.diagram. Coordination between all stations involved is essential.
Delegated sector to NöNörvenich Radar
Langen Radar Sector NöNörvenich: The Langen Sector NöNörvenich NOR (EDDK_N_APP) is located west of the airport above the arrival area and is primarily responsible for the presequencepre-sequencing of inbound flights to DüDüsseldorf from IBESA via ELDAR and BIKMU as well as inbound flights to Cologne via DEPOK. AllLikewise, all Cologne outbounds fly through the sector via NVO in the direction of Belgium.
Outbound flights to Frankfurt via DITAM - OBOKA also pass through the sector, as well asdo inbound flights to Brussels via UMUPU - GEBSO.
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Airspace structure
Structure
One of the most complex airspace structures in Germany is located around Cologne and DüDüsseldorf airports, because several airports are located next to each other in a very small area.
AirspaceLuftraumstruktur structureum aroundden KöFlughafen Köln/Bonn airportund and NöNörvenich
Aircraft in C/D airspace around Cologne are within the responsibility of Cologne Arrival. Airspace crossings through the active approach sector haveare to be coordinated with the Feeder depending on the situation.
Minimum Vectoring Altitude (MVA)
The MVA around CologneCologne-Bonn airportAirport is shown atin the following image:
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MVA aroundim KöArrivalbereich um Köln
Altitudes are in 100ft (20 = 2000ft). Figures in brackets are corrected for winter (NOV-MAR) for cold temperatures.
ArrivalStandard Procedures
Arrivals
The standard instrumentarrival approachesroutes for CologneCologne-Bonn start at five waypoints;waypoints: KOPAG, ERNEP, GULKO in the east and DEPOK and NVO in the west.
STARs into Köln/Cologne/Bonn
For approaches via NVO,NVO (Nörvenich), this VOR is also the IAF from which various final approaches lead to the runways.
STARs for Runways 06 and 32L/R are routed from KOPAG, ERNEP and GULKO to COL.COL (Cola). When operating Runways 14L/R and 24, the routes will lead to WYP.WYP (Wyper).
Transfer heights Inbounds: The following heights are set as standard for the various waypoints. The inbounds are already cleared by the centre for the corresponding arrival.
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IfAll ainbounds lowerexcept levelvia thanKOPAG FL110are isfull required,released coordinationon withhandoff. PADL is mandatory!
Transitions: RNAV transitions to the final approach are published for all runways. Their use depends on the current traffic situation and should be flexible accordingly. In heavy traffic, however, they offer advantages over the normal STARs due to their course.
S-Transitions: An exception are the transitions with Designator S to Runway 14L. These extend deep into the approach sectürairspace of DüsseldorfDusseldorf and are only used in real terms at night byon ATC.the instruction of the controller. On VATSIM, these transitions should only be used in close coordination with the controller responsible for DüDüsseldorf in order to avoid conflicts with approaches and departures from DüDüsseldorf.
N-Transitions: The transitions with designatorDesignator N to runway 32R reaches with the base part into the sector Taunus TAU, which is usually served by Kitzingen KTG or GießGießen GIN. The transition is also only used at nightandnight in real terms and its use on VATSIM should be coordinated with the controller responsible for TAU.
Potential Conflicts
Due to its size and the close proximity of approach and departure routes, the KölnCologne Arrival sector in the east of CologneCologne/Bonn has the greatest potential for conflicts.conflict. Especially between the points KOPAG and COL near PODIP, several routes cross, so that special attention must be paid to the verticalaltitude separation there.
In the west, when using the STARs viafrom DEPOKDEPOK, intersectscare must be taken that they intersect with the departure routes to NVO between DEPOK and the airport. However, this point of conflict can be easily avoided by guiding approaching traffic early with vectors in the direction of the active runway and allowing departing traffic to fly out the full SIDs without a direct.SIDs.
Potential conflicts around Köln
Quicksheet
The quicksheet provides an overview of the transfers to and from the KölnCologne sectors.
It only shows the most frequently used transfers. All transfers to neighbouring sectors can be found in the corresponding LoA.
