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Frankfurt/Main airport is one of the largest airports in Europe and the world. Together with London Heathrow, it is also the busiest airport on the VATSIM network. All stations at Frankfurt require a Tier 1 endorsement (mentoring session necessary). DEL and G...

Frankfurt Delivery is responsible for enroute and startup clearances for all departing IFR aircraft. VFR aircraft have to call Delivery for departure information. VFR squawk is always 4447, except for police and rescue helicopters (see Tower chapter). For all ...

Frankfurt Apron can be split into 4 stations as shown in the table and images below. Additionally, there exists a Ground station which will always be taken over by Tower though if not staffed. If more than one of these stations is staffed, Delivery needs to b...

Frankfurt Ground is responsible for traffic on taxiways R, S, U, T (south of M), Y5 and Y (south of Y4). Taxiway M can be delegated to Ground as well after coordination with Tower. Taxiway R should primarily be used eastbound and taxiway S westbound, regardle...

Frankfurt Tower can be split into 4 stations as shown in the table and image below. Station Station ID Login Frequency Remark Center Tower DFTC EDDF_C_TWR 118.780 primary station West Tower DFTW EDDF_W_TWR 124.855 secondary sta...

Arrival can be split in 6 stations as shown in the table below.  Sector Station ID Login Frequency Remark Pickup Arrival North DFAN EDDF_N_APP 120.805 primary Arrival South DFAS EDDF_S_APP 125.355 -- Feeder Direc...

During high traffic situations with less staffing, the following procedures might be used. When to use the procedures? It depends on the traffic situation and can be used after coordination with all involved controllers. We can’t provide any specific rule wh...

What is ACDM? ACDM stands for "Airport Collaborative Decision Making". The ACDM process is used to increase the efficiency of an airport. The different, individual runway capacities are used as best as possible. The airport knows exactly when an outbound will...

A small quiz to get comfortable with the ACDM process is available here. No personal data will be stored. Connection The station doing the Delivery duties at an ACDM airport (EDDF, EDDL, EDDS, EDDK) has to connect as Master for the CDM plugin, using the CDM ...

Connection The station doing the Delivery duties at an ACDM airport (EDDF, EDDL, EDDS, EDDK) has to connect as Master for the CDM plugin, using the CDM Airport Panel. It is only possible to have one master connection at the time. Not connected as Mas...