Eurocontrol - The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation - was founded in 1960 with the objective to create a common European ATC (Air Traffic Control) environment.

The STK - Software Team Karlsruhe - is the remainder of the Eurocontrol team in Karlsruhe since the centre was "nationalised" in 1983, when the BFS (Bundesanstalt für Flugsicherung) took over the responsibility for the ATC operations. 1993 the German ATC was "privatised" and the DFS (Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH) is now performing the ATC tasks also in Karlsruhe. The STK is now only maintaining the software used by the ATC system. The Rhein Radar Controller association maintains their own website, where the work of the air traffic controllers in Karlsruhe is described.

Note that the STK is only a very small part of Eurocontrol, and that information in this page is not necessarily reflecting the official views of the Eurocontrol Headquarters in Brussels. Note also that this page is not frequently modified - if you need more up-to-date information you have better chances at www.eurocontrol.int !

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Eurocontrol

European Organisation  for the Safety of Air Navigation

Member States:

EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, was founded in 1960 by six European States (Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) with the object to create a common European ATC (Air Traffic Control) environment.

Presently  (stand July 2002) following 31 European states are members of the organisation:
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, the Slovak
Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Most of the remaining ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference) countries (ECAC has presently 38 member states) have applied for their membership. A map over ECAC states and their Country Codes is added (showing Eurocontrol/ECAC member states as of begin 1995 - some states have since then joined).

Following lines are extracted from the Eurocontrol headquarters Overview page:

EUROCONTROL has as its primary objective the development of a seamless, pan-European air traffic management (ATM) system. The
achievement of this objective is the only solution to the present and future challenges facing the entire aviation community, which are to cope with
the constant growth in air traffic, while maintaining a high level of safety, to reduce costs and to respect the environment.

EUROCONTROL develops, coordinates and plans the implementation of short and long-term pan-European ATM strategies and their associated
action plans in a collective effort involving national regulatory authorities, air navigation service providers, the civil and military airspace users,
industry, and other European institutions. A unique concentration of more than 2,000 experts based in several European countries provide the
technical and operational expertise to take air traffic management concepts from the blueprint stage to the air traffic control centres, cockpits and
airports.

EUROCONTROL's various operating divisions span the entire range of gate-to-gate air navigation service operations - from strategic and
tactical flow control to controller training, from regional control of airspace to development of leading-edge, safety-proofed technologies and
procedures, and the collection of air navigation charges.

EUROCONTROL is, and will continue to be, at the heart of any new solution to enhance the performance of the European air navigation system to
meet its stakeholders' needs.

If you need even more details, you've better look at the Webpages offered by the Eurocontrol headquarters.

Eurocontrol are maintaining installations/services in following places (for addresses see HQs webpage):

1. Headquarters (Brussels)
2. CFMU - The Central Flow Management Unit (Brussels)
3. CRCO - The Central Route Charge Office (Brussels)
4. EEC - Eurocontrol Experimental Centre in Brétigny, south of Paris
5. IANS - Eurocontrol Institute of Air Navigation Services in Luxembourg
6. Maastricht UAC - Common ATC centre for upper air space over BeNeLux and Northern Germany
7. STK - Eurocontrol Software Team at Karlsruhe ATC centre for upper air space over southern Germany
8. CRDS - CEATS Research, Development and Simulation Centre in Budapest
9. CSPDU - CEATS Strategy, Planning and Development Unit in Prague

(CEATS=Central European Air Traffic Services - cooperation between 8 states for a common ATC)

STK: The Software Team Karlsruhe is a small unit of Eurocontrol (belonging to the Directorate EATMP/DIS unit: STS "Support to States") that works under special contract for the DFS (Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH) - the German air traffic control body. The STK is the remainder of the Eurocontrol team in Karlsruhe since the centre was "nationalised" in 1983, when the BFS (Bundesanstalt für Flugsicherung) took over the responsibility for the ATC operations. 1993 the German ATC was "privatised" and the DFS is now performing the ATC tasks also in Karlsruhe. The STK is now maintaining the software used by the ATC.
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