ENV03 — Continuous Climb Operations (CCO)

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NOTES:
(1) Since the publication of ICAO Doc 9993, the term Continuous Climb Operation (CCO) has generally replaced the term CCD (Continuous Climb Departure).
(2) In principle, it is not required to implement CCO on a 24/7 basis, but it should be facilitated to the extent possible, according to local conditions.
(3) Being a Local objective to be applied at individual airports according to their local needs, this objective does not have a mandatory implementation deadline. As reference guidance the expected date for deployment of Block 0 modules in the ICAO GANP, to which this objective is linked through ASBU B0-CCO, is 2013-2019.
(4) At the time of publication of this document, the methodology released in 2016 by the CCO/CDO TF1 is currently being reviewed by the CCO/CDO TF2.

NOTE FOR MILITARY AUTHORITIES: It is the responsibility of each military authority to review this Objective IN ITS ENTIRETY and address each of the SLoAs that the military authority considers RELEVANT for itself. This has to be done on top and above of the review of "MIL" SLoAs which identify actions EXCLUSIVE to military authorities.

Edition: 2019
Stakeholders: Air Navigation Service Provider / Airport Operator / Airspace Users
Type: SESAR
Scope: Local/Airport
Status: Active

Context

Related Elements

ENV03

AOM-0703

B0

B0-CCO

Applicability Area(s) and Timescales

Applicability area:: (Aerodromes subject to local needs and complexity)

Timescales	From	By	Applicable to
Dummy date-for Analytics module only	01-01-2013	—	Applicability area
Dummy date-for Analytics module only	—	01-01-2030	Applicability area

Links to ATM Master Plan Level 2

Operational Improvment Steps

Code	Title	IOC	FOC	Related Elements
AOM-0703	Continuous Climb Departure	—	—

Links to SESAR Solutions

Code	Title	Program	Related Elements	Analysis

Links to PCP ATM Sub-Functionalities

Code	Title	Related Elements

ICAO Block Modules

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Designator	Title	Related Elements
B0
B0-CCO	Improved Flexibility and Efficiency in Departure Profiles

References

Applicable legislation: - Regulation (EU) 598/2014 of 16 April 2014 on the establishment of rules and procedures with regard to the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at Union airports within a Balanced Approach and repealing Directive 2002/30/EC (as from 16/06/2016).
- EC Directive 2002/49/EC, dated 25.06.2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise.
- EC Directive 2008/50/EC, dated 21.05.2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe.
Applicable ICAO Annexes and other references: None
Deployment Programme 2019: —
Operating Environments: Airport; Terminal Airspace

Expected Performance Benefits

Safety: -
Capacity: -
Operational efficiency: CCOs contribute to reducing airlines operating costs including a reduction in fuel consumption by the flying of optimised profiles (no vertical containment required). If the CCO is flown as part of a PBN procedure, the predictability of the vertical profile will be enhanced for ATC.
CCOs are also a proxy for Vertical Flight Efficiency (VFE) and should be monitored according to harmonised definitions and parameters in order to measure efficiency.
Cost efficiency: -
Environment: Reduction of fuel burn (and consequently, atmospheric emissions) has been estimated to be 17kg per flight for those flying CCO over those flying non-CCO. In addition, studies have indicated that due to lower drag and thrust facilitated by CCO, over certain portions of the arrival profile, noise may be reduced. Studies are currently ongoing to gauge such noise reductions.
Security: -

Stakeholder Lines of Action

Table Timeline

See 'Active' SLoAs only See all SLoAs (including 'Deleted' and 'Finalised')

	Code	Title	From	By	Related Enablers
	ASP01	Implement rules and procedures for the application of CCO techniques
	ASP02	Train controllers in the application of CCO techniques
	ASP03	Monitor and measure the execution of CCO
	APO01	Monitor and measure the execution of CCO
	USE01	Include CCO techniques in the aircrew training manual wherever possible

Code	Dates
	1999 99 2000 00 2001 01 2002 02 2003 03 2004 04 2005 05 2006 06 2007 07 2008 08 2009 09 2010 10 2011 11 2012 12 2013 13 2014 14 2015 15 2016 16 2017 17 2018 18 2019 19 2020 20 2021 21 2022 22 2023 23 2024 24 2025 25

ENV03		20130101_20300101
ASP01
ASP02
ASP03
APO01
USE01

Supporting Material

Title	Related SLoAs
EUROCONTROL - CCO, CDO harmonised definitions, metrics and parameters https://youtu.be/PdeNroWY8Y0	APO01, ASP03
EUROCONTROL - EUROCONTROL CDO/CCO Supporting Material https://www.eurocontrol.int/concept/continuous-climb-and-descent-operations	APO01, ASP01, ASP02, ASP03, USE01
EUROCONTROL - IANS-ENV-INTRO - Introduction to Environment -e-learning training course 12/2012 https://trainingzone.eurocontrol.int/	ASP02, USE01
ICAO - Doc 4444 - Air Traffic Management - Edition 15 / 11/2010 https://store.icao.int/	ASP01
ICAO - Doc 9426 - Air Traffic Services Planning Manual - Edition 1 / 12/1992 http://www.icao.int/publications/Pages/catalogue.aspx	ASP01
ICAO - Doc 9613 - Performance-based Navigation (PBN) Manual - Edition 4 / 03/2013 http://store1.icao.int/	ASP01
ICAO - Doc 9993 - Continuous Climb Operations (CCO) Manual - Edition 1 / 11/2013 https://store.icao.int/	ASP01, ASP02, USE01

Consultation & Approval

Working Arrangement in charge: Airport Operations Team (AOT)
Outline description approved in: —
Latest objective review at expert level: 05/2018
Commitment Decision Body: Provisional Council (PC)
Objective approved/endorsed in: 09/2017
Latest change to objective approved/endorsed in: —

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