¶ AMAN for Approach Controllers (APP)
Before using this page, read the AMAN — Controller Guide. It explains how to read a flight, including its status, ΔC, ΔT, and which controller should absorb the delay. It also explains the header, runway rates, the actual spacing between landings, and the symbols displayed on the timeline.
This page only describes the functions used by approach controllers.
¶ Your Objective
Your objective is to land aircraft in the order shown by AMAN and as close as possible to their assigned landing times.
The en-route controller delivers each aircraft at its assigned IAF time. You must absorb the remaining delay between the IAF and landing.
The delay to be absorbed by approach is ΔT − ΔC.
For example, if AMAN displays 2 5:
- The en-route controller absorbs 2 minutes.
- The approach controller absorbs the remaining 3 minutes.
¶ Accessing AMAN
Use the AMAN page for your airport:
- Paris Charles de Gaulle:
/lfpg - Paris Orly:
/lfpo - Toulouse:
/lfbo - Nice:
/lfmn
Each airport page has two tabs:
- RWY: Displays the next 60 minutes of traffic.
- 40Min: Displays the next 40 minutes with more space between aircraft entries.
Each side of the airport has its own column. At CDG, one column represents the northern runway pair, 27/09, and the other represents the southern runway pair, 26/08.
The runway currently in use is shown at the bottom of each column. Following a runway configuration change, the same column displays the new runway.
AMAN cannot see how aircraft are actually being flown. Close coordination with the sequencer is therefore essential. For example, always inform the sequencer when an aircraft goes around so that the arrival sequence can be updated.
¶ Runway Assignment
¶ Changes made in EuroScope
EuroScope is the reference for runway assignments.
AMAN uses the arrival runway selected in EuroScope, provided that:
- The runway is active in the current configuration.
- The runway can be used by an arrival from the aircraft's IAF.
If you change the arrival runway in EuroScope, AMAN normally updates within a few seconds.
¶ Using the other runway in a pair
To move an aircraft to the other runway in the same pair, select that runway in EuroScope. For example, when CDG is operating towards the west, select 27L instead of 27R or 26R instead of 26L.
The aircraft keeps the same position in its AMAN column, but its callsign is displayed with inverted colours to show that it will use the other runway.
¶ Changes made by the sequencer or AMAN
When the sequencer changes an aircraft's runway, or AMAN changes it following a runway configuration change, the new assignment is sent to EuroScope through the AMAN plugin used by the controller tracking the aircraft.
Until the new runway appears in EuroScope, the aircraft's information-level cell is coloured:
- Light blue: The runway change is being sent to EuroScope. This normally takes 10 to 15 seconds.
- Red: The runway change has still not reached EuroScope after several attempts. Check the aircraft's arrival runway.
While this marker is displayed, AMAN keeps its own runway assignment and ignores any different runway selected in EuroScope. If the runway needs to be changed, contact the sequencer.
¶ Holding
A red delay indicates that the aircraft is expected to hold.
The aircraft's IAF time is the time at which it should leave the holding stack. If an EAT has been sent, it is displayed on the aircraft's line and has the same meaning as on the en-route AMAN page.