A Human-in-the-Loop Study on the Dynamic Sectorization Concept for Air Traffic Control in Shannon Airspace

Defining and avoiding climate-sensitive areas, especially for en-route air traffic, leads to changes in traffic flows, which can evoke disbalances in air traffic controller (ATCO) workload. One powerful solution to balance ATCO workload with respect to traffic flows changing over time is the application of the dynamic sectorization concept. A major asset of the dynamic sectorization concept is that time-dependent sectorizations are developed depending on the current traffic picture. In this paper we present our feasibility study of the dynamic sectorization concept applied to a contrail avoiding scenario.