PRB monitoring
▪ Denmark registered zero minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2021, thus meeting the local breakdown value of 0.03.
▪ En route ATFM delays in Denmark were also zero on average during the past years.
▪ Traffic recovery in Denmark has been slower than in many other Member States (also due to non-COVID-19 related issues), and 2019 traffic levels are not likely to be reached during RP3. However, a decrease in the number of ATCOs in OPS is planned by the end of RP3 which, depending on the evolution of the geopolitical situation and associated traffic demand, may require the moni-toring of capacity development.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Copenhagen ACC was 44,692, showing a 0.3% decrease compared to 2020. Sector opening hours are unchanged from 2019 levels.
▪ Copenhagen ACC registered 5.81 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2021, being 55.0% below 2019 levels.
Summary of capacity performance
Denmark experienced an increase in traffic from 275k flights in 2020 to 300k flights in 2021, with zero ATFM delay. However, traffic levels were still substantially below the 669k flights in 2019.
NSA’s assessment of capacity performance
No data available
Monitoring process for capacity performance
No data available
Capacity planning
No data available
Application of Corrective Measures for Capacity (if applicable)
No data available
Denmark only has Copenhagen/Kastrup (EKCH) airport subject to RP3 monitoring for which the APDF is successfully established and the monitoring of the capacity indicators can be performed.
Traffic at this airport in 2021 is still 58% lower than in 2019, even if 12% higher than in 2020.
Average arrival ATFM delays in 2021 was 0.02 min/arr, compared to 0 min/arr in 2020.
ATFM slot adherence has slightly improved (2021: 99.2%; 2020: 98.7%).
Copenhagen, that in the last years had registered low delays, observed nearly zero delays in 2021 (EKCH; 2019: 0.07 min/arr.; 2020: 0 min/arr; 2021: 0.02 min/arr.)
All regulations were attributed to weather and concentrated mostly in September and November.
The provisional national target on arrival ATFM delay in 2021 was met.
In accordance with Article 3 (3) (a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1627: The incentive scheme shall cover only the calendar years 2022 to 2024.
| Airport level |
| Airport name |
Avg arrival
ATFM delay (KPI#2)
|
Slot adherence (PI#1)
|
ATC pre departure
delay (PI#2)
|
All causes pre departure
delay (PI#3)
|
| 2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
| Copenhagen |
NA |
0.02 |
NA |
NA |
98.7% |
99.2% |
NA% |
NA% |
0.02 |
0.13 |
NA |
NA |
6.8 |
9.6 |
NA |
NA |
ATFM slot adherence
With the drastic drop in traffic, regulated departures from Copenhagen virtually disappeared until July 2021.
Copenhagen’s ATFM slot compliance in 2021 was 99.2%, a slight improvement with respect to the already good value in 2020 (98.7%). Only 26 flights in total in 2021 departed out of the STW, 24 of them early and 2 late.
ATC pre-departure delay
The calculation of the ATC pre-departure delay is based on the data provided by the airport operators through the Airport Operator Data Flow (APDF) which is properly implemented at Copenhagen. The quality of the airport data reported by Copenhagen has improved after the COVID crisis and it is possible again to calculate this indicator.
The annual value has increased with respect to 2019 (EKCH: 2019: 0.09 min/dep; 2021: 0.13 min/dep) In fact the figures stayed below the 2019 values throughout the entire year except for December, when the average ATC pre-departure delay spiked to 0.87 min/dep. The Danish monitoring report does not provide any information about the possible reason(s).
All causes pre-departure delay
The total (all causes) delay in the actual off block time at Copenhagen increased in 2021 (EKCH: 2020: 6.79 min/dep.; 2021: 9.63 min/dep.). The highest delays per flight were observed in February and December, averaging more than 14 min/dep.