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Environment - Denmark

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PRB monitoring

▪ Denmark achieved a KEA performance of 1.24% compared to its target of 1.14% and did not contribute positively to achieving the Union-wide target.

▪ The NSA states that the main reason for NAVIAIR not achieving the target is the staffing challenges it faces.

▪ Both KEP and SCR improved in 2024. Despite the KEA target being missed, the improvement in SCR shows that Denmark has improved the environmental efficiency of its airspace when accounting for impacts outside of its control.

▪ The share of CDO flights increased from 48.64% to 50.26% in 2024.

▪Additional taxi out time decreased marginally from 2.59 to 2.53 min/flight, while additional time in terminal airspace decreased from 1.10 to 0.96 min/flight, in 2024 compared to 2023.

En route performance

Horizontal flight efficiency of the actual trajectory (KEA) (KPI#1), of the last filed flight plan (KEP) (PI#1) & shortest constrained route (SCR) (PI#2)

Terminal performance

Additional taxi-out time (AXOT) (PI#3) & Arrival Sequencing and Metering Area (ASMA) time (PI#4)

Focus on ASMA & AXOT

AXOT

Additional taxi-out times at Copenhagen in 2024 remained very similar to 2023 (EKCH; 2019: 2.59 min/dep.; 2020: 1.4 min/dep.; 2021: 1.52 min/dep.; 2022: 2.37 min/dep.; 2023: 2.59 min/dep.; 2024: 2.53 min/dep.) and below pre-COVID levels and the SES average in 2024 of 2.91 min/dep.

According to the Danish monitoring report: No initiatives implemented as figures above are affected by airport construction in the previous years during summertime

ASMA

Additional ASMA times at Copenhagen in 2024 decreased by 13% (EKCH; 2019: 1.07 min/arr.; 2020: 0.9 min/arr.; 2021: 0.52 min/arr.; 2022: 0.78 min/arr.; 2023: 1.1 min/arr.; 2024: 0.96 min/arr.), and below pre-COVID levels and the SES average for 2024 of 1.28 min/arr.

According to the Danish monitoring report: PBN approaches has been implemented and effect is being monitored

Share of arrivals applying continuous descent operations (CDOs) (PI#5)

Focus CDOs

The share of CDO flights is 48.6% which is well above the overall RP3 value in 2024 (29.3%) and in the higher range of all observed values in 2024. It is an increase of 2.5 percentage points with respect to 2023.

Airport level
Airport
Additional taxi-out time (PI#3)
Additional ASMA time (PI#4)
Share of arrivals applying CDO (PI#5)
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Copenhagen 1.40 1.52 2.37 2.59 2.53 0.90 0.52 0.78 1.10 0.96 50% 51% 50% 46% 49%

Civil-Military dimension

Focus on Civil-Military dimension

Update on Military dimension of the plan

The airspace design and procedures used are created in order to minimise the negative effects on the environmental performance.

Military - related measures implemented or planned to improve capacity

FUA is fully implemented in Denmark. NSA, ANSP and Military cooperates with the scope of further reduction of impact of the military dimension.

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#6

NSA monitors the performance via regularly reporting as well as FUA Level 1 where the NSA and the Military evaluates the performance with the scope of further improvement if possible.

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#7

Neither Naviair or the NSA have this data available and have no plans to monitor this at local level but is using Eurocontrol numbers when available. Free route airspace is implemented which is expected to decrease the use of CDRs.

Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#8

Neither Naviair or the NSA have this data available and have no plans to monitor this at local level but are using Eurocontrol numbers when available. Furthermore free route airspace is implemented.

 
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