This video presents EUROCONTROL’s ESCAPE real-time air traffic control simulator, highlighting its configurable architecture, interoperability, and training-supported deployment for assessing new tools, procedures, and airspace designs.
📊 Quick Facts
| Type | Interview |
| Author | Alexandre GAIN |
| Published | April 1, 2026 |
| Source | Visit Source |
| Location(s) | ARTWICK Air Traffic Control |
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📝 Abstract
[Summary generated by AI] The author presents ESCAPE, EUROCONTROL’s real-time air traffic control simulator designed to evaluate new working positions, tools, and airspace designs under operationally realistic conditions. Resources include a distributed, Linux-based architecture with open interfaces; configurable components such as a 4D trajectory predictor, medium-term conflict alert, and safety nets; the ECHOES CWP HMI library for controller-facing fidelity; and an air traffic generator leveraging the EUROCONTROL aircraft performance model database to simulate civil, selected military, and drone operations. Methods center on scenario-driven experiments of one to two hours, ranging from small trials with a few controllers and pseudo‑pilots to large-scale exercises with 60+ controllers and 50+ pilots, with run-time flexibility to switch, reconfigure, and deploy components across physical or virtual machines and to interconnect with cockpit, airport, and other ATC simulators. The outcomes are robust assessments of operational concepts and CSR-programme requirements, deliverables such as tailored HMI setups, calibrated traffic scenarios, and performance datasets, and sustained user capacity. The author also details zero‑cost provision to member-state organizations, structured training toward user autonomy, day-to-day support, and a community forum for maintenance updates and experience sharing.