Navigation and Traffic Control over the North Atlantic

• Published in: Journal of Navigation
• Main Author: Fraser, D. O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1957
• Subjects: Ocean Engineering; Oceanography; Lanes; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s037346330001657x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S037346330001657X

At present the total number of military and civil flights across the North Atlantic is about 130 per day counting both directions. Once aircraft are outside the systems of airways used in the high traffic density areas over each continent there are no fixed traffic lanes and aircraft plan their flig...