THE IMPACT OF TEMPERATURE CHANGES ON THE AIR TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS

Abstract

This article deals with the impact of the global climate changes, especially the impact of the temperature change on the operational and performance parameters of aircraft and consequently on the whole European aviation. The aim of this article is to do a research, study and analyse the influence of temperature changes on the aircraft performance and make an evaluation and conclusion for how they can affect the safety of the air traffic flow management. The theoretical part of the paper is focused on describing and analyzing weather, climate and meteorological elements and phenomena related to climate changes. The practical part of the thesis includes a system analysis of climate and temperature changes over selected International Slovak Airports – Kosice International Airport (LZKZ) and Milan Rastislav Stefanik Airport in Bratislava (LZIB), and also contains navigation calculations.