| Capability | Number of flights1 | As a % of all flights |
|---|---|---|
| A – GBAS landing system | 1,066,532 | 4.8% |
| B – LPV (APV with SBAS) | 1,154,182 | 5.2% |
| D – RNAV 1 | 20,771,164 | 93.5% |
| O –- Basic RNP 1 | 15,788,068 | 71.1% |
| S – RNP APCH | 19,241,254 | 86.6% |
| Source: EUROCONTROL Communication, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS) Dashboard | ||
| 1 The number of flights is number of arrivals or departures, or arrivals and departures in line with the selection criteria in the CNS dashboard | ||
28 Fleet CNS capability
28.1 EUROCONTROL recommended values
The subsections below provide statistics on flights and aircraft with certain Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) equipment and capabilities.
28.1.2 Communication (COM) flight capabilities
The values presented in the tables hereafter are weighted by flight and represent values for year 2019.[1]
| Capability | Number of flights | As a % of all flights |
|---|---|---|
| Datalink | ||
| E2 - D-FIS ACARS | 9,160,750 | 41.2% |
| E3 - PDC ACARS | 10,252,210 | 46.2% |
| J1 - CPDLC ATN VDL Mode 2 | 7,065,296 | 31.8% |
| J4 - CPDLC FANS 1/A VDL Mode 2 | 2,070,030 | 9.3% |
| J5 - CPDLC FANS 1/A SATCOM (INMARSAT) | 2,654,930 | 1.7% |
| J7 - CPDLC FANS 1/A SATCOM (iridium) | 385,784 | 1.7% |
| Voice | ||
| H - HF RTF | 10,825,396 | 48.7% |
| M1 - ATC RTF SATCOM (INMARSAT) | 2,705,550 | 12.2% |
| M2 - ATC RTF (MTSAT) | 276,730 | 1.3% |
| M3 - ATC RTF (iridium) | 613,286 | 2.8% |
| U - UHF RTF | 585,788 | 2.6% |
| V - VHF RTF | 2,945,674 | 13.3% |
| Y - VHF with 8.33 kHz channel spacing capability | 22,018,258 | 99.1% |
| Source: EUROCONTROL Communication, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS) Dashboard | ||
| Airport | E2 - D-FIS ACARS | E3 - PDC ACARS | J1 - CPDLC ATN VDL Mode 2 | J4 - CPDLC FANS 1/A VDL Mode 2 | J5 - CPDLC FANS 1/A SATCOM (INMARSAT) | J7 - CPDLC FANS 1/A SATCOM (IRIDIUM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 26.0% | 31.5% | 21.9% | 5.8% | 6.6% | 0.8% |
| Frankfurt Main | 78.8% | 73.3% | 48.7% | 15.4% | 18.7% | 3.8% |
| Istanbul/New airport | 83.4% | 83.5% | 66.7% | 22.8% | 23.2% | 0.2% |
| London/Gatwick | 64.5% | 75.4% | 69.0% | 6.2% | 10.9% | 1.6% |
| London/Heathrow | 31.9% | 88.5% | 36.1% | 18.7% | 36.8% | 2.3% |
| Madrid Barajas | 20.5% | 28.0% | 23.4% | 11.4% | 16.2% | 0.7% |
| Munich 2 | 80.7% | 67.8% | 41.1% | 8.2% | 8.9% | 0.9% |
| Paris Ch de Gaulle | 72.9% | 76.5% | 54.3% | 11.5% | 21.7% | 2.7% |
| Rome Fiumicino | 23.3% | 28.3% | 29.6% | 7.8% | 11.3% | 1.1% |
| Schiphol Amsterdam | 79.9% | 82.8% | 20.8% | 5.7% | 15.7% | 2.3% |
| Source: EUROCONTROL Communication, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS) Dashboard | ||||||
| Airport | H – HF RTF | M1 – ATC RTF SATCOM (INMARSAT) | M2 – ATC RTF (MTSAT) | M3 – ATC RTF (IRIDIUM) | U – UHF RTF | V – VHF RTF | Y – VHF with 8.33 kHz channel spacing | ...9 | ...10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 65.8% | 9.1% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 41.8% | 99.9% | NA | NA |
| Frankfurt Main | 32.0% | 18.4% | 0.4% | 3.5% | 0.8% | 7.2% | 99.9% | NA | NA |
| Istanbul/New airport | 95.1% | 19.8% | 0.0% | 2.1% | 1.0% | 9.6% | 100.0% | NA | NA |
| London/Gatwick | 68.9% | 9.8% | 2.9% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 9.0% | 100.0% | NA | NA |
| London/Heathrow | 58.3% | 36.8% | 14.1% | 2.6% | 1.2% | 5.7% | 100.0% | NA | NA |
| Madrid Barajas | 63.2% | 32.1% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 5.0% | 99.9% | NA | NA |
| Munich 2 | 24.6% | 9.4% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 6.1% | 99.9% | NA | NA |
| Paris Ch de Gaulle | 48.7% | 21.9% | 7.7% | 3.5% | 1.0% | 7.7% | 99.6% | NA | NA |
| Rome Fiumicino | 39.1% | 12.1% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 13.3% | 100.0% | NA | NA |
| Schiphol Amsterdam | 40.8% | 8.0% | 0.0% | 2.7% | 0.4% | 6.5% | 99.8% | NA | NA |
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| NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12.5 |
| Source: EUROCONTROL Communication, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS) Dashboard | |||||||||
| Aircraft | E2 - D-FIS ACARS | E3 - PDC ACARS | J1 - CPDLC ATN VDL Mode 2 | J4 - CPDLC FANS 1/A VDL Mode 2 | J5 - CPDLC FANS 1/A SATCOM (INMARSAT) | J7 - CPDLC FANS 1/A SATCOM (IRIDIUM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B737 | 22.5% | 28.8% | 27.1% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| A320 | 62.5% | 62.0% | 52.1% | 3.5% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| A319 | 63.3% | 75.7% | 51.1% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| A321 | 70.2% | 70.5% | 59.3% | 5.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| DHC8 | 12.6% | 6.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 31.5% |
| ATR72 | 8.2% | 11.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| B777 | 62.3% | 93.3% | 26.8% | 49.2% | 96.9% | 8.1% |
| A330 | 61.0% | 82.3% | 3.6% | 56.1% | 90.5% | 4.7% |
| E190 | 71.5% | 67.4% | 27.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| A320 NEO | 32.7% | 52.9% | 61.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| B787 | 62.1% | 77.2% | 67.5% | 82.5% | 98.9% | 3.6% |
| CL900RJ | 47.6% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 65.9% |
| E195 | 65.9% | 57.8% | 42.1% | 0.4% | 22.3% | 100.0% |
| B767 | 38.9% | 66.5% | 1.4% | 28.1% | 37.5% | 36.9% |
| E175 | 55.8% | 54.3% | 48.7% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 16.4% |
| Source: EUROCONTROL Communication, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS) Dashboard | ||||||
| Airport | H – HF RTF | M1 – ATC RTF SATCOM (INMARSAT) | M2 – ATC RTF (MTSAT) | M3 – ATC RTF (IRIDIUM) | U – UHF RTF | V – VHF RTF | Y – VHF with 8.33 kHz channel spacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B737 | 22.5% | 28.8% | 27.1% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 53.4% |
| A320 | 62.5% | 62.0% | 52.1% | 3.5% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 63.9% |
| A319 | 63.3% | 75.7% | 51.1% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 25.1% |
| A321 | 70.2% | 70.5% | 59.3% | 5.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 51.8% |
| DHC8 | 12.6% | 6.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 31.5% | 4.2% |
| ATR72 | 8.2% | 11.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 11.5% |
| B777 | 62.3% | 93.3% | 26.8% | 49.2% | 96.9% | 8.1% | 99.9% |
| A330 | 61.0% | 82.3% | 3.6% | 56.1% | 90.5% | 4.7% | 99.9% |
| E190 | 71.5% | 67.4% | 27.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 26.0% |
| A320 NEO | 32.7% | 52.9% | 61.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 32.4% |
| B787 | 62.1% | 77.2% | 67.5% | 82.5% | 98.9% | 3.6% | 99.8% |
| CL900RJ | 47.6% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 65.9% | 0.4% |
| E195 | 65.9% | 57.8% | 42.1% | 0.4% | 22.3% | 100.0% | 21.3% |
| B767 | 38.9% | 66.5% | 1.4% | 28.1% | 37.5% | 36.9% | 97.8% |
| E175 | 55.8% | 54.3% | 48.7% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 16.4% | 5.4% |
| Source: EUROCONTROL Communication, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS) Dashboard | |||||||
28.1.3 Surveillance (SUR) flight capabilities
The values presented in the tables hereafter are weighted by flight and represent the values for 2022.[1]
| Capability | Number of flights1 | As a % of all flights |
|---|---|---|
| SSR Mode S | ||
| L – Mode S, including aircraft identification, pressure-altitude, extended squitter (ADS-B) and enhanced surveillance capability | 4,841,403 | 52.3% |
| H – Mode S, including aircraft identification, pressure-altitude and enhanced surveillance capability | 1,437,964 | 15.5% |
| E – Mode S, including aircraft identification, pressure-altitude and extended squitter (ADS-B) capability | 274,513 | 3.0% |
| S – Mode S, including both pressure-altitude and aircraft identification capability | 2,645,524 | 28.6% |
| P – Mode S, including pressure-altitude, but no aircraft identification capability | 2,729 | 0.0% |
| I – Mode S, including aircraft identification, but no pressure-altitude capability | 975 | 0.0% |
| X – Mode S with neither aircraft identification nor pressure-altitude capability | 3,512 | 0.0% |
| C – Mode A (4 digits - 4096 codes) and Mode C | 122,008 | 1.3% |
| A – Mode A (4 digits - 4096 codes) | 88,646 | 1.0% |
| ADS-B | ||
| B1 – ADS-B with dedicated 1090 MHz ADS-B “out” capability | 7,409,392 | 80.1% |
| B2 – ADB-B with dedicated 1090 MHz ADS-B “out” and “in” capability | 329,079 | 3.6% |
| U1 – ADS-B “out” capability using UAT | 44,076 | 0.5% |
| U2 – ADS-B “out” and “in” capability using UAT | 9,195 | 0.1% |
| V1 – ADS-B “out” capability using VDL Mode 4 | 64,899 | 0.7% |
| V2 – ADS-B “out” and “in” capability using VDL Mode 4 | 6,092 | 0.1% |
| Source: EUROCONTROL Communication, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS) Dashboard | ||
| 1 Figures in this value are per flight from departure to destination, while values per airport are per flight but also include any flight departing from or arriving at that airport | ||
| Airport | Capability | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | H | E | S | P | I | X | C | A | |
| Istanbul Main | 87.7% | 6.9% | 0.7% | 4.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Amsterdam Schiphol | 75.7% | 17.5% | 1.2% | 5.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Paris Ch. de Gaulle | 53.0% | 42.3% | 0.8% | 3.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Frankfurt Main | 41.7% | 51.8% | 1.4% | 5.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| London/Heathrow | 57.9% | 8.9% | 1.6% | 31.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 2.2% |
| Madrid Barajas | 34.4% | 16.6% | 6.1% | 42.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Barcelona | 65.4% | 9.3% | 1.5% | 23.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Munich | 31.9% | 57.6% | 2.2% | 8.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Palma de Mallorca | 46.1% | 17.4% | 4.8% | 31.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| London/Gatwick | 82.8% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 13.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Source: EUROCONTROL Communication, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS) Dashboard | |||||||||
| Airport | Capability | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | B2 | U1 | U2 | V1 | V2 | |
| Istanbul Main | 91.6% | 1.7% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Amsterdam Schiphol | 95.6% | 1.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Paris Ch. de Gaulle | 89.8% | 2.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Frankfurt Main | 86.2% | 3.1% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| London/Heathrow | 86.1% | 8.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Madrid Barajas | 88.3% | 4.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0.0% |
| Barcelona | 92.7% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Munich | 87.2% | 2.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Palma de Mallorca | 81.0% | 4.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.1% |
| London/Gatwick | 97.3% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Source: EUROCONTROL Communication, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS) Dashboard | ||||||
| Aircraft type | Capability | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | H | E | S | P | I | X | C | A | |
| B737-800 | 46.9% | 3.1% | 1.0% | 49.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| A320 | 58.6% | 19.9% | 0.6% | 20.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7% |
| A319 | 57.8% | 28.7% | 7.4% | 5.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| A320 NEO | 70.8% | 12.1% | 0.0% | 17.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 16.0% |
| A321 | 64.1% | 25.3% | 0.0% | 10.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| A321 NEO | 81.2% | 6.4% | 0.7% | 11.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| B737 Max | 40.2% | 5.7% | 1.0% | 53.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| ATR72-600 | 42.9% | 9.4% | 8.1% | 39.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| E190 | 28.5% | 46.9% | 0.0% | 24.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| B777-300ER | 96.4% | 2.4% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| B787 Dreamliner | 92.3% | 3.5% | 1.5% | 2.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| A330-300 | 88.3% | 4.9% | 5.7% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| E195 | 70.9% | 16.0% | 8.9% | 4.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| CRJ9 | 0.0% | 55.8% | 38.1% | 6.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| ATR72-500 | 33.5% | 2.3% | 0.0% | 64.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Source: EUROCONTROL Communication, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS) Dashboard | |||||||||
| Aircraft type | Capability | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | B2 | U1 | U2 | V1 | V2 | |
| B737-800 | 96.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| A320 | 86.5% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 0.1% |
| A319 | 79.6% | 7.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| A320 NEO | 93.4% | 2.7% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| A321 | 91.0% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| A321 NEO | 94.1% | 5.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| B737 Max | 97.2% | 1.1% | 4.9% | 0.0% | 6.5% | 0.0% |
| ATR72-600 | 56.7% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| E190 | 94.9% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| B777-300ER | 99.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| B787 Dreamliner | 64.1% | 35.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 0.0% |
| A330-300 | 89.6% | 9.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| E195 | 97.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| CRJ9 | 82.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| E170 | 58.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Source: EUROCONTROL Communication, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS) Dashboard | ||||||
28.2 Description
The CNS dashboard provides information for monitoring fleet capabilities and preparing performance-based navigation (PBN) deployment plans. It does so by analysing CNS and PBN information contained in ICAO flight plans, and generates reports on aircraft or flight characteristics. Note that the capability of aircraft which do not submit flight plans is not covered in the above figures. The missing information to a large extent for general aviation (GA) flights.
The tool provides statistics on equipment and capability such as:
Communication: FMC WPR ACARS, HF RTF; CPDLC FANS 1/A HFDL; etc.
Navigation: RNAV 5, RNAV 1, RNP 1, RNP APCH (including LPV capability), GBAS, etc.
Surveillance: ADS-B, ADS-C, Mode S transponder, etc.
Different periods of time, airports, airlines or aircraft types (depending on the user profile) can be analysed.
To access the dashboard, you first need to register on the OneSky Online portal using the link in the source above.
28.5 References
[1]
EUROCONTROL, “Aircraft communication, navigation and surveillance dashboard.” [Online]. Available: https://www.eurocontrol.int/dashboard/communication-navigation-and-surveillance-dashboard
28.3 Comments
The numbers of flights and aircraft provided by the CNS dashboard are derived from flight plans submitted to the EUROCONTROL Network Manager (NM). Consequently, the statistics do not include the capability of aircraft flying in uncontrolled airspace or under VFR and thus do not submit flight plans to the NM.
On-board capability and equipment data made available via the CNS dashboard are those declared in ICAO FPLs by operators. The information is therefore only as reliable as declared. For detailed analysis, additional local assessment is recommended.