Spring Festival travel rush’s return peak was affected by blizzard weather, and Hubei Air Traffic Control made every effort to ensure smooth roads.

Wuhan Meteorological ObservatoryThe orange warning of blizzard was issued at 0: 00 on February 7th. By 12 noon on the 7th, the average depth of snow in Wuhan Tianhe Airport had reached 12 centimeters, which had a certain impact on flight operation. This round of snow and ice weather is at the peak of the return trip after the Spring Festival holiday. The impact of heavy traffic and bad weather leads to arduous and complicated flight support tasks. Hubei Air Traffic Control Branch takes snow as an order and takes many measures to do a good job in flight support in Spring Festival travel rush under the snow and ice weather.

Before the arrival of this round of snow and ice weather, the Meteorological Observatory of Hubei Air Traffic Control Branch organized personnel to hold a weather consultation in advance, accurately analyzed and judged the time, scope and influence degree of the snowfall according to the meteorological cloud picture and collected meteorological data, and timely transmitted the results of the weather consultation to airlines, airports and air traffic control operation departments, so that all units and departments had enough time to prepare for the snow and ice weather.

After receiving the warning of ice and snow weather issued by the meteorological department, the control and operation department of Hubei Air Traffic Control Branch quickly took action, requiring front-line departments to formulate flight support plans in ice and snow weather according to their respective work characteristics, reasonably open control sectors, and ensure that air traffic flow is fully diverted. At the same time, the duty force is arranged in advance to ensure that the workload of duty personnel does not exceed the specified load under the condition of large flow, so as to better ensure operational safety.

In view of the fact that the runway and taxiway of Wuhan Tianhe Airport were covered with snow, Hubei Air Traffic Control Branch actively coordinated with Tianhe Airport to remove snow and ice from the runway. Due to the snow on the runway, Wuhan Tianhe AirportFrom 2 am on the 7th to 8 am on the 7th, the west runway was opened for operation after snow removal, and the east runway was closed due to snow removal. By 12 noon on the 7th, the snow removal work was also completed on the east runway of Tianhe Airport, and Tianhe Airport returned to the dual runway operation mode. In view of the delay of some flights caused by snow and ice, Hubei Air Traffic Control Branch timely coordinated the flight release order with airlines and the Transportation Management Committee, and actively coordinated with relevant units to cancel various traffic restrictions to ensure the orderly and efficient departure of take-off flights.

Flight operation guarantee in snow and ice weather is an important part of Spring Festival travel rush guarantee of air traffic control system. In view of the increase of bad weather such as snow and low visibility during Spring Festival travel rush, all front-line operation departments of Hubei Air Traffic Control Branch carefully planned and actively responded. The control and operation department of the sub-bureau organized each operation department to formulate corresponding working procedures according to their own operation characteristics, and organized all controllers to study and assess. Before the arrival of winter, simulator exercises of ice and snow and low visibility weather were added in daily training to improve the control skills of frontline controllers in bad weather. The meteorological offices of the sub-bureaus carry out emergency drills in advance, carry out routine projects on a monthly basis to consolidate the skills of forecasting and observation, and carry out specific projects as needed to improve the skill level, so that all the drills can be close to reality. The technical support department of the sub-bureau took the initiative to carry out the relevant equipment support work in a solid and orderly manner from the details, and formulated the ice and snow weather inspection report system, requiring all departments and remote stations to strengthen the inspection of station safety and computer room environment in ice and snow weather, and report in time as required to effectively implement the hidden dangers in the computer room in ice and snow weather.The "zero report" system has effectively resolved the security risks.

byAt 14: 00 on February 7, Hubei Air Traffic Control Branch guaranteed 90 take-off flights and 81 landing flights that day. Subsequent Hubei Air Traffic Control Branch will continue to carry forward the spirit of "bravely shouldering heavy burdens and overcoming difficulties", go all out to do a good job in ensuring every flight, actively practice the spirit of contemporary civil aviation with practical actions, and contribute to the smooth travel of the general public.