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Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU)
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Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU)
The Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU) is a EUROCONTROL Directorate established in accordance with the ICAO Centralised Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) Organisation to provide the ATFM Service, on behalf of the participant States, in a specified part of the EUR Region. The CFMU comprises the Central Executive Unit and the Flight Data Operations Division with the Integrated Initial Flight Plan processing System. For Airspace Management (ASM) purposes, the CFMU is also entrusted with the Centralised Airspace Data Function (CADF). (EUROCONTROL EATM Glossary of Terms).
The Centralised Airspace Data Function is an ASM function entrusted to the CFMU by the ECAC States for extracting Conditional Route information contained in the various national Airspace Use Plans (AUPs). The CADF compiles them into a single coherent list; The Conditional Route Availability Message (CRAM) and sends this message, on the States behalf, to the Aircraft Operators.