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Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) is the company in charge of
air traffic control Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airsp ...
for
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...
. It is a company organized under private law and 100% owned by the
Federal Republic of Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between ...
. Since January 1993, DFS has been controlling air traffic in Germany. In Germany, military and civil air traffic controllers work side by side. Since 1994, DFS has been responsible for the handling of both civil and military air traffic in peacetime. Only military aerodromes are exempted from this integration.


History

DFS was formed by the (BFS). The BFS was established in 1953 and closed in January 1993. Previously, DFS was founded as a private GmbH.


Running costs and fees

DFS's running costs are covered by applicable route charges ("Flugsicherungsgebühren", collected by Eurocontrol for its 37 participating member states) and by approach and departure fees (determination by the BMVI by ordinance and collected directly by DFS) According to the Gesellschaftsvertrag, DFS is a not-for-profit company. Any surpluses generated must also be repaid in accordance with the internationally accepted principles for the collection of air navigation charges to airspace users.


Area control centers

DFS operates four area control centers located in: *
Bremen Bremen ( Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state cons ...
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Langen, Hesse Langen is a town of roughly 39,000 in the Offenbach district in the '' Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. The town is between Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. Langen is headquar ...
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Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...
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Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...


Towers

DFS operates the air navigation services on behalf and at its own expense, as defined by the BMVI at the following airports: * Berlin-Brandenburg - EDDB * Bremen - EDDW * Dresden - EDDC * Düsseldorf - EDDL * Erfurt - EDDE * Frankfurt - EDDF * Hamburg -
EDDH Hamburg Airport , known in German as ''Flughafen Hamburg'', is a major international airport in Hamburg, the second-largest city in Germany. Since November 2016 the airport has been christened after the former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt. ...
* Hanover -
EDDV Hannover Airport is the international airport of Hanover, capital of the German state of Lower Saxony. The ninth largest airport in Germany, it is in Langenhagen, north of the centre of Hanover. The airport has flights to European metrop ...
* Cologne / Bonn - EDDK * Leipzig / Halle - EDDP * Munich - EDDM * Munster / Osnabrück - EDDG * Nuremberg - EDDN * Saarbrücken - EDDR * Stuttgart - EDDS


Trivia

The DFS develops and uses Linux based Software for their purpose.https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/air_traffic_control/ Presentation at FOSEM 2017 by Dr. Gerolf Ziegenhain (en)


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External links

* (in English) {{authority control Aviation in Germany Air navigation service providers Government-owned companies of Germany