AirNav ARES 1.0
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Abstract

The Airspace Reservation Exchange Service (ARES) Ireland provides real-time tactical information on the status of airspace reservations managed by the Irish LARA system (AirNav Ireland).It enables authorised systems to access or subscribe to updates about the operational status of reserved airspace, such as active, pre-active or released, supporting situational awareness and collaborative decision-making across the European ATM network.The service operates within the Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA) framework and complies with SWIM Yellow Profile specifications, ensuring interoperability and standardised information exchange with EUROCONTROL and other ATM stakeholders.

Service Type
SWIM_COMPLIANT
Abbreviation
ARES
Life Cycle
PROSPECTIVE
Business Activity Type
AIRSPACE_ORGANISATION_AND_MANAGEMENT
Intended Consumer
AERONAUTICAL_INFORMATION_SERVICE_PROVIDER
AIR_TRAFFIC_SERVICE_PROVIDER
CIVIL_AIR_NAVIGATION_SERVICE_PROVIDER
CIVIL_AIRSPACE_USER
Information Exchange Category
AERONAUTICAL_INFORMATION_EXCHANGE
Application Message Exchange Pattern Entity
Publish_Subscribe
FIR ICAO Location Indicator
EISN
State ICAO Nationality Letters
EI
ICAO Region
EUR
In-Operation Date
30-Jun-2026
Provider
AirNav Ireland

AirNav Ireland is a commercial semi-state company which provides air traffic management and related services including aeronautical communications and technical services within the 451,000 km² of airspace controlled by Ireland.

Provider Type
AERONAUTICAL_INFORMATION_SERVICE_PROVIDER
AIR_TRAFFIC_SERVICE_PROVIDER
CIVIL_AIR_NAVIGATION_SERVICE_PROVIDER
Point of Contact
Business context

The ARES Service meets the operational need for accurate and timely tactical information on the current status of airspace reservations in Ireland.During the ASM Level 3 (tactical phase), stakeholders require up-to-date information on whether airspace structures (TSAs, TRAs, CDRs, etc.) are active, pre-active, or released to support flight planning, ATFCM operations, and real-time civil-military coordination.This service ensures that both national and European users have consistent, synchronised data on airspace availability.

Capabilities of the service

The service implemented is Request/Reply and enables:Provision of real-time status updates for all airspace reservations managed in the Irish LARA system.Notification of transitions between states (e.g. pre-active → active → released).Distribution of tactical airspace status data to external systems via SWIM.Support for dynamic updates, ensuring that operational systems always reflect the current tactical situation.

Publication

Enables the management of updates based on subscriptions by External Users.

Local airspace structure

Allows for retrieval of airspace structures and activity data from within the ASM Support System by External Users.

Airspace status

Enables the retrieval of activation data held within the ASM Support System by External Users.

Security constraint

All connections to the service require mutual authentication through a client digital certificate issued by AirNav Ireland. Interested organisations must formally request the issuance of this certificate from AirNav Ireland prior to being granted access.

Authentication and authorisation

The authentication is based on mutual TLS and requires all users to request using an X.509 certificate. The service support TLS 1.3

Integrity

Communication integrity is ensured by TLS encryption.

Performance

Monitoring tools track system health, latency, and request volumes, allowing early detection of anomalies and supporting proactive performance tuning.

Availability

Target values: Availability of 99.7% outside planned outages.

ARES
AIXM

Aeronautical Information Exchange Model

AMQP

Advanced Message Queuing Protocol

ARES

Airspace Reservation Exchange Service

ASM

Airspace Management

ATC

Air Traffic Control

ATFCM

Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management

ATM

Air Traffic Management

B2B

Business to Business

CDR

Conditional Route

FAB

Functional Airspace Block

FUA

Flexible Use of Airspace

LARA

Local and Sub-Regional Airspace Management Support System

mTLS

Mutual Transport Layer Security

SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol

SWIM

System Wide Information Management

TLS

Transport Layer Security

TRA

Temporary Reserved Airspace

TSA

Temporary Segregated Area

X.509

Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Standard

YP

Yellow Profile

Information
69483ba201df91766341538

The service publishes ARES notifications according to 'EUROCONTROL Specification for Airspace Management (ASM) Support System Requirements supporting the ASM processes at local and FAB level'

https://www.eurocontrol.int/publication/eurocontrol-specification-airspace-management-asm-support-system-requirements

Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM) 5.1.1

https://www.aixm.aero/schema/5.1.1/index.html
SubscriptionManagementService

Subscription interface

PROVIDER_SIDE
Operations
LocalAirspaceStructureService

Interface to retrieve local airspace structures and associated activity data.

PROVIDER_SIDE
Operations
References
ASM to ATC Specs
Reference

ASM to ATC

https://lara-eu.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/LARA-extension-to-EUROCONTROL-Specification-on-ASM-System-Requirements-PART-II-_v1.0_11112024.pdf
Revision Save Date
Mon, 12/22/2025 - 11:13
Schema version
v2