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Cross Polar Work Group (CPWG)

Purpose

The Cross Polar WG provides a forum to improve air traffic services (ATS) for aircraft transiting polar and Russian Far East (RFE) airspace. The Cross Polar WG consists of air navigation service provider representatives from Russia, Canada, Iceland and the United States and international organizations representing airspace operator groups (e.g., the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) who operate in that airspace.

The Cross Polar WG will work cooperatively to identify and resolve issues that impact the efficiency of ATS primarily for flights operating in the airspace between North America and Russia. Though the Cross Polar WG will focus primarily on Polar and Trans-East airspace issues, in order to promote seamless, efficient and safe ATS, representatives from other organizations and ANS providers, including, but not limited to China, Mongolia, and Japan may also be invited to participate in Cross Polar WG activities, as appropriate.

Background

In late 2006, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Federal Air Navigation Authority (FANA) met bi-laterally for discussions in Washington, D.C. One of the items discussed included the Russian American Coordinating Group for Air Traffic Control (RACGAT). Both FANA and FAA noted that the work and effort by the participants of RACGAT resulted in great achievements and successes including opening of the Trans East and Cross Polar routes through Russian airspace. RACGAT was a beneficial forum for its members but recent organizational restructuring and changes in participants, the group had not met since October 2003. During that time period, other groups including the Cross Polar Trans-East Air Traffic Management (ATM) Providers Working Group (CPWG) had been established and met to ensure continued international cooperation and address issues within the area. Both parties agreed that the first two meetings were proving the Cross Polar WG to be an effective forum for continued cooperation.

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CPWG/27 Meeting October 22-24, 2019

The twenty-seventh Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers’ Working Group (CPWG/27) meeting is scheduled for 22-24 October 2019 in Singapore. The meeting will be hosted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and is aimed at furthering multilateral procedures for handling cross polar air traffic between the United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Japan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and China. It is foreseen that the meeting will continue to improve air traffic operational efficiencies for flights operating on the cross-polar and Russian Trans-East routes.

If you have any questions regarding the CPWG and participation, please contact Leah Moebius.

All papers currently available for CPWG/27 (Zip).

Working Papers

CPWG CPWG27 Schedule
Date Time Meeting Participants
Tuesday
October 22nd		 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ANSP Meeting ANSPs
Tuesday
October 22nd		 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Airline Meeting IATA/Airlines
Tuesday
October 22nd		 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. CPWG Plenary All
Wednesday
October 23rd		 9:30 - 5:00 p.m. CPWG Plenary All
Thursday
October 24th		 9:30 - 5:00 p.m. CPWG Plenary All

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Information Papers

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CPWG ANSP Meeting May 22-24, 2019

The Cross Polar Working Group Air Navigation Service Providers (CPWG-ANSP) Meeting was held May 22-24, 2019 at the ICAO EURNAT Office, Paris, France. This was a meeting for ANSPs only. The full Cross Polar Working Group (CPWG/27) will meet in the Fall of 2019 in the Asia Pacific Region and include ANSPs, IATA and Airline participation. Details and the agenda for CPWG/27 will be posted when available.

If you have any questions regarding the CPWG and participation, please contact Leah Moebius.

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Working Papers

Information Papers

Presentations

CPWG/26

October 30-November 1, 2018 Vancouver, BC, Canada

The twenty-sixth Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers Working Group (CPWG/26) meeting was held on October 30-November 1, 2018 in Vancouver, BC Canada. The meeting was hosted by NAV CANADA and is aimed at furthering multilateral procedures for handling cross polar air traffic between the United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Japan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and China.

CPWG/25

The twenty-fifth Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers Working Group (CPWG/25) meeting was held on 23-25 May 2018 at the ICAO EURNAT Regional Office in Paris, France. The meeting was hosted by the International Civil Aviation Organization European and North Atlantic (EURNAT) Office and is aimed at furthering multilateral procedures for handling cross polar air traffic between the United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Japan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and China.

CPWG/24

The twenty-fourth Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers Working Group (CPWG/24) meeting was held December 12-14, 2017 at the ICAO EURNAT Offices in Paris, France. The meeting was hosted by the ICAO EURNAT Office and is aimed at furthering multilateral procedures for handling cross polar air traffic between the United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, Iceland, Japan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Denmark, Finland and China. It is foreseen that the meeting will continue to improve air traffic operational efficiencies for flights operating on the cross-polar and Russian Trans-East routes.

Please find reports and presentations from the meeting below.

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CPWG/23

The twenty-third Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers’ Working Group (CPWG/23) meeting was held 30 May-June 1, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. The meeting was hosted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and is aimed at furthering multilateral procedures for handling cross polar air traffic between the United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, Iceland, Japan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Denmark, Finland and China. It is foreseen that the meeting will continue to improve air traffic operational efficiencies for flights operating on the cross-polar and Russian Trans-East routes.

Please find reports and presentations from the meeting below.

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CPWG/22

The twenty-second Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers Working Group (CPWG/22) meeting was held October 25-27, 2016 at the ICAO EURNAT Offices in Paris, France. The meeting was hosted by ICAO EURNAT Regional Office and is aimed at furthering multilateral procedures for handling cross polar air traffic between the United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, Iceland, Japan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, China and Denmark.

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CPWG/21

The twenty-first Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers’ Working Group (CPWG/21) meeting was held 17-20 May 2016 in Montreal, Canada. The meeting was hosted by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and aimed at furthering multilateral procedures for handling cross polar air traffic between the United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, Iceland, Japan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and China.

Please find reports and presentations from the meeting below.

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CPWG/20

The twentieth Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers Working Group (CPWG/20) meeting was held 26-29 October 2015 in Anchorage, Alaska.

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CPWG/19

The nineteenth Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers Working Group meeting (CPWG/19) was held 11-15 May 2015 in Tokyo, Japan.

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CPWG/18

The eighteenth meeting of the Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers Working Group (CPWG/18) was held 16-19 December 2014 at the ICAO European and North Atlantic (EUR/NAT) Office in Paris.

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CPWG/17

The Seventeenth meeting of the Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers' Working Group meeting was held 3-6 June 2014 in Samara, Russia.

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CPWG/16

The Sixteenth meeting of the Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers' Working Group meeting was held 3-6 December 2013 in Ottawa, Canada

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CPWG/15

The Fifteenth meeting of the Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers' Working Group meeting was held 13-17 May 2013 in Bodo, Norway

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CPWG/14

The Fourteenth meeting of the Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers' Working Group was held on December 10-14, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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CPWG/13

The Thirteenth meeting of the Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers' Working Group was hosted by ISAVIA in Reykjavik, Iceland, June 19-22, 2012.

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CPWG/12

The Twelfth meeting of the Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers' Working Group was hosted by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Beijing, China, 6-9 December 2011. The Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) from Russia, Canada, Iceland, Norway, Japan, the U.S. and China met on 6 December followed by the full CPWG plenary, 7-9 December, 2011.

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CPWG/11

The Eleventh meeting of the Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers' Working Group was hosted by the State ATM Corporation, June 7-10, 2011 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) from Russia, Canada, Iceland, Norway, Japan and the U.S. met on June 7th followed by the full CPWG plenary, June 8-10, 2011.

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CPWG/10

The Tenth meeting of the Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers Working Group was held on 2-5 November 2010 in Paris, France. The meeting was hosted by the European and North Atlantic (EUR/NAT) Office of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Paris, France. The Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) from Russia, Canada, Iceland, Norway and the U.S. met on Tuesday, 2 November 2010. The full CPWG meeting took place at the ICAO Offices on Wednesday,3 November-Friday, 5 November 2010. The Communications North of 80° North Task Force met Friday, 5 November.

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CPWG/9

The Ninth Meeting of the Cross Polar Trans East ATM Providers' Working Group (CPWG/9 was held at the Fairmont, the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal on April 28-30, 2010. The Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) met on Tuesday, April 27, 2010.

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CPWG/8

The eighth meeting of the Cross Polar Working Group was held at the Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown, Atlanta on December 2-4, 2009

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CPWG/7

The seventh meeting of the Cross Polar Working Group took place June 2-5 at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Offices in Paris, France.

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CPWG/6

The sixth meeting of the Cross Polar Working Group took place November 3-5, 2008 at the Novotel Citygate Hong Kong Hotel.

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CPWG/5

The fifth meeting of the Cross Polar Working Group took place April 1-3, 2008 in Ft. Worth, Texas.

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CPWG/4

The fourth meeting of the Cross Polar Working Group took place September 18-20, 2007 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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CPWG/3

The third meeting of the Cross Polar Working Group took place April 24-26, 2007 in Washington, DC.

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CPWG/2

The Second meeting of the Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers' Working Group met during the week of September 25-27, 2006, in Montreal, Canada. The Meeting discussed continued improvement in coordination between providers and capacity improvements.

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CPWG/1

The first meeting of the Cross Polar Trans-East ATM Providers' Working Group met during the week of March 13, 2006, in Anchorage, Alaska. Representatives from the U.S., Canadian, and Russian Air Traffic Service organizations participated. Representatives from the various air carriers who utilize the subject routes also attended the meeting's final session. The focus of the meeting was to identify and analyze the Air Traffic Management problems inherent with the subject routes and to attempt development of their possible solutions.

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