运营概念旨在通过描述新兴和未来的ATM系统应如何运行来指导全球空中交通管理的规划和实施。它由空中交通管理运营概念小组（ATMCP）开发，并在2003年第十一届空中导航会议和2004年第三十五届大会上获得认可。

The operational concept is intended to guide the planning and implementation of global air traffic management by providing a description of how the emerging and future ATM system should operate. It was developed by the Air Traffic Management Operational Concept Panel (ATMCP) and was endorsed by the Eleventh Air Navigation Conference in 2003 and the Thirty-Fifth Session of the Assembly in 2004.