Abstract :The present article represents structure, content and sequence of steps of the method of adaptive control of the information models display parameters of the air situation. The problem describes complexity of the particular air situation in automated air traffic control system. The method assumes that the degree of complexity of the situation is recognized on the basis of heterogeneous data received from the sources. According to the results of experimental studies, we show the dependence of the average time of perception and the probability of error-free perception of the information model of the air situation by the operator on the coefficient of the overlapping forms.