System and method for autonomous air traffic control of unmanned aerial vehicles

A method for autonomous air traffic control (AATC) of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) comprising transporting a plurality of UAVs from an origin location to a destination location through a plurality of airspace regions, controlling the flight of said UAVs using a computer-based traffic management system, periodically tracking the flight of the UAVs, executing automated processes on the computer-based traffic management system and transmitting bi-directional information between the computer-based traffic management system and the UAVs through a communications network.