REPUBLIC OF LATVIA - AIS of Latvia
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1. REPUBLIC OF LATVIA der NN TT EP hr Zu Phone 371 67300664 CIVIL AVIATION AGENCY AIC A 005 2012 Fax 371 67300660 Email ais lgs lv State Joint stock Company 09 AUG 2012 AFS EVRAYNYX Latvijas Gaisa Satiksme Aeronautical Information Service Riga Int Airport LV 1053 Latvia A005 IMPLEMENTATION OF FLIGHT PLAN FPL 2012 INTRODUCTION The International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO has agreed to make changes to the content and format of the ICAO flight plan form FPL These changes become globally applicable on 15 November 2012 although many States will accept the NEW format prior to that date Coincident with these changes the Republic of Latvia is amending its flight planning requirements PRESENT refers to the current ICAO flight planning provisions which will no longer be applicable after 15 November 2012 NEW refers to the ICAO flight planning provisions as detailed in Amendment 1 to the Procedures for Air Navigation Services Air Traffic Management PANS ATM Doc 4444 15th Edition These provisions become globally applicable from 15 November 2012 REQUIREMENT For flights operating within the Republic of Latvia airspace the following shall apply Beginning 12 November 2012 at 00 00 UTC all flight plans for Instrument Flight Rules IFR flights or for flights where a portion of the flight will be completed under IFR should be filed using the NEW content and format Please note th2. BLANK 10 Civil Aviation Agency
3. in LAT LONG or bearing and distance from the nearest significant point as described in DEP above ICAO four letter indicator s for en route alternate s as specified in Doc 7910 Location Indicators or name s of en route alternate aerodrome s if no indicator is allocated For aerodromes not listed in the relevant Aeronautical Information Publication indicate location in LAT LONG or bearing and distance from the nearest significant point as described in DEP above ICAO four letter indicator s for take off alternate as specified in Doc 7910 Location Indicators or name of take off alternate aerodrome if no indicator is allocated For aerodromes not listed in the relevant Aeronautical Information Publication indicate location in LAT LONG or bearing and distance from the nearest significant point as described in DEP above The route details to the revised destination aerodrome following by the ICAO four letter location indicator of the aerodrome The revised route is subject to reclearance in flight Examples RIF DTA HEC KLAX RIF ESP G94 CLA YPPH Any other plain language remarks when required by the appropriate ATS authority or deemed necessary Q followed by a digit to indicate the sequence of the replacement flight plan being submitted Note This provision is detailed in the European Regional Supplementary Procedures EUR SUPPs Doc 7030 Chapter 2 END Civil Aviation Agency THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT
4. of zeros e g a point 180 magnetic at a distance of 40 nautical miles from VOR DUB should be expressed as DUB180040 Item 16 The title of Item 16 has been clarified to specify that the alternate aerodrome s being referred to is are the destination alternate aerodrome s Additionally the provision related to estimated elapsed time has been clarified along with the descriptions of how to indicate the locations as follows Destination aerodrome and total estimated elapsed time 8 characters INSERT the ICAO four letter location indicator of the destination aerodrome as specified in Doc 7910 Location Indicators OR if no location indicator has been assigned INSERT ZZZZ and SPECIFY in Item 18 the name and location of the aerodrome preceded by DEST THEN WITHOUT A SPACE INSERT the total estimated elapsed time Note For a flight plan received from an aircraft in flight the total estimated elapsed time is the estimated time from the first point of the route to which the flight plan applies to the termination point of the flight plan Destination alternate aerodrome s INSERT the ICAO four letter location indicator s of not more than two destination alternate aerodromes as specified in Doc 7910 Location Indicators separated by a space OR if no location indicator has been assigned to the destination alternate aerodrome s INSERT ZZZZ and SPECIFY in Item 18 the name and location of t
5. two or more methods of augmentation e g NAV GBAS SBAS COM Indicate communications applications or capabilities not specified in Item 10a DAT Indicate data applications or capabilities not specified in 10a SUR Include surveillance applications or capabilities not specified in Item 10b DEP Name and location of departure aerodrome if ZZZZ is inserted in Item 13 or the ATS unit from which supplementary flight plan data can be obtained if AFIL is inserted in Item 13 For aerodromes not listed in the relevant Aeronautical Information Publication indicate location as follows With 4 figures describing latitude in degrees and tens and units of minutes followed by N North or S South followed by 5 figures describing longitude in degrees and tens and units of minutes followed by E East or W West Make up the correct number of figures where necessary by insertion of zeros e g 4620N07805W 11 characters OR Bearing and distance from the nearest significant point as follows The identification of the significant point followed by the bearing from the point in the form of 3 figures giving degrees magnetic followed by the distance from the point in the form of 3 figures expressing nautical miles In areas of high latitude where it is determined by the appropriate authority that reference to degrees magnetic is impractical degrees true may be used Make up the correct number of figures where necessary by inse
6. HFDL V VHF RTF J3 CPDLC FANS 1 A VDL W RVSM approved Mode 4 J4 CPDLC FANS 1 A VDL X MNPS approved Mode 2 J5 CPDLC FANS 1 A Y VHF with 8 33 kHz channel SATCOM INMARSAT spacing capability J6 CPDLC FANS 1 A Z Other equipment carried or SATCOM MTSAT other capabilities see Note 5 Any alphanumeric characters not indicated above are reserved Note 1 If the letter S is used standard equipment is considered to be VHF RTF VOR and ILS unless another combination is prescribed by the appropriate ATS authority Note 2 If the letter G is used the types of external GNSS augmentation if any are specified in Item 18 following the indicator NAV and separated by a space Note 3 See RTCA EUROCAE Interoperability Requirements Standard For ATN Baseline 1 ATN B1 INTEROP Standard DO 280B ED 110B for data link services air traffic control clearance and information air traffic control communications management air traffic control microphone check Note 4 If the letter R is used the performance based navigation levels that can be met are specified in Item 18 following the indicator PBN Guidance material on the application of performance based navigation to a specific route segment route or area is contained in the Performance Based Navigation Manual Doc 9613 Note 5 If the letter Z is used specify in Item 18 the other equipment carried or other capabilities preceded by COM NAV and or DAT as appropriate Note 6 I
7. OBT Please note that flight plans filed more than 120 hours in advance of the EOBT will not be accepted Operators are reminded that IFPS cannot be used to submit flight plans operated entirely as VFR to the Republic of Latvia Reference should be made to the IFPS User Manual for all details concerning IFPS operational procedures and processes The manual is available via the Network Manager web site under Library http Awww cfmu eurocontrol int cfmu public subsite_homepage homepage html Operators are strongly encouraged to always include the Date of Flight DOF in Item 18 of the flight plan It is mandatory to include DOF if the flight plan is filed more than 24 hours in advance of the EOBT Operators should note the changed intention of Item 10 of the FPL Under the NEW provisions Item 10 indicates equipment and capabilities Capability is comprised of three elements a presence of relevant serviceable equipment on board the aircraft b equipment and capabilities commensurate with flight crew qualification and C where applicable authorization from the appropriate authority Attachment C to this Aeronautical Information Circular describes the changes to the ICAO FPL content and format in detail The amendment to the ICAO flight planning provisions is available on the ICAO European and North Atlantic website www paris icao int by following the links to Other Meetings Seminars amp Workshops then to FPL 2012 ICAO EUR Re
8. at the Republic of Latvia uses the Integrated Initial Flight Plan Processing System IFPS service therefore flight plans for IFR flights or flights operating as partial IFR and intending to operate within Republic of Latvia are to be filed using IFPS Beginning 12 November 2012 at 00 00 UTC all flight plans for Visual Flight Rules VFR flights should be filed using the NEW content and format Flight plans filed using the PRESENT content and format will continue to be accepted until 00 00 UTC on 15 November 2012 IFR or VFR flight plans using the PRESENT content and format which are filed after 15 November 2012 00 00 UTC will not be accepted Attachment A to this AIC shows the indications within a flight plan that will be used to identify its format as either NEW or PRESENT As of 15 November 2012 at 00 00 UTC the Republic of Latvia will accept VFR flight plans filed up to 120 hours in advance of the Estimated Off Block Time EOBT GUIDANCE If any portion of a flight is planned to take place or may possibly take place after 00 00 UTC on 15 November 2012 operators are strongly encouraged to file the applicable flight plan using the NEW content and format Repetitive Flight Plans RPLs for the 2012 2013 winter season should be submitted using the NEW content and format An RPL with a validity period that extends beyond 15 November 2012 will not be accepted in PRESENT format During the transition period prior to 15 November 2012 oper
9. ators are responsible for transmitting the appropriate flight plan content and format accepted by the Air Navigation Services Providers ANSP that will provide services in the airspace where the flight will take place To obtain this information reference may be Civil Aviation Agency 1 made to the ICAO Flight Plan Implementation Tracking System FITS website http www2 icao int en FITS Pages home aspx The applicable Aeronautical Information Publications AIP should be consulted for the official notifications provided by States Operators are encouraged to use the IFPS Validation IFPUV Application see Attachment B provided by Eurocontrol to test the validity of their flight plans well in advance of 15 November 2012 The Republic of Latvia is within the IFPS area All flight plans for IFR flights or where a portion of the flight will be carried out under IFR are to be submitted to IFPS The following schedule is applicable to the IFPS transition from PRESENT to NEW flight plans IFPS accepts today IFR flight plans or portions thereof filed in NEW format As of 15 November 2012 00 00 UTC IFPS will no longer accept flight plans filed in PRESENT format Flights with a date of flight between 12 and 16 November 2012 cannot be submitted more than 24 hours in advance of the Estimated Off Block Time EOBT As of 15 November 2012 00 00 UTC IFPS will resume accepting flight plans filed more than 24 hours in advance of the E
10. e than 120 hours in advance of the EOBT When it is necessary to delay a flight over the midnight period thereby changing the DOF it is recommended to use a CHG message indicating the modification to both Field 13 including EOBT and Field 18 including DOF It should be noted that when modifying a field the data for the complete field must be provided and not just the modified elements this is particularly significant for modifications to Field 18 Air Traffic Services ATS data systems may impose constraints on information in flight plans Significant constraints are to be notified in Aeronautical Information Publications AIP The changes made to specific FPL Items are as follows Item 7 Aircraft Identification the explanation of this provision has been clarified to specify that the aircraft identification cannot exceed 7 alphanumeric characters and is not to include hyphens or symbols No other changes have been made to the provision Item 8 Flight Rules and Type of Flight the explanation of the provision related to indicating flight rules has been clarified It has also been clarified that it must be specified in Item 15 Route the point or points at which a change in flight rules is planned Additional text has been added to highlight that the status of the flight is to be denoted in Item 18 following the STS indicator using one of the defined descriptors or that other reasons for specific handling by ATS are to be denot
11. ed in Item 18 following the RMK indicator No other changes have been made to the provision Item 10 Equipment and Capabilities numerous changes have been made to this provision It is important to note that Item 10 now also indicates capabilities which consists of three elements presence of relevant serviceable equipment on board the aircraft equipment and capabilities commensurate with crew qualifications and where applicable authorization from the appropriate authority The following provisions are applicable to Item 10a Radio communication navigation and approach aid equipment and capabilities INSERT one letter as follows N if no COM NAV approach aid equipment for the route to be flown is carried or the equipment is unserviceable OR S if standard COM NAV approach aid equipment for the route to be flown is carried and serviceable see Note 1 AND OR INSERT one or more of the following letters to indicate the serviceable COM NAV approach aid equipment and capabilities available Civil Aviation Agency 3 A GBAS landing system J7 CPDLC FANS 1 A SATCOM Iridium B LPV APV with SBAS K MLS C LORAN C L ILS D DME M1 ATC RTF SATCOM INMARSAT E1 FMC WPR ACARS M2 ATC RTF MTSAT E2 D FIS ACARS M3 ATC RTF Iridium E3 PDC ACARS O VOR F ADF P1 P9 Reserved for RCP G GNSS See Note 2 H HF RTF R PBN approved see Note 4 Inertial Navigation T TACAN J1 CPDLC ATN VDL Mode U UHF RTF 2 See Note 3 J2 CPDLC FANS 1 A
12. gion Plan and then to Documentation related to FPL 2012 Amendment All documentation related to the IFPS implementation of these changes is available on the Eurocontrol CFMU website www cfmu eurocontrol int by following the link to ICAO 2012 FPL Attachment A Indications of NEW and PRESENT formats A flight plan is deemed to be PRESENT format if it contains any of the following indications a In Field 10a J M b In Field 10b D C In STS ATFMEXEMPTAPPROVED free text i e any indication other than those specified d In PER Indications other than A B C D E H A flight plan is deemed to be NEW format if it contains any of the following indications a In Field 10a E1 E2 E3 J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 M1 M2 M3 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 b In Field 10b E H L B1 B2 U1 U2 V1 V2 D1 G1 C In Item 18 PBN SUR DLE TALT EUR PROTECTED Note EUR PROTECTED is to be used only within the IFPS Zone d In STS ATFMX e In DAT characters other than S H V M f A CHG CNL DLA DEP messages containing Field 18 with more than just DOF If a flight plan contains none of the indications above it qualifies as both NEW and PRESENT and will be treated accordingly 2 Civil Aviation Agency Attachment B IFPS Validation System The IFPUV Application will detect whether a test flight plan contains NEW content and format and will highlight any syntax errors which are detected It i
13. he destination alternate aerodrome s preceded by ALTN Item 18 Other Information significant changes have been made to these provisions Operators are warned that the use of indicators not included in the provisions may result in data being rejected processed incorrectly or lost The provision has been clarified to indicate that hyphens or oblique strokes should only be used as described The provision has been amended such that only indicators described in the provisions may be used and they must be inserted in the order shown The indicators defined are as follows and are listed in the order in which they are to be inserted if used STS Reason for special handling by ATS e g a search and rescue mission as follows ALTRV for a flight operated in accordance with an altitude reservation ATFMX for a flight approved for exemption from ATFM measures by the appropriate ATS authority FFR fire fighting FLTCK flight check for calibration of navaids HAZMAT fora flight carrying hazardous material HEAD a flight with Head of State status 6 Civil Aviation Agency HOSP for a medical flight declared by medical authorities HUM for a flight operating on a humanitarian mission MARSA for a flight for which a military entity assumes responsibility for separation of military aircraft MEDEVAC for a life critical medical emergency evacuation NONRVSM for a non RVSM capable flight intending to operate i
14. ity of the aircraft to down link aircraft derived data via a Mode S transponder ADS B B1 ADS B with dedicated 1090 MHz ADS B out capability B2 ADS B with dedicated 1090 MHz ADS B out and in capability U1 ADS B out capability using UAT U2 ADS B out and in capability using UAT V1 ADS B out capability using VDL Mode 4 V2 ADS B out and in capability using VDL Mode 4 ADS C D1 ADS C with FANS 1 A capabilities G1 ADS C with ATN capabilities Alphanumeric characters not indicated above are reserved Example ADE3RV HB2U2V2G1 Note Additional surveillance application should be listed in Item 18 following the indicator SUR Item 13 Departure aerodrome and time some clarifications have been made and additional provisions included regarding how to indicate departure aerodromes which have not been assigned an ICAO four letter designator The following provisions are applicable to Item 13 INSERT the ICAO four letter location indicator of the departure aerodrome as specified in Doc 7910 Location Indicators OR if no location indicator has been assigned INSERT ZZZZ and SPECIFY in Item 18 the name and location of the aerodrome preceded by DEP OR the first point of the route or the marker radio beacon preceded by DEP if the aircraft has not taken off from the aerodrome OR if the flight plan is received from an aircraft in flight INSERT AFIL and SPECIFY in Item 18
15. n RVSM airspace SAR for a flight engaged in a search and rescue mission and STATE for a flight engaged in military customs or police services Other reasons for special handling by ATS shall be denoted under the designator RMK PBN Indication of RNAV and or RNP capabilities Include as many of the descriptors below as apply to the flight up to a maximum of 8 entries i e a total of not more than 16 characters RNAV SPECIFICATIONS A1 RNAV 10 RNP 10 B1 RNAV 5 all permitted sensors B2 RNAV 5 GNSS B3 RNAV 5 DME DME B4 RNAV 5 VOR DME B5 RNAV 5 INS or IRS B6 RNAV 5 LORANC C1 RNAV 2 all permitted sensors C2 RNAV 2 GNSS C3 RNAV 2 DME DME C4 RNAV 2 DME DME IRU D1 RNAV 1 all permitted sensors D2 RNAV 1 GNSS D3 RNAV 1 DME DME D4 RNAV 1 DME DME IRU RNP SPECIFICATIONS L1 RNP 4 O1 Basic RNP 1 all permitted sensors 02 Basic RNP 1 GNSS 03 Basic RNP 1 DME DME 04 Basic RNP 1 DME DME IRU S1 RNP APCH S2 RNP APCH with BARO VNAV Ti RNP AR APCH with RF special authorization required T2 RNP AR APCH without RF special authorization required Civil Aviation Agency Combinations of alphanumeric characters not indicated above are reserved NAV Significant data related to navigation equipment other than specified in PBN as required by the appropriate ATS authority Indicate GNSS augmentation under this indicator with a space between
16. nformation on navigation capability is provided to ATC for clearance and routing purposes The following provisions are applicable to Item 10b Surveillance equipment and capabilities INSERT Nif no surveillance equipment for the route to be flown is carried or the equipment is unserviceable OR INSERT one or more of the following descriptors to a maximum of 20 characters to describe the serviceable surveillance equipment and or capabilities on board 4 Civil Aviation Agency SSR Modes A and C A Transponder Mode A 4 digits 4 096 codes C Transponder Mode A 4 digits 4 096 codes and Mode C SSR Mode S E Transponder Mode S including aircraft identification pressure altitude and extended squitter ADS B capability E Transponder Mode including aircraft identification pressure altitude and enhanced surveillance capability Transponder Mode S including aircraft identification but no pressure altitude capability L Transponder Mode S including aircraft identification pressure altitude extended squitter ADS B and enhanced surveillance capability P Transponder Mode S including pressure altitude but no aircraft identification capability S Transponder Mode S including both pressure altitude and aircraft identification capability X Transponder Mode S with neither aircraft identification nor pressure altitude capability Note Enhanced surveillance capability is the abil
17. rtion of zeros e g a point of 180 magnetic at a distance of 40 nautical miles from VOR DUB should be expressed as DUB180040 OR The first point of the route name or LAT LONG or the marker radio beacon if the aircraft has not taken off from an aerodrome DEST Name and location of destination aerodrome if ZZZZ is inserted in Item 16 For aerodromes not listed in the relevant Aeronautical Information Publication indicate location in LAT LONG or bearing and distance from the nearest significant point as described under DEP above DOF The date of flight departure in a six figure format YYMMDD where YY equals the year MM equals the month and DD equals the day REG The nationality or common mark and registration mark of the aircraft if different from the aircraft identification in Item 7 EET Significant points or FIR boundary designators and accumulated estimated elapsed times from take off to such points or FIR boundaries when so prescribed on the basis of regional air navigation agreements or by the appropriate ATS authority Examples EET CAP0745 XYZ0830 EET EINN0204 SEL SELCAL Code for aircraft so equipped TYP Type s of aircraft preceded if necessary without a space by number s of aircraft and separated by one space if ZZZZ is inserted in Item 9 Example TYP 2F15 5F5 3B2 CODE Aircraft address expressed in the form of an alphanumerical code of six hexadecimal characters when required by the appropriate ATS a
18. s important to note that the IFPUV Application can be used to syntax check any flight plan whether or not any portion of the route is within the IFPS Zone IFPZ The IFPUV Application can also be used to syntax check flight plans for VFR flights The IFPUV Application will first check the syntax of the flight plan and then will check whether the flight plan is entirely VFR and whether any portion of the route is within the IFPS If the entire flight plan is VFR or if no part of the route is within the IFPZ the following error message will be sent in return ROUTE 152 FLIGHT NOT APPLICABLE TO IFPS If this is the only error message sent in return the IFPUV Application has not detected any syntax errors If a syntax error is detected the specific flight plan Item or Items will be highlighted and a description of the error or errors will be provided The IFPUV Application is available on the Eurocontrol Central Flow Management Unit CFMU website www cfmu eurocontrol int via the link to CFMU NOP Public After ensuring that the TACTICAL tab is selected users should select the IFPUV Flight Planning link Test flight plans can be checked as described above using the IFPUV Free Text Editor Test flight plans are input and submitted one at a time Attachment C Detailed description of changes to ICAO FPL content and format The ICAO provisions have been amended to specify that flight plans may not be filed mor
19. the ICAO four letter location indicator of the location of the ATS unit from which supplementary flight plan data can be obtained preceded by DEP THEN WITHOUT A SPACE INSERT for a flight plan submitted before departure the estimated off block time EOBT Civil Aviation Agency 5 OR for a flight plan received from an aircraft in flight the actual or estimated time over the first point of the route to which the flight plan applies Item 15c Route including changes of speed level and or flight rules an editorial change has been made to clarify that it is possible to indicate at a single point where it is planned that a change of speed or level or both is planned to commence or a change of ATS route and or a change of flight rules The provision has been expanded to include the possibility of describing a significant point in the route as a bearing or distance from a reference point rather than only from a navigational aid as follows Bearing and distance from a reference point The identification of the reference point followed by the bearing from the point in the form of 3 figures giving degrees magnetic followed by the distance from the point in the form of 3 figures expressing nautical miles In areas of high latitude where it is determined by the appropriate authority that reference to degrees magnetic is impractical degrees true may be used Make up the correct number of figures where necessary by insertion
20. uthority Example F00001 is the lowest aircraft address contained in the specific block administered by ICAO RVR The minimum RVR requirement of the flight Note This provision is detailed in the European Regional Supplementary Procedures EUR SUPPs Doc 7030 Chapter 2 DLE En route delay or holding insert the significant point s on the route where a delay is planned to occur followed by the length of delay using four figure time in hours and minutes hhmm Example DLE MDG0030 OPR ICAO designator or name of the aircraft operating agency if different from the aircraft identification in item 7 8 Civil Aviation Agency ORGN PER ALTN RALT TALT RIF RMK RFP The originator s 8 letter AFTN address or other appropriate contact details in cases where the originator of the flight plan may not be readily identified as required by the appropriate ATS authority Note In some areas flight plan reception centres may insert the ORGW identifier and originator s AFTN address automatically Aircraft performance data indicated by a single letter as specified in the Procedures for Air Navigation Services Aircraft Operations PANS OPS Doc 8168 Volume Flight Procedures if so prescribed by the appropriate ATS authority Name of destination alternate aerodrome s if ZZZZ is inserted in Item 16 For aerodromes not listed in the relevant Aeronautical Information Publication indicate location
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