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1 Network Maager omiated by the Europea Commissio EUROCONTROL Free Route Airspace developmets For a route-free Europea etwork Brochure FRA.idd 1 16/12/16 10:55

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3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. A CONSOLIDATED EUROPEAN APPROACH TOWARDS FREE ROUTE AIRSPACE A Cooperative Network Approach The Need for a Coordiated Approach Brigig the Netwrok Cotributio 6 2. FREE ROUTE AIRSPACE (FRA) DESIGN FRA Cocept Defiitio Scope Eablers Airspace Classificatio Flight Level Orietatio Limited Applicability of FRA Airspace Orgaisatio Maximisig Efficiecy of FRA Access To/From Termial Airspace Publicatio of a Cotigecy ATS Route Network Maiteace of a Fixed ATS Route Network withi FRA Airspace Reservatios Route Availability Sectorisatio Sector ad Traffic Volumes Capacities/Moitorig Values ATS Delegatio Airspace Maagemet Letters of Agreemet ad Coordiatio Procedures Flight Plaig Air Traffic Flow ad Capacity Maagemet FRA PUBLICATION ASPECTS FRA - AIP Publicatio FRA - Charts Publicatio FRA AIP Publicatio Template EUROPEAN FREE ROUTE AIRSPACE DEPLOYMENT PLANS FRA i Summer FRA i FRA Check List of Implemetatio Actios GLOSSARY OF TERMS 28 Free Route Airspace developmets For a route-free Europea etwork 3 Brochure FRA.idd 3 16/12/16 10:55

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5 1. A CONSOLIDATED EUROPEAN APPROACH TOWARDS FREE ROUTE AIRSPACE 1.1 A Cooperative Network Approach The coordiated developmet ad implemetatio of Free Route Airspace was iitiated by EUROCONTROL i 2008 ad was icluded i the Flight Efficiecy Pla developed cooperatively betwee betwee IATA, CANSO ad EUROCONTROL. While the first implemetatio steps took place withi the cotext of the Europea ATS Route Network Versio 6 (ARN Versio 6), the overall coordiatio was icluded i the ARN Versio-7. The cotet of the Europea Route Network Improvemet Pla will iclude a agreed Europea route etwork ad, where feasible, free route airspace structure desiged to meet all user requiremets. As part of the Europea Route Network Improvemet Pla, the Network Maager developed the followig material: The Europea Route Network Improvemet Pla (ERNIP) Part 1 - A Europea Airspace Desig Methodology Geeral Priciples, Guidelies ad Techical Specificatios for airspace Desig that icludes a Free Route Airspace Cocept; The ARN Versio-7 was developed ad deployed through a co-operative ad partership approach facilitated i the cotext of the Route Network Developmet Sub-Group (RNDSG). The RNDSG is the co-ordiatio forum for Europea airspace desig ad developmet, plaig ad implemetatio of improved Europea ATS route etwork, optimised civil ad military airspace structures ad ATC sectors. The members of the RNDSG work i a partership approach, through civil ad military experts i airspace desig from EUROCONTROL, the ECAC member States ad their ANS providers, airspace users orgaisatios, flight plaer orgaisatios ad other relevat iteratioal orgaisatios. With respect to Free Route Airspace, Europea ARN Versio-7 icluded: The implemetatio of a advaced cocept of operatios, icludig Free Route Operatios; A pa-europea view of Free Route Airspace deploymet. Further evolutios followed through the approval of the the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 677/2011 of 7 July 2011 (layig dow the detailed rules for the implemetatio of air traffic maagemet (ATM) etwork fuctios ad amedig Regulatio (EU) No 691/2010. The Aex I of this Regulatio describes the Europea Route Network Desig Fuctio ad the Europea Route Network Improvemet Pla. The Europea Route Network Improvemet Pla (ERNIP) Part 3 - ASM Hadbook that icludes all the ecessary civil/military aspects related to Free Route Airspace; The Europea Route Network Improvemet Pla (ERNIP) Part 4 - Route Availability Documet (RAD) User Maual that icludes the appropriate route orietatio ad flight pla facilitatig measures with respect to Free Route Airspace; The Europea Route Network Improvemet Pla (ERNIP) Part 2 - ARN Versios that iclude all the Free Route Airspace Projects scheduled for developmet ad implemetatio over a 5-years rollig period; FRA Applicatio i NMOC Guidelies are supplemetary to ERNIP Part 1 Chapter 6, Sectio 6.5 FRA Cocept. Those Guidelies are relevat for the etire process of NMOC FRA Operatioal Validatio ad NMOC FRA system processig. They cover the most sigificat aspects to be kow by Operatioal Stakeholders ad ca be cosidered as support to plaig, developmet ad validatio of ay FRA project. The documet cotais the explaatio of how NMOC systems process FRA. How to express FRA i NMOC systems by usig the existig airspace utilisatio rules ad availability restrictios, as well as what shall be preseted to NM i order for it to perform FRA Operatioal Validatio. Free Route Airspace developmets For a route-free Europea etwork 5 Brochure FRA.idd 5 16/12/16 10:55

6 1.2 The Need for a Coordiated Approach A umber of States, ANSPs ad FABs have proposed i 2007 developmet towards the implemetatio of Free Route Airspace. The commo thread of these iitiatives was the trasitio from reliace o a fixed route etwork to offerig direct routes ad tailored routes i order to cotribute to airspace performace improvemets o capacity, efficiecy ad eviromet. These iitiatives come at a time whe there are very demadig ecoomic ad evirometal pressures o the Aircraft Operators ad other stakeholders. The etwork has to respod to this ad the States ad ANSPs should look at iovative ad obvious methods to make their cotributio. The implemetatio of Free Route Airspace iitiatives will, i the short term, go some way to meetig the efficiecy, capacity, ad evirometal challeges. They will be the startig poit o the path to full Free Routig across the Europea airspace, which itself is a itermediate step o the road to SESAR busiess trajectories ad 4D profiles. The local Free Route Airspace Iitiatives will brig improvemets to the Network but if they are to develop further, they will also brig ew demads o Network Maagemet ad System Support. 1.3 Brigig the Network Cotributio I order to respod to a clear eed from all operatioal stakeholders, EUROCONTROL put i place a flexible but purposeful approach where idividual States, ANSPs or FABs ca move at a much quicker pace the they would if they were boud ito a larger project. The eed for a greater visible picture ad for coordiatio was put i place ad developed i harmoy. The coordiatio ad support tasks covered: The developmet of a Europea Free Route Airspace Cocept i the cotext of the ARN Versio 7 ad the i the cotext of the Europea Route Network Improvemet Pla (ERNIP) Part 1; Providig a overall focal poit that will cosolidate ad circulate iformatio o iitiatives, plas ad proposals; Support to the airspace desig ad utilisatio projects for idividual ANSPs, FABs or groups of ANSPs ad FABs; Techical ad operatioal support to esure maily that there is harmoisatio betwee the iitiatives ad that there is a commo approach towards operatioal aspects; Idetificatio of the required etwork eablers, i particular: System adaptatio ad compatibility across the etwork; Harmoised AIS publicatio; Checklist of Free Route Airspace implemetatio actios; Fast Time Simulatio evaluatios of workload ad capacity Ruig of large scale Real Time Simulatios Ehaced flight plaig procedures; Iitiatig work at etwork level to esure that eablers will be available; Supportig airspace desig ad ASM/ATFCM processes at etwork, FAB ad local level; Support to a co-ordiated deploymet of local, sub-regioal ad etwork aspects of these iitiatives; Validatio of airspace desig ad utilisatio projects through the Network Maager Operatios Cetre (NMOC); Coordiatio o the developmet of the etwork systems ad operatioal procedures. At a Europea level, EUROCONTROL started to offer pro-active coordiatio ad techical ad operatioal support to the local or sub-regioal Free Route Airspace ad esured that the required etwork improvemets were i place to support these iitiatives. 6 Brochure FRA.idd 6 16/12/16 10:55

7 2. FREE ROUTE AIRSPACE (FRA) DESIGN 2.1 FRA Cocept Defiitio A specified airspace withi which users may freely pla a route betwee a defied etry poit ad a defied exit poit, with the possibility to route via itermediate (published or upublished) way poits, without referece to the ATS route etwork, subject to airspace availability. Withi this airspace, flights remai subject to air traffic cotrol. 2.2 Scope The overall scope of the Free Route Airspace (FRA) Cocept is to provide a eablig framework for the harmoised implemetatio of FRA i Europe wheever a State/FAB/ANSP, a group of States/FABs/ ANSPs decides to proceed with such implemetatio. The FRA Cocept forms the basis for a commo uderstadig for all ATM parters ivolved i FRA implemetatio. The FRA Cocept ecompasses various FRA implemetatio scearios that will: No additioal equipmet requiremets or flight plaig procedures chages are foresee for aircraft operators. Nevertheless, modificatios to flight plaig systems may be required to esure that full beefit of the FRA ca be realised. 2.4 Airspace Classificatio FRA will, i priciple be classified as Class C airspace, with certai agreed exemptios (e.g. above FL460, withi the NOTA). 2.5 Flight Level Orietatio The Flight Level Orietatio Scheme (FLOS) applicable withi FRA shall be promulgated through the relevat atioal AIS publicatios. Note: This does ot costitute a chage to the curret system of 2 FLOS i Europe 2.6 Limited Applicability of FRA Meet the Safety Objectives; Time Limited Be compatible with existig operatios; Be sustaiable through further developmet; Be capable of expasio/coectivity to/with adjacet airspace; Be capable of beig exported to other regios. 2.3 Eablers The eablers are: Appropriate System Support - ehacemet for the purposes of Flight Plaig ad ATFCM; Eve though the goal is to implemet FRA o a permaet basis, a limited implemetatio durig defied periods could facilitate early implemetatio. Procedures for trasitioig betwee FRA ad fixed ATS route operatios shall be set Structurally Limited I complex airspace, the full implemetatio of FRA could potetially have a detrimetal effect o capacity. I such airspace, States/FABs/ANSPs may decide to implemet FRA o a structurally limited basis, for example by restrictig the available FRA Horizotal etry/exit poits for certai traffic flows, which could icrease predictability ad reduce the umber of potetial coflicts. Procedures - ehaced procedures where ecessary for operatios withi FRA ad at its iterfaces; Adaptatios to airspace structures; Adaptatios to airspace maagemet procedures; Free Route Airspace developmets For a route-free Europea etwork 7 Brochure FRA.idd 7 16/12/16 10:55

8 2.7 Airspace Orgaisatio Geeral FRA forms a itegral part of the overall Europea ATM etwork, iterfacig vertically or laterally with adjoiig fixed ATS route operatios airspace. Airspace reservatios will remai, ad as all airspace users will have equal access to FRA, harmoised applicatio of the FUA Cocept ad Civil/Military Coordiatio are take ito accout i order to esure harmoised procedures ad service provisio for the beefit of all the airspace users Applicable Airspace The FRA Cocept is applicable to ay area where FRA is implemeted withi the Europea airspace etwork Vertical Limits of FRA ad Their Publicatio This FRA Cocept is aimed at facilitatig the harmoised implemetatio of FRA wherever ad wheever a State/FAB/ANSP decides to do so. I this cotext, there is o specific recommedatio o the miimum FL of such implemetatio. The vertical limits of the FRA shall be published i atioal AIS Publicatios. The settig of the lower limit of FRA shall ot adversely impact adjacet areas where FRA is ot yet implemeted or where oly limited applicatio of FRA is i place. Nevertheless, with goal beig a harmoised airspace structure across the Europea etwork, the followig recommedatios are made: The lower vertical limit shall be coordiated at Europea etwork level to esure itercoectivity with adjoiig airspace ad this could vary i differet areas or at differet times withi a particular FRA. The miimum level should be the lowest feasible, takig ito accout the complexity of the airspace ad the demad Horizotal Limits of FRA ad Their Publicatio The horizotal limits of the FRA shall be published i atioal AIS Publicatios. I order to gai full beefits from its applicability, the horizotal limits should be preferably based o operatioal requiremets, ot ecessarily o FIR/UIR or ATC uit boudaries. FRA Horizotal etry/exit poits ito/out of the FRA shall be published i atioal AIS publicatios with a clear referece to the FRA ad to the ature of the poit (etry, exit or etry/exit poit). I areas where the shape of the lateral boudaries of a FIR/UIR or ATC uit are such that direct routigs could lead to exitig for a short time ito adjacet airspace, all efforts shall be made to esure that applicability of FRA is orgaised based o operatioal requiremets ad appropriate arragemets are made with the adjacet ATC uits/states. If such situatios are uavoidable, the appropriate publicatio of FRA Horizotal etry/exit poits shall be esured. If FRA is implemeted i adjacet FIRs/UIRs, the publicatio of the FRA shall clearly reflect this cross-border applicatio. The publicatio of FRA Horizotal etry/ exit poits o the commo FIR/UIR boudary is ot ecessary from a operatioal perspective. FRA Horizotal etry/exit poits ito/out of FRA shall take ito accout adjacet airspace where FRA is ot implemeted. FRA Horizotal etry/exit poits will be defied to allow for a structured trasitio betwee the two operatioal eviromets, this may ot ecessarily be at the FIR or ATC uit boudary. I order to esure overall Europea airspace structure itercoectivity, the FRA Horizotal etry/exit poits from/ito adjacet o FRA shall esure itercoectivity with the fixed ATS route etwork Vertical Coectio betwee FRA ad the uderlyig Fixed ATS Route Network The vertical coectio betwee FRA ad the uderlyig fixed ATS route etwork shall take ito accout the various climbig ad descedig profiles. The itercoectivity betwee FRA ad the uderlyig fixed ATS route etwork shall be esured through the availability of a set of waypoits reflectig the typical climbig/ descedig profiles. The publicatio of exteded SIDs/ STARs or published coectig ATS routes are also operatioally recommeded optios. 8 Brochure FRA.idd 8 16/12/16 10:55

9 2.8 Maximisig Efficiecy of FRA 2.12 Airspace Reservatios To maximise the efficiecy of FRA ad to esure safe ad efficiet trasfer of flight, all efforts eed to be made to esure ay required realigmet of the fixed ATS route etwork i adjacet airspace ot applyig FRA. Wherever a fixed ATS route etwork will remai i operatio below the FRA, this uderlyig ATS route etwork shall be refied ad coordiated at etwork level to take ito accout the eeds of free route operatios i the airspace above. 2.9 Access To/From Termial Airspace Access to/from Termial Airspace will eed to be cosidered ad appropriate refiemets to TMA structures iitiated, icludig the defiitio of additioal SIDs/ STARs to permit more flexibility. This could have implicatios for the maagemet of Termial airspace. Notes: 1. I case of implemetatio of FRA dow to the upper limit of Termial Airspace, the etry/exit poits ito/ out of FRA should preferably be the last poit of the SID ad the first poit of the STAR. I some cases a redesig of the SID/STAR will be required ad, depedig o airspace complexity, extesios may eed to be ivestigated to esure appropriate traffic segregatio. 2. If for some airports o suitable SID/STAR is available, flight plaig through the use of DCT should be facilitated Publicatio of a Cotigecy ATS Route Network There is o over-archig requiremet for a Europea cotigecy fixed ATS route etwork Maiteace of a Fixed ATS Route Network withi FRA Wherever a fixed ATS route etwork is maitaied withi FRA, details shall be published i AIS publicatios. I the cotext of FRA Cocept, airspace reservatio refers to airspace of defied dimesios for the exclusive use of specific users, icludig TRA, TSA, CBAs, D, R, P, Areas ad ay specially activated areas. These are special desiged areas withi which both civil ad military activities could take place. Airspace reservatios are permaetly active (such as prohibited areas) while others are active for varyig periods of time ad at varyig levels. (e.g. TSA ad similar exercise areas). Active airspace reservatios are crossed or avoided depedig o the degree of coordiatio (icludig civil/military coordiatio) ad the status of the activity i the area. This will remai the case i FRA. There is the potetial for airspace reservatios to be recofigured to meet differet task eeds. I areas where coordiatio procedures (icludig civil/ military coordiatio procedures) ad airspace coditios permit, the airspace users are permitted to flight pla routeigs through airspace reservatios. I some cases, tactical reroutig will be give if airspace is ot available for crossig. The expected maximum additioal legth of a tactical reroutig shall be promulgated through atioal AIS publicatios. I other cases, whe such airspace is ot available for crossig, FRA itermediate poits will be defied to facilitate flight plaig clear of the airspace reservatio ad esure sufficiet separatio from the activity. The promulgatio of these FRA itermediate poits shall be esured through atioal AIS Publicatio. If these poits are to be used oly for avoidace of airspace reservatios, specific coditios for the use of these poits for flight plaig shall be published i the RAD. A overall stadardisatio of the separatio from airspace reservatios will be required, i the loger term, especially for cross-border operatios. Publicatio of activatio time of airspace reservatios should be cosidered. Note: The possibility of usig geographical coordiates should be cosidered. Free Route Airspace developmets For a route-free Europea etwork 9 Brochure FRA.idd 9 16/12/16 10:55

10 Procedures shall be developed betwee the Network Maager Operatios Cetre (NMOC) ad all iterested parties to esure a harmoised applicatio of procedures for the avoidace of airspace reservatios Route Availability The role, format ad applicability of the Route Availability Documet (RAD) have bee adapted to accommodate FRA requiremets Sectorisatio The preset sectorisatio scheme may eed to be restructured to accommodate traffic flows both withi FRA ad accordig to the uderlyig fixed ATS route etwork. Istead of havig regularised flows of traffic alog the ATS route etwork crossig at recogised poits, the traffic will potetially be spread across the whole of a sector. Sector desig will eed to respod to this chage ad may eed to be more flexible as traffic demad varies. The Free Route Airspace sectors should be: Ucostraied by FIR/UIR or State boudaries. Capable of beig recofigured to meet demad. A structured methodology where sectors are take from a library of desigs already kow to the iteral ad exteral systems is likely i areas where there are sigificat fluctuatios of traffic flow orietatio. Chages to sector defiitio will eed to be otified to the Network Maager Operatios Cetre (NMOC) ad should be trasparet to adjacet uits. Sector Desig Criteria should, at least, take ito accout: the priciple traffic flows ad orietatio; miimisig short trasits through sectors; miimisig sector ad ACC re-etry; positios of airspace reservatios; coherecy with adjoiig fixed ATS route etwork sectors ad coectig ATS routes to SIDs/STARs; civil/military coordiatio aspects. Sectors shall be aliged as far as possible so that the umber of flights with short trasit times is reduced to a miimum. If this is ot feasible such traffic should be exempted from Network Maager traffic couts. Appropriate rules shall be set i this cotext. More flexibility i defiig a larger umber of elemetary sectors/airspace volumes ad sector cofiguratios will eed to be explored. Sectors will eed to be desiged to miimise short trasits ad to avoid sector/ ATC uit re-etry of flights. Operatioally desiged, cross-border sectors may be eeded where FRA is implemeted i adjacet areas. A more extesive applicatio of cross-border sectors is likely to be required to reflect better variatios of traffic patters. Local FMPs will have to take a more proactive role i the selectio of optimum sector cofiguratios. Active sector cofiguratios shall be dyamically commuicated to the Network Maager Operatios Cetre (NMOC) Sector ad Traffic Volumes Capacities/Moitorig Values Sector capacities shall take ito accout the more dyamic variatios of traffic patters. Defiitio of traffic volume capacities/moitorig values shall take ito accout a miimum trasit time. Appropriate procedures shall be put i place by the Network Maager Operatios Cetre (NMOC) to exempt such flows from sector traffic couts ATS Delegatio I areas where operatioal boudaries do ot coicide with FIR/UIR boudaries, ad delegatio of ATS is effective the operatioal boudaries of FRA shall be published i the atioal AIS publicatios of both States. The Letters of Agreemet betwee the cocered ATS uits shall be ameded accordigly to reflect ay chages to the applicable procedures i the airspace where ATS is delegated Airspace Maagemet Geeral ASM i FRA will differ from that of the fixed ATS route etwork i that AOs will o loger be give iformatio o which routes are available, but will eed to kow which airspace is available/ot available. For the trasit period of a give flight through FRA, the airspace users will eed to kow the activity of all pertiet airspace reservatios areas to eable the selectio of a flight path that will avoid them. 10 Brochure FRA.idd 10 16/12/16 10:55

11 ATC uits, correspodig military authorities, airspace users ad the Network Maager will eed to kow ad share the same updated iformatio with regard to activity of airspace reservatios. Applicable procedures are available i the Europea Route Network Improvemet Pla - Part 3 - ASM Hadbook - Guidelies for Airspace Maagemet OAT Hadlig OAT e-route shall beefit i a similar way from the implemetatio of FRA. There is o idetified eed for maitaiig a OAT route structure withi FRA Letters of Agreemet ad Coordiatio Procedures Letters of Agreemet shall be adapted to reflect the specificities of FRA i regard to trasfer poits, flexible chages i sectorisatio, liks with the fixed ATS route etwork, high fluctuatios i traffic flows, possibility to leave/eter the airspace at radom poits, etc. Appropriate metioig of ATS delegatio i areas ivolvig FRA shall be fully cosidered. The automatic exchage of flight data betwee ACCs/ UACs will eed to cosider the possibility of trasfer at radom poits. Trasfer procedures ad restrictios curretly stipulated i the existig Letters of Agreemet may o loger be applicable i Free Route Airspace. Appropriate procedures shall be defied to reflect these ew provisios Flight Plaig Geeral Withi FRA, flight plaig procedures are eeded that are uderstadable ad easy to use ad that are coheret with procedures for the fixed ATS route etwork. Priciples are outlied for GAT ad OAT flight-plaig, dealig primarily with GAT but will specifically metio OAT requiremets where ecessary. Except i FRA where it is published that tactical reroutig will be give, the ous is o the origiator of a FPL to submit a routeig through Free Route Airspace that avoids active airspace reservatios. ATC, AOs ad the Network Maager Operatios Cetre (NMOC) should have the same iformatio regardig the iteded profile ad routig of a flight, regardig both the iitial flight pla ad ay subsequet revisios to that iformatio. The developmet of appropriate tools will idicate real time ad future activity status of airspace reservatios to all users. Withi the FRA there will be o limitatios o the use of DCT, other tha those recommeded by ICAO. Chages to airspace users flight plaig systems may be required to eable all airspace users to take full beefit of the FRA. The IFPS will be modified to eable flight pla processig ad checkig i the cotext of variable lower levels of FRA i various parts of the Europea airspace. Similarly, the IFPS shall eable appropriate flight pla processig ad checkig for the trasitio from FRA to fixed ATS route etwork airspace wheever FRA will be implemeted for limited time periods, e.g. durig ight time oly Flight Pla Format No chage is evisaged to the ICAO flight-pla format i respect of FRA. OAT flight plas shall cotiue to comply with atioal regulatios Use of Upublished Itermediate Poits for Flight Plaig I order to beefit from the best operatig coditios, airspace users may be allowed to use ay itermediate upublished poits for flight plaig defied by geographical coordiates or by bearig ad distace. Such possibility shall be clearly promulgated i atioal AIS publicatios. Where such utilisatio is ot possible, publicatio of FRA Itermediate poits shall be esured Flight Plaig Routeigs Through Airspace Reservatios For the trasit period of a give flight through FRA, the AO will eed to kow the activity of all pertiet airspace reservatios areas to eable the selectio of a route that will avoid them, except where oe are published ad tactical re-routeig is provided. The requiremet for hard checkig of such flight plas eeds to be cosidered. Free Route Airspace developmets For a route-free Europea etwork 11 Brochure FRA.idd 11 16/12/16 10:55

12 The selectio of the route shall be based o the FRA Itermediate poits published to this effect. I areas where civil/military coordiatio procedures ad airspace coditios permit, the airspace users ca be allowed to flight pla through airspace reservatios. Tactical re-routigs could be expected i case of areas ot beig available for civil operatios Route Descriptio FRA published sigificat poits or upublished poits defied by geographical coordiates or by bearig ad distace shall be described usig the stadard ICAO format. Route portios betwee all these FRA poits shall be idicated by meas of DCT i accordace with ICAO Doc Flight Plaig Facilitatio Through the Use of DCTs The use of published FRA Horizotal etry poits with associated FRA Horizotal exit poits might be required i certai cases to facilitate flight plaig i FRA. This is especially valid i cases where oly limited combiatios of etry/exit poits are permitted withi FRA. Similarly, a umber of DCTs might ot be allowed for use by the airspace users. The publicatio of such DCTs will be esured at etwork level, through the RAD. This approach shall esure the respect of the status of airspace withi various FIRs (e.g. mi/max FLs, avoidig peetratio of ucotrolled airspace, availability period, etc.) Cruisig FL Chage The airspace users may use ay published sigificat poit or upublished poit, defied by geographical coordiates or by bearig ad distace for idicatig chages to the cruisig FL. The airspace users shall observe the Flight Level Orietatio Scheme applicable withi the respective FRA Flight Pla Submissio GAT flight-plas will be submitted to IFPS withi the appropriate time-parameter. RPLs may cotiue to be submitted for flights that will trasit FRA, but they might ot have the full beefit of optimum route selectio derived from precise iformatio o airspace availability. They will cotiue to be checked by IFPS followig ormal procedures for proposig alterative routes whe ecessary. Flight pla filig limitatios shall be promulgated for areas where FRA is structurally limited - i.e. oly limited combiatios of etry/exit poits are permitted Flight Pla Checkig ad Correctio I additio to the ormal flight pla validatio rules withi IFPS, the flight-plaed route through FRA airspace shall be cosidered ivalid if it: Fails to comply with published FRA Horizotal etry/exit, FRA Departure/Arrival Coectig Poits ad ay other airspace utilisatio requiremets; Ifriges a airspace reservatio. The flight pla shall also follow the published FLOS for the correspodig airspace. I proposig alterative routes, IFPS will ot be able to cosider all the varyig AO criteria for route selectio. IFPS will propose routes o the basis of shortest distace ad/or alterative FL above or below airspace reservatios. I case of time-limited applicatio of FRA, IFPS shall check the flight pla to esure that it complies with the time parameters of the FRA Flight Pla Distributio Real time updates to airspace availability should lead to a recalculatio of the submitted flight profile by IFPS before the FPL is distributed. To esure that 12 Brochure FRA.idd 12 16/12/16 10:55

13 subsequet route correctios ca be offered for affected flights, a appropriate distributio time parameter will eed to be set. Oce this parameter has passed ad FPLs are distributed, further route updates will ot be processed. Flight Plas shall be distributed to appropriate ATS providers, relevat military orgaisatios ad other authorised parties decided by Natioal Authorities. The IFPS shall esure the appropriate calculatio of the flight profile to eable a correct distributio of the flight pla to all iterested parties. For large scale applicatios of free route airspace, the flight pla distributio will eed to be esured to the appropriate ATC uits ad sectors, hece the importace of havig updated iformatio o active sector cofiguratios. I additio, the ATC uits, the airspace users ad NMOC will eed access to exactly the same iformatio, both for the iitial flight pla ad subsequet updates. The importace of completely up-to-date iformatio o the status of airspace reservatios is to be agai uderlied DCT Limits Existig limitatios o the DCTs (i distace ad for cross border DCTs) will eed to be reviewed. The curret DCT limits are applicable to a admiistrative airspace (FIR/UIR) which does ot always coicide with the operatioal airspace boudaries. I case of ATS delegatio, this prevets the creatio of a DCT coverig the complete operatioal airspace. The possibility of flight plaig DCT across two or more FIR/UIR boudaries shall be made available. This will require IFPS to compute ad commuicate to all ACCs etry/exit positios for their area of resposibility. If the DCT limits are differet i the airspace below the FRA, the IFPS calculatio could raise errors for traffic flyig i both airspaces. This is the case for the traffic climbig/descedig betwee the FRA ad the fixed ATS route etwork Air Traffic Flow ad Capacity Maagemet Geeral Airspace users shall comply with ormal ATFCM procedures both withi ad outside FRA. Large scale applicatios of free route airspace or implemetatio of free route operatios i adjacet ATC uits will geerate a large variatio of trajectories. Real-time updates of the airspace situatio with respect to both sector cofiguratios ad airspace reservatios will be required i order to offer the most updated ATFCM situatio at etwork/local levels Sector Cofiguratio Maagemet I areas where adjacet airspace is FRA, the volatility of the traffic flows will be higher tha today. This will require a larger umber of elemetary sectors, a larger umber of sector cofiguratios ad a more flexible ad dyamic adaptatio of the sector cofiguratio to the traffic demad/patter. Chages to sector cofiguratios will eed to be otified i real time to the Network Maager Operatios Cetre (NMOC) to eable optimum etwork maagemet actios. Appropriate procedures ad system support to eable this flexibility shall be required. System support shall be i place to better predict trajectories i a eviromet where trajectories will be more volatile tha i a fixed ATS route etwork. I additio, procedures eed to be defied to allow the Network Maager Operatios Cetre (NMOC), through collaborative decisio makig processes, to propose the most optimum cofiguratios, takig ito accout the expected traffic patter at etwork level. Variable sector moitorig values, commuicated i real time to the Network Maager Operatios Cetre (NMOC), will be required to reflect the chagig traffic complexity. Free Route Airspace developmets For a route-free Europea etwork 13 Brochure FRA.idd 13 16/12/16 10:55

14 Sector ad Traffic Volumes Capacities/ Moitorig Values The use of traffic volumes ad exclusios will eed to be cosidered, as large variatios i traffic patters could appear i the cotext of large scale applicatios of free route airspace or eve whe two adjacet ATC uits allow free route operatios Letters of Agreemet Restrictios A umber of restrictios curretly stipulated i the existig Letters of Agreemet ad implemeted by the Network Maager Operatios Cetre (NMOC) for flight plaig or ATFCM purposes may o loger be applicable i free route airspace. Such provisios will eed to be reviewed Re-Routeig Proposals The possibility for IFPS to propose routes to airspace users, takig ito accout the best operatig coditios i free route airspace, shall be cosidered. New procedures will be required to defie reroutig withi free route airspace. System support will be required to facilitate this task. The provisio of a time widow for the period the FPL/RPL will be suspeded or ivalid should be cosidered (FLS/REJ) ATFCM/IFPS Tool Support The maagemet of FRA is differet to that of the fixed ATS route etwork ad the Network Maager Operatios Cetre (NMOC) will eed additioal system support ad ew procedures i certai areas such as: Takig ito accout routig schemes outside FRA; The expected icrease i RPL updates; Tools for ATFCM plaig withi FRA; Tools for re-routeig; Tool to calculate ad maage traffic loads at a local level (FMP) ad cetral level. 14 Brochure FRA.idd 14 16/12/16 10:55

15 3. FRA PUBLICATION ASPECTS 3.1 FRA AIP Publicatio Termiology i GEN 2.2 Abbreviatios used i AIS publicatios Commo termiology ad relevat terms/abbreviatios for FRA operatios will be used ad published i the AIP, GEN 2.2. A geeral Glossary of FRA Terms/Abbreviatios is available i the paragraph This may ot be a exhaustive list ad as such does ot prevet States to isert additioal FRA terms/abbreviatios if required. The FRA relevat terms/abbreviatios that are ot defied i ICAO Doc 8400, will be marked with a asterisk to idicate o-icao status - i accordace with ICAO SARPs. It is importat that, for those o-icao terms/abbreviatios, the harmoised termiology preseted i paragraph is used. I accordace with ICAO Aex 15, a list of alphabetically arraged defiitios/glossary of terms ca also be added i GEN FRA Geeral Procedures i ENR 1.3 Istrumet Flight Rules Procedures related to the FRA, icludig explaatio ad defiitios of applied FRA relevat poits, will be described i a dedicated AIP sectio. As the FRA procedures are see as supplemetary to the geeral IFR procedures, they will be described i the AIP sectio ENR 1.3 Istrumet Flight Rules. To adhere to the ICAO AIP template structure to the maximum extet, a ew (additioal) sub-sectio - ENR Free Route Airspace - geeral procedures will be created (see paragraph for detailed cotet). I case of cross-border FRA implemetatio, the ivolved FIRs/UIRs or CTAs/UTAs shall be idicated i ENR 1.3. Notes: 1. IFRA procedures specifically related to flight plaig ad submissio of a correct flight pla shall be published i AIP sectio ENR 1.10 Flight plaig. 2. Defiitios of applied FRA relevat poits are appropriate i ENR 1.3 together with iformatio o FRA geeral procedures, recogisig that publicatio of a list of defiitios i GEN 2.2 is ot madatory Flight plaig i ENR 1.10 Withi FRA, flight plaig procedures eed to be uderstadable, easy to use ad coheret with procedures for the fixed ATS route etwork. Natioal AIPs should provide clear procedures ad priciples for FRA flight plaig; such procedures must be harmoised to the largest possible extet. ENR 1.10 (ref. ICAO Aex 15, Appedix 1) is the placeholder for iformatio relevat for FRA flight plaig for eligible flights, eablig of correct flight plaig ad submissio of a flight pla. This relates to e.g. usage of sigificat poits for flight plaig purposes ad/or istructios of madatory items ad/or format of the iformatio, eablig the completio of the flight pla. Ay special cases, e.g. rules o availability ad/or, restrictios for flight plaig shall be cosidered to be published i the framework of utilisatio through the Route Availability Documet (RAD). I this case, the RAD promulgatio i AIP shall be made i accordace with ERNIP Part 1, Aex 3. Istructios regardig DCT which could be filed i the flight pla i accordace with ICAO Doc 4444, Appedix 2, FLIGHT PLAN, ITEM 15, (c) Route (icludig chages of speed, level ad/or flight rules), could be iserted i a dedicated subsectio of AIP ENR Example: Istructio o DCT limitatios/usage i the flight pla could be placed uder AIP ENR : Use of DCT i flight pla, Item 15, (c) Route (icludig chages of speed, level ad/or flight rules) Free Route Airspace structures i ENR 2.1 ad ENR Geeral rule The FRA structures, icludig sectors, will be published i: ENR 2.1 FIR, UIR, TMA ad CTA - if based o FIR/ UIR or ATC uit boudaries: If the FRA structure coicides etirely with the published lateral/vertical limits of the FIR/UIR or the area of resposibility of the ATC uit, oly a referece to FRA operatios to the respective airspace eeds to be published i the Remarks colum. Free Route Airspace developmets For a route-free Europea etwork 15 Brochure FRA.idd 15 16/12/16 10:55

16 Or If the FRA structure coicides etirely with the lateral limits of the published FIR/UIR or the area of resposibility of the ATC uit, but applies other vertical limits, isert the applicable FRA vertical limits i the Remarks colum to the respective airspace. ENR 2.2 Other regulated airspace - if the FRA lateral limits do ot coicide with FIR/UIR or ATS uit boudaries Cross-border applicatio of FRA i ENR 2.2 Other regulated airspace If FRA is implemeted cross-border betwee adjacet FIRs/UIRs or CTAs/UTAs, the publicatio of the FRA iformatio shall clearly reflect this cross-border applicatio. I additio to isertig i ENR 1.3 iformatio o the ivolved FIRs/UIRs or CTAs/UTAs, the ENR 2.2 is the adequate placeholder for descriptio of the crossborder FRA structure. Cross-border sectors (e.g. applicable ATC sectors, portios of CTA/UTA) may be defied where FRA is implemeted i adjacet FIRs/UIRs or CTAs/UTAs. ENR 2.2 is the adequate placeholder for publicatio of these sectors (as the sector borders do ot coicide with FIR/ UIR boudaries, see geeral rule). Note: The publicatio of FIR/UIR crossig poits (5LNC i ENR 4.4) o the commo boudary is ot ecessary, uless required for operatioal reasos. I that case, a referece to the other State(s) AIP(s) is made for commo crossig poits i ENR 4.4. It is recommeded to oly publish i AIP ENR 2.2 the State s FRA area up to the border of the FIR/UIR (geographical coordiates, vertical limits, FRA ame/ ID, iformatio o ivolved FIR/UIR, ATC uit providig the service ad ay other relevat iformatio) istead of the total FRA area, ad refer to the other ivolved States AIPs for cotiuig iformatio. Note: This practice allows adherig to curret ICAO provisios o publicatio ad allows from a data maagemet perspective costructig the overall FRA volume i accordace with ivolved Data Providers respective EAD area of resposibility. The boudary of the total area for the ivolved (crossborder) FIR/UIRs may be described i ENR 2.2 if the same vertical limits apply, with the FRA ame/id, geographical coordiates, vertical limits, ad iformatio o ivolved FIR/UIR Delegatio of the resposibility for provisio of ATS i ENR 2.2 Other regulated airspace Appropriate AIP publicatio of areas where the resposibility for provisio of ATS is delegated shall be assured, i order to facilitate the publicatio of the FRA applicability i these areas. The followig AIP placeholders are available i the ICAO AIP Specime (Doc 8126) for publicatio of delegatio of the resposibility for provisio of ATS: GEN Air Traffic Services GEN Area of Resposibility Brief descriptio of area of resposibility for which air traffic services are provided ENR 2.2 Other regulated airspace ENR The area ivolved i the trasfer of ATS resposibility Details o the descriptio of the areas withi aother borderig FIR where ATS is provided uder delegated authority as part of the area of resposibility, ad the provided services (ATC uit). While publicatio of ATS resposibility i GEN 3.3 does ot eed to be re-assessed, appropriate publishig of ATS delegatio i areas ivolvig FRA shall be fully cosidered. I lie with the FRA Cocept, FRA should preferably apply i the etire Area of Resposibility (AoR) of a ATC uit providig the service, icludig the areas where the ATS resposibility is delegated. I case of ATS delegatio, FRA boudaries shall be either published i both State AIPs or a referece to the other State(s) AIP(s) is made. I the case where delegatio of ATS is effective ad where the ATC uit providig the service has implemeted FRA i its AoR, but by agreemet betwee the States/FABs/ANSPs cocered it is decided that FRA shall ot apply i oe (or more) delegated area(s), the operatioal boudaries of FRA shall be published i the AIPs of both States i ENR 2.2 (ref. sectio 6.5.1). 16 Brochure FRA.idd 16 16/12/16 10:55

17 3.1.7 FRA Coectig Routes to/from termial airspace ad aerodromes I the cotext of the FRA cocept, access to/from termial airspace ad coectio to/from aerodromes eed to be cosidered. This may require defiitio of FRA coectig routes to facilitate flight plaig, providig e.g. the route from FRA departure/arrival poits to a published SID/STAR poits at a aerodrome, or from/to a aerodrome withi the TMA which does ot have SID/STAR. For the publicatio of defied FRA coectig ATS routes, the AIP placeholder ENR 3.5 may be used, with a dedicated sectio amed FRA Coectig Routes. This placeholder is appropriate for publishig the complete coectig route package for a termial area. The descriptio of established coectig routes shall be coheret with published FRA geeral procedures i ENR 1.3 ad flight plaig istructios for FRA published i ENR Alteratively, the descriptio of the FRA coectig routes ca also be published together with details o flight procedures (AD 2.21 Flight procedures) for the aerodrome cocer, if appropriate FRA Sigificat Poits i ENR 4.1 ad ENR 4.4 FRA sigificat poits will be published i atioal AIPs with a clear referece to the Free Route Airspace ad to idicate the FRA relevace of the poit. As NAVAIDs ca be used as a FRA sigificat poit, the publicatio of appropriate FRA relevace shall be cosidered for publicatio also for e-route avigatio aids. Publicatio of FRA relevace o 5LNC ad avigatio aids - e-route falls uder: ENR 4.1 Radio avigatio aids - e-route; ad ENR 4.4 Name-code desigators for sigificat poits. Or, by a extesio to the ENR 4.1 ad 4.4 tables, by addig oe colum. The FRA relevace of the sigificat poits shall be idicated by the followig letters ad published withi brackets: (E), for FRA Horizotal Etry Poit (X), for FRA Horizotal Exit Poit (I), for FRA Itermediate Poit (A), for FRA Arrival Coectig Poit (D), for FRA Departure Coectig Poit Combiatios of letters ca be published i accordace with this matrix: E EA X XD EXAD EX EXA EXD EXADI I IA ID IAD A D AD The fictitious AIP publicatio examples below are based o the ICAO Aex 15, Appedix 1 o required iformatio for ENR 4.1 ad 4.4, ad iclude adapted tables with the optio to a additioal colum for iformatio of FRA relevace. The explaatio of the letters may be published i textual format i cojuctio to the ENR 4.1 tables (see examples below). For iformatio o FRA (ref. Aex 15, Appedix 1), the Remarks colum i ENR 4.1 ad ENR 4.4 tables shall be used to specify specific iformatio with respect to FRA usage, if eeded. Note: Specific coditios of utilizatio e.g. use for arrivals/departures to/from specific aerodromes shall be described i the RAD. Free Route Airspace developmets For a route-free Europea etwork 17 Brochure FRA.idd 17 16/12/16 10:55

18 Example 1: ENR 4.1 Radio avigatio aids - e-route Leged for FRA relevace: (E) = Horizotal Etry poit, (X) = Horizotal Exit poit, (I) = Itermediate poit, (A) = Arrival Coectig poit, (D) = Departure Coectio poit. Optio 1 additioal text i colum (7) for FRA relevat iformatio Name of statio (VAR) (VOR: Decliatio) ID FREQ (CH) Hours of operatios Coordiates ELEV DME atea (ft) Remarks AALBORG VOR (1 E 2008) AAL MHZ H N E DOC FL 500/100 NM FRA (I) To pla whe D370 is activated KORSA VOR/DME (1 E 2008) KOR MHZ CH75Y H N N DOC FL 500/80NM FRA (A) STAR EKCH ad EKRK Optio 2 additioal colum (7) for FRA relevat iformatio Name of statio (VAR) (VOR: Decliatio) ID FREQ (CH) Hours of operatios Coordiates ELEV DME atea (ft) FRA relevace Remarks AALBORG VOR (1 E 2008) AAL MHZ H N E (I) DOC FL 500/100 NM KORSA VOR/DME (1 E 2008) KOR MHZ CH75Y H N N (A) DOC FL 500/80NM STAR EKCH ad EKRK 18 Brochure FRA.idd 18 16/12/16 10:55

19 Example 2: ENR 4.1 Radio avigatio aids - e-route Leged for FRA relevace: (E) = Horizotal Etry poit, (X) = Horizotal Exit poit, (I) = Itermediate poit, (A) = Arrival Coectig poit, (D) = Departure Coectio poit. Optio 1 additioal text i colum (4) for FRA relevat iformatio Name-code desigator Coordiates ATS route or other route Remarks/Usage LIMAK N E N/A FIR BDRY, FRA (E) LOGNA N E M611, P31, Q33, Q141 FIR BDRY, FRA (I) NEGVA N E N3 FIR BDRY, FRA (EX) Optio 2 additioal colum (4) for FRA relevat iformatio Name-code desigator Coordiates ATS route or other route FRA relevace Remarks/Usage LIMAK N E N/A (E) FIR BDRY LOGNA N E M611, P31, Q33, Q141 (I) FIR BDRY NEGVA N E N3 (EX) FIR BDRY I case the ENR 4.4 sigificat poit is dedicated to FRA oly ad ot part of a specific ATS route, the correspodig iformatio i colum 3 should state N/A (Not Applicable). The States have to esure the publicatio of the FRA relevace o sigificat poits o all appropriate AIP charts (see sectio 6.5.3). Free Route Airspace developmets For a route-free Europea etwork 19 Brochure FRA.idd 19 16/12/16 10:55

20 3.1.9 Airspace reservatios i ENR 5 The followig AIP sectios are used for publicatio of iformatio of Special Areas (SA): ENR 1.9 Air Traffic Flow Maagemet/Airspace Maagemet - to iclude geeral iformatio o CDR ad TSA/TRA. ENR 5.1 Prohibited, Restricted ad Dager Areas (P, R ad D). ENR 5.2 Military Exercise ad Traiig Areas ad Air Defece Idetificatio Zoe (ADIZ) shall be used for ay special use airspace (CIV/MIL) icludig TSA/TRA specific iformatio. There is the potetial for airspace reservatios to be recofigured to meet differet task eeds ad this will require updates to ENR 5.1 ad ENR 5.2. AIP publicatio of 5LNC for Special Area for FRA purposes: Whe airspace reservatios are ot available for crossig, 5LNC will be defied to facilitate flight plaig clear of the airspace reservatio ad esure sufficiet separatio from the activity. The publicatio of these 5LNC shall be esured i ENR 4.4 ad utilisatio rules shall be described i the RAD. If these poits are to be used oly for avoidace of airspace reservatios, such flight plaig limitatios shall be clearly published i the RAD. Notes: 1. Publicatio of the Special Areas (SA) ad their availability times should be made available, i additio to atioal AIP publicatios, to EUROCONTROL/NMD to esure accurate iformatio o their availability. 2. Iformatio o airspace activatios is published i AUP/UUP or by NOTAM (as a stadard AIS procedure for AIS dyamic data publicatio, see ERNIP Part 3 - ASM Hadbook) ad hadled through the Network Maager. 3.2 FRA - Charts Publicatio The chart types that ca be affected by FRA implemetatio are E-route Charts ad Aerodrome Charts as specified below ENR 6 E-route Charts Two alteratives are available: Or To embed the relevat iformatio ito the existig E-route charts. I case FRA vertical limit coicides with the LOWER/UPPER limits, States may recogise o eed to publish a separate chart. If the FRA vertical limit does ot coicide with the LOW/UPP limit - a ew FRA dedicated E-route chart may eed to be developed ad published i the AIP as a ew sub-sectio of ENR 6. EN-ROUTE CHARTS (ENR 6.x); This FRA chart will accompay the LOW/UPP E-route Chart(s). If the cross-border FRA implemetatio is ecompassig multiple states, a ew FRA dedicated E-route chart may be published as a ew sub-sectio of ENR 6. ENROUTE CHARTS (ENR 6.x) This chart will ecompass the total FRA boudary (perimeter) of the ivolved States. The chart may exclude ivolved States FRA related sigificat poits, to avoid clutter i the chart. For iformatio o related sigificat poits withi, a referece to each idividual States AIP is sufficiet Aerodrome Charts (SID/STAR ad Area Charts) I the cotext of the FRA Cocept, the access to/from termial airspace eeds to be cosidered ad appropriate refiemets to TMA structures iitiated, icludig the defiitio of additioal SIDs/STARs to permit more flexibility. 20 Brochure FRA.idd 20 16/12/16 10:55

21 Updates ad chages to Aerodrome Charts (ref. Aex 15 Appedix 1, AD 2.24) may be eeded if SIDs/STARs are exteded, or for publishig coectig ATS routes. Therefore, FRA implemetatio may affect also the Area Chart - ICAO, if published by States. Charts supportig FRA implemetatio i moutaious terrai - To be developed FRA Chart symbols The examples are available i the Example 1 below. a) FRA boudary i coicidece with FIR with o-request etry/exit poit; b) Idepedet FRA boudary with compulsory etry/ exit poit. Example: Example: (EX) - Horizotal etry/exit poit. (XD) - Horizotal exit/departure coectig poit. Letter(s) i the chartig symbol are ot viable optios as might be ureadable o the charts. Suggestio is made to add FRA related iformatio i the label like i the example above. Based o the best practice applied by EUROCONTROL ERC/ERN Charts ad i cooperatio with chartig experts, gree colour is suggested. These proposals have bee developed to comply with ICAO Aex 4, Appedix 2: Coformity with ICAO symbols 121 (Aex 4, Appedix 2-18); ad gree colour suggested for FRA related poits; Coformity with ICAO airspace classificatios 126 (Aex 4, Appedix 2-19); ad gree colour for FRA related boudary. BUMAB (EX) The FRA relevace of a sigificat poit shall be idicated by the followig letters ad published withi brackets: (E), for FRA Horizotal Etry Poit ; (X), for FRA Horizotal Exit Poit ; (I), for FRA Itermediate Poit ; (A), for FRA Arrival Coectig Poit ; (D), for FRA Departure Coectig Poit. Combiatios of letters ca be published, i accordace with the matrix provided i sectio AIP publicatio of FRA relevat poits i ENR 4.1 ad 4.4. Free Route Airspace developmets For a route-free Europea etwork 21 Brochure FRA.idd 21 16/12/16 10:55

22 3.3 FRA - AIP Publicatio Template 22 Brochure FRA.idd 22 16/12/16 10:55

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25 4. EUROPEAN FREE ROUTE AIRSPACE DEPLOYMENT PLANS The Network Maager coordiates the developmet ad implemetatio of full Free Route operatios for a large umber of area cotrol ceters i Europe. 4.1 FRA i Summer 2017 The status of FRA Implemetatio i summer 2017 is depicted i the followig map. Cross border implemetatio has started ad is already or will be shortly applicable i may parts of Europe: Austria - Sloveia (SAXFRA); Romaia Hugary Bulgaria (SEENFRA); Belgrade Zagreb (SEAFRA); Malta Italy; Estoia Latvia Filad Swede Demark Norway (NEFRA). Further implemetatio of FRA must cotiue with more cross-border iitiatives. This will brig additioal flexibility ad resiliece i the etwork, ad will also lead to the atural harmoisatio of airspace desig, rules ad operatig practices i the Europea etwork. Free Route Airspace developmets For a route-free Europea etwork 25 Brochure FRA.idd 25 16/12/16 10:55

26 4.2 FRA i 2021 The status of FRA Implemetatio i 2021 is depicted i the followig map. 26 Brochure FRA.idd 26 16/12/16 10:55

27 4.3 FRA Check List of Implemetatio Actios The status of FRA Implemetatio i 2021 is depicted i the followig map. STEP 1 Operatioal validatio with NM (Operatios Plaig ad Network Operatios) should start at least 5 AIRAC cycles prior to the implemetatio date. The States/ FABs/ANSPs shall iclude i the validatio, iter alia: Airspace orgaisatio; Procedures; Restrictios (Pa-Europea Aex ad Appedices - Icludig city pair level cappig, E-route ad Airfield DCT limits, Flight Profile Restrictios); Flight plaig aspects; Descriptio of military airspace ad civil/military procedures. STEP 2 Iclude eighbours i the operatioal validatio, at least 5 AIRAC cycles prior to the implemetatio date. The States/FABs/ANSPs shall iclude i the validatio, iter alia: Airspace orgaisatio - trasfer poits; Procedures - Letters of agreemet; Restrictios (Pa-Europea ad Appedices - Icludig city pair level cappig, E-route ad Airfield DCT limits, Flight Profile Restrictios); Flight plaig aspects; Descriptio of military airspace ad civil/military procedures at iterfaces. STEP 3 For the purpose of the validatio with NM (Operatios Plaig ad Network Operatios) ad eighbours, it is desirable tcaft AIS publicatios are already available ad iclude iformatio o: Characteristics of a FRA published i AIP (evetually promulgated by AIC) Lateral Limits: have to be the oes of a ATC Uit Airspace (AUA) (CTA, TMA ) or a group of them; Vertical Limits: ca be implicit (FRA is available at all levels withi the AUA) or a subset of them (Vertical bad); FRA Etry/Exit Poits; FRA Departure/Arrival Coectig poits (if ay); FRA Itermediate Poits: either oe allowed, or all allowed, or oly via specific poits; Applicable time: ot ecessarily H24. (These characteristics ad defiitios are implemeted i CACD via the Restrictios model. A ew type of DCT restrictio is created - FRA DCT Restrictio) Military airspace: Descriptio of military areas ad of the procedures to be followed i case of active/ o-active areas. Esure that NM has all the iformatio ad that this iformatio cotiues to be delivered post implemetatio. STEP 4 Followig validatio of all data, there might be a eed to chage some of the publicatio data ad iformatio. Such chages should be operated i such a way that the fial AIS publicatio is made at least 2 AIRAC cycles prior to implemetatio. The publicatio should be made by usig to the largest possible extet the templates developed as part of the RNDSG. Publicity towards AOs must be also esured. Free Route Airspace developmets For a route-free Europea etwork 27 Brochure FRA.idd 27 16/12/16 10:55

28 5. GLOSSARY OF TERMS Aeroautical data (ICAO Aex 15 Aeroautical Iformatio Services) A represetatio of aeroautical facts, cocepts or istructios i a formalized maer suitable for commuicatio, iterpretatio or processig. Aeroautical iformatio (ICAO Aex 15 Aeroautical Iformatio Services) Iformatio resultig from the assembly, aalysis ad formattig of aeroautical data. Aeroautical Iformatio Publicatio (AIP) (ICAO Aex 15 Aeroautical Iformatio Services) A publicatio issued by or with the authority of a State ad cotaiig aeroautical iformatio of a lastig character essetial to air avigatio. Area avigatio route (ICAO Aex 11, Doc ATM (PANS-ATM)) A ATS route established for the use of aircraft capable of employig area avigatio. ATS route (ICAO Aex 2, Aex 11, Doc ATM (PANS-ATM)) A specified route desiged for chaellig the flow of traffic as ecessary for the provisio of air traffic services. Notes: 1. The term ATS route is used to mea variously, airway, advisory route, cotrolled or ucotrolled route, arrival or departure route, etc. 2. A ATS route is defied by route specificatios which iclude a ATS route desigator, the track to or from sigificat poits (waypoits), distace betwee sigificat poits, reportig requiremets ad, as determied by the appropriate ATS authority, the lowest safe altitude. DCT (Doc 8400, ICAO Abbreviatios ad Codes (PANS-ABC) Direct (i relatio to flight pla clearaces ad type of approach) Decoded abbreviatio/idicator DCT (Direct) or Ecoded abbreviatio/idicator Direct (DCT) should be used oly: for flight plaig purposes whe submittig FPL; whe executig specified type of approach. Free Route Airspace (FRA) A specified airspace withi which users may freely pla a route betwee a defied etry poit ad a defied exit poit, with the possibility to route via itermediate (published or upublished) way poits, without referece to the ATS route etwork, subject to airspace availability. Withi this airspace, flights remai subject to air traffic cotrol. FRA Arrival Coectig Poit (A) A published Sigificat Poit to which FRA operatios are allowed for arrivig traffic to specific aerodromes. The FRA relevace of such poits shall be icluded i ENR 4.1/4.4 colums as (A). Idicatios o their use for arrivals to specific aerodromes shall be otified via the RAD. FRA Departure Coectig Poit (D) A published Sigificat Poit from which FRA operatios are allowed for departig traffic from specific aerodromes. The FRA relevace of such poits shall be icluded i ENR 4.1/4.4 colums as (D). Idicatios o their use for departures from specific aerodromes shall be otified via the RAD. 28 Brochure FRA.idd 28 16/12/16 10:55

29 FRA Horizotal Etry Poit (E) A published Sigificat Poit o the horizotal boudary of the Free Route Airspace from which FRA operatios are allowed. The FRA relevace of such poits shall be icluded i ENR 4.1/4.4 colums as (E). If this poit has specific coditios of utilizatio, this shall be described i the RAD. FRA Horizotal Exit Poit (X) A published Sigificat Poit o the horizotal boudary of the Free Route Airspace to which FRA operatios are allowed. The FRA relevace of such poits shall be icluded i ENR 4.1/4.4 colums as (X). If this poit has specific coditios of utilizatio, this shall be described i the RAD. FRA Itermediate Poit (I) A published Sigificat Poit or upublished poit, defied by geographical coordiates or by bearig ad distace via which FRA operatios are allowed. If published, the FRA relevace of such poits shall be icluded i ENR 4.1/4.4 colums as (I). If this poit has specific coditios of utilizatio, this shall be described i the RAD. Route Availability Documet (RAD) A commo referece documet cotaiig the policies, procedures ad descriptio for route ad traffic orietatio. It also icludes route etwork ad free route airspace utilisatio rules ad availability. Sigificat Poit (ICAO Aex 11 Air Traffic Services) A specified geographical locatio used i defiig a ATS route or the flight path of a aircraft ad for other avigatioal ad ATS purposes. Note: There are three categories of sigificat poits: groud-based avigatio aid, itersectio ad waypoit. I the cotext of this defiitio, itersectio is a sigificat poit expressed as radials, bearigs ad/or distaces from groud based avigatio aids. Special areas (SA) Airspace reservatio refers to airspace of defied dimesios for the exclusive use of specific users. These are special desiged areas withi which both civil ad military activities could take place, icludig CBA, TRA, TSA, D, R, P ad ay specially activated areas. Way Poit (ICAO Aex 11 Air Traffic Services) A specified geographical locatio used to defie a area avigatio route or the flight path of a aircraft employig area avigatio. Waypoits are idetified as either: Fly-by waypoit (ICAO Doc 8168 VOL 2) A waypoit which requires tur aticipatio to allow tagetial iterceptio of the ext segmet of a route or procedure, or Flyover waypoit (ICAO Doc 8168 VOL 2) A waypoit at which a tur is iitiated i order to joi the ext segmet of a route or procedure. Free Route Airspace developmets For a route-free Europea etwork 29 Brochure FRA.idd 29 16/12/16 10:55

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