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AAERODROME FLIGHT
INFORMATION SERVICE (AFIS)
AFIS Today Seminar – 21 to 22 September 2010
Cay Boquist EUROCONTROL
ANT/50 November 2009
APDSG/52 September 2009
ANT/52 June 2010
Background
ANT/APDSGANT/APDSG
First meeting Sept. 2008
Second meeting March 2009
Background
Third meeting September 2009
AFIS Focal AFIS Focal
GroupGroup
APDSG/48 May 2008
APDSG/47 January 2008
Background
ANT/46 June 2008
ANT/APDSGANT/APDSG
EUROCONTROL Manual
• The Manual is based on best practice and ICAO provisions, adapted for AFIS as necessary
– Annex 11 – Air Traffic Services
– Procedures for Air Navigation Services –
AirTraffic Management (PANS-ATM, Doc
4444)
– ICAO Circular 211 – Aerodrome Flight
Information Service (AFIS)
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• Definitions
• General
• Procedures for AFIS
• Aerodrome traffic
• Phraseology and AFIS requirements for
communication
• Alerting service
• Emergency, com failure and contingencies
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• Surveillance service
• AFIS requirements for information
• ICAO Model RWY incursion report form
• Air Traffic Incident Report
• Training and competency
• Pilot procedures on AFIS aerodromes
• Safety management systems
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• Definitions are coming from ICAO except:
– Aerodrome flight information service officer
(AFISO)
– Traffic information area (TIA)
– Traffic information zone (TIZ)
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• Chapter 2 – General– Determination of level of service to be
provided
– AFIS units to provide flight information and alerting service only
– Except when relaying clearance from (ATC), AFISO shall only pass information and warnings to pilots
– Pilots are responsible for maintaining proper spacing in conformity with the rules of the air
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• Chapter 3 – Procedures for AFIS
– General
– Selection of runway
– Initial call to AFIS
– Information related to the operation of aircraft –general
• Traffic information to aircraft
• Local traffic information
• Runway free
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• Chapter 3 – Procedures for AFIS
– Information related to the operation of
aircraft–general (cont.)
• Uncertainty of position on manoeuvring area
• Wake turbulence and jet blast hazards
• Essential information on aerodrome conditions
• Abnormal aircraft configuration and condition
• Air traffic incidents
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• Chapter 3 – Procedures for AFIS
– Information related to the operation of
aircraft–departing traffic
• Start-up time procedures
• Aerodrome and meteorological information
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• Chapter 3 – Procedures for AFIS
– Information related to the operation of
aircraft–arriving traffic
• General
• Visual signals
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• Chapter 3 – Procedures for AFIS
– Coordination between ATC and AFIS
• General
• Arriving traffic
• Departing traffic
• Read-back of clearance
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• Chapter 3 – Procedures for AFIS
– Altimeter setting procedures
• Expression of vertical position of aircraft
• Determination of the transition level
• Provision of altimeter setting information
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• Chapter 3 – Procedures for AFIS
– Recording and retention of data for
investigative purposes
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• Chapter 4 – Aerodrome traffic
– General
– Traffic on the manoeuvring area
• Taxiing aircraft
• Control of ground vehicles and personnel
• Use of runway-holding positions
• Order of priority arriving and departing aircraft
• Take-off
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• Chapter 4 – Aerodrome traffic
– Traffic on the manoeuvring area (cont)
• Arriving aircraft
• Runway incursion or obstructed runway
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• Chapter 4 – Aerodrome traffic
– Aeronautical ground lights
• Operation
• General
• Approach lighting
• Runway lighting
• Stopway lighting
• Taxiway lighting
• Obstruction lighting
• Monitoring of visual aids
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• Chapter 5 – Phraseology and AFIS requirements for communications
– Communication procedures
– General
– Phraseologies regarding the provision of information
– Phraseologies for use on and in the vicinity of the aerodrome
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• Chapter 5 – Phraseology and AFIS requirements for communications (cont)
– Phraseology for vehicles/persons on the manoeuvring area
– Phraseology for coordination between ATS units
– AFIS requirements for coordination• Air-ground communication
• Aeronautical fixed service (ground-ground)
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• Chapter 6 – Alerting service
– Application
– Emergency phases
– Alerting service provided by AFIS units
– Use of communication facilities
– Plotting aircraft in a state of emergency
– Information to aircraft operating in the vicinity of an aircraft in a state of emergency
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• Chapter 7 – Emergency, communication failure and contingencies
– Emergency procedures
• General
• Unlawful interference and aircraft bomb threat
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• Chapter 7 – Emergency, communication failure and contingencies
– Air-ground communications failure
– ATS contingencies• Radio-communications contingencies
– General
– Ground radio failure
– Blocked frequency
– Unauthorized use of AFIS frequency
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• APPENDIX A – Use of ATS surveillance systems in the aerodrome flight information service
– General
– Functions
– Provision of ATS surveillance service
– Pilot responsibilities
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• APPENDIX B – AFIS requirement for information
– Meteorological information
– Information on aerodrome conditions and the
operational status of associated facilities
– Information on the operational status of
navigation aids
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• APPENDIX C – ICAO Model runway incursion initial report form
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• APPENDIX D – ICAO Air Traffic Incident Report Form
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• APPENDIX E – Training and competency
– Competency
– Training
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• APPENDIX F – Pilot procedures on AFIS aerodromes
– General
– Initial call to AFIS
– Altimeter setting procedures
– Aerodrome traffic
– Read-back of clearance
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• APPENDIX G – Safety management systems
– EU Member States
– Outside EU area, Eurocontrol Member States
and ECAC States not Eurocontrol Members
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• ATTACHMENT A – Minimum equipment list
QUESTIONS