AIS.OR.300 General – Aeronautical information products
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469
When providing aeronautical data and aeronautical information in multiple formats, an AIS provider shall ensure that processes are implemented for data and information consistency between those formats.
GM1 AIS.OR.300 Aeronautical information products
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AERONAUTICAL DATA AND INFORMATION PROVIDED IN MULTIPLE FORMATS
‘Aeronautical data and information provided in multiple formats’ refers to aeronautical data and aeronautical information provided using different products, such as data sets, electronic or paper products.
Chapter 1 — Aeronautical information in a standardised presentation
AIS.OR.305 Aeronautical information publication (AIP)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469
An AIS provider shall issue an AIP.
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An AIS provider shall:
(a) issue permanent changes to the AIP as AIP amendments; and
(b) ensure that the AIP is amended or reissued at such regular intervals as necessary to ensure that the information is complete and up to date.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469
An AIS provider shall:
(a) issue, as AIP supplements, temporary changes of long duration – three months or longer – and information of short duration which contains extensive text and/or graphics;
(b) regularly provide a checklist of the valid AIP supplements; and
(c) publish a new AIP supplement as a replacement when an error occurs in an AIP supplement or when the period of validity of an AIP supplement is changed.
AIS.OR.320 Aeronautical information circular (AIC)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469
An AIS provider shall issue as an AIC any of the following:
(a) a long-term forecast of any major change in legislation, regulations, procedures or facilities;
(b) information of a purely explanatory or advisory nature which affects flight safety;
(c) information or notification of an explanatory or advisory nature, concerning technical, legislative or purely administrative matters.
An AIS provider shall review at least once a year the validity of an AIC in force.
AIS.OR.325 Aeronautical charts
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469
An AIS provider shall ensure that the following aeronautical charts, where made available:
(a) form part of the AIP or are provided separately to recipients of the AIP:
(1) aerodrome obstacle chart – Type A;
(2) aerodrome/heliport chart;
(3) aerodrome ground movement chart;
(4) aircraft parking/docking chart;
(5) precision approach terrain chart;
(6) ATC surveillance minimum altitude chart;
(7) area chart;
(8) standard arrival chart – instrument (STAR);
(9) standard departure chart – instrument (SID);
(10) instrument approach chart;
(11) visual approach chart; and
(12) en-route chart; and
(b) are provided as part of the aeronautical information products:
(1) aerodrome obstacle chart – Type B;
(2) world aeronautical chart 1:1 000 000;
(3) world aeronautical chart 1:500 000;
(4) aeronautical-navigation chart – small scale; and
(5) plotting chart.
AMC1 AIS.OR.325 Aeronautical charts
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PRODUCTION
Aeronautical charts should be produced in accordance with the specifications contained in ICAO Annex 4, Amendment No 61.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469
An AIS provider shall:
(a) promptly issue a NOTAM whenever the information to be distributed is of a temporary nature and of short duration or when operationally significant permanent changes, or temporary changes of long duration, are made at short notice, except for extensive text and/or graphics; and
(b) issue, as a NOTAM, information on the establishment, condition, or change of any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel involved with flight operations;
Compliance with point AIS.OR.200 shall not inhibit the urgent distribution of aeronautical information necessary to ensure the safety of flight.
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SHORT DURATION / SHORT NOTICE
(a) The term ‘short duration’ should, in general, be understood as being less than 3 months.
(b) The term ‘short notice’ should be understood as insufficient time for the AIS provider to distribute an AIP supplement or amendment.
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TIMELY KNOWLEDGE
It may be considered that the knowledge of the information is ‘timely’ if it reaches the personnel involved with flight operations in time to ensure the safety, regularity and efficiency of flight operations.
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EXCEPTIONAL SITUATIONS
(a) It is recognised that, in the cases of NOTAM or digital NOTAM that are crucial to ensure the safety of flight, it is not always possible to comply with all the relevant provisions of the Regulation. However, it is also not possible to determine a priori all cases where this consideration may apply; this is dependent on a case-by-case individual assessment made by competent AIS staff.
(b) If it is determined that it is not possible to comply with all the relevant provisions of the Regulation, the NOTAM office ensures, at the minimum, that:
(1) the party originating the aeronautical data is authorised and/or an eligible/reasonable source;
(2) the content is plausible; and
(3) the DQRs are validated post publication, as soon as practicable.
Chapter 2 — Digital data sets
AIS.OR.335 General – Digital data sets
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469
If available, an AIS provider shall ensure that digital data is in the form of the following data sets:
(1) AIP data set;
(2) terrain data set;
(3) obstacle data sets;
(4) aerodrome mapping data sets; and
(5) instrument flight procedure data sets.
When made available, terrain data shall be provided in the form of terrain data sets. A checklist of valid data sets shall be regularly provided.
GM1 AIS.OR.335(a) General — Digital data sets
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DATA SETS
Data items may appear in multiple data sets.
AIS.OR.340 Metadata requirements
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469
Each data set shall include a minimum set of metadata to be provided to the next user.
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An AIS provider shall ensure that the AIP data set, if available, contains the digital representation of aeronautical information of lasting character, including permanent information and long-duration temporary changes.
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GENERAL
The purpose of the AIP data set is to support the initial transition of the ATM domain towards the use of digital data sets instead of paper products. Therefore, its scope is defined considering the likelihood that the data contained in this set is actually being used in digital format by service providers, air traffic control and instrument flight rules/visual flight rules airspace users.
AIS.OR.350 Terrain and obstacle data – General requirements
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469
An AIS provider shall ensure that terrain and obstacle data, if available, are provided in accordance with point AIS.TR.350.
GM1 AIS.OR.350 Terrain and obstacle data – General requirements
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GENERAL
(a) Useful information for those organisations involved in the origination, processing and provision of digital terrain and obstacle data, from the point at which the need for origination is identified through to the point when the Member State makes it available in accordance with the requirements of ICAO Annex 15, can be found in the EUROCONTROL ‘Terrain and Obstacle Data (TOD) Manual’ (edition 2.2, dated 28 November 2019).
(b) In addition, EUROCAE ED-98C ‘User Requirements For Terrain And Obstacle Data’ (October 2015) provides guidance for data gathering by data originators, for data processing by data integrators, for implementation by application integrators, and for end use by the aviation community (e.g. air carriers, air traffic services, procedure designers).
GM2 AIS.OR.350 Terrain and obstacle data – General requirements
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NAVIGATION APPLICATIONS
(a) Terrain and obstacle data are intended to be used in air navigation applications such as:
(1) ground proximity warning system with forward-looking terrain avoidance function and minimum safe altitude warning (MSAW) system;
(2) determination of contingency procedures for use in the event of an emergency during a missed approach or take-off;
(3) aircraft operating limitations analysis;
(4) instrument procedure design (including circling procedure);
(5) determination of en-route ‘drift-down’ procedure and en-route emergency landing location;
(6) advanced surface movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS); and
(7) aeronautical chart production and on-board databases.
Additional information on the use of terrain and obstacle data can be found in Appendix C to EUROCAE ED-98C.
(b) The data may also be used in other applications such as flight simulator and synthetic vision systems, and may assist in determining the height restriction or removal of obstacles that pose a hazard to air navigation.
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An AIS provider shall ensure that terrain data, if available, is provided:
(a) for Area 1, as laid down in point AIS.TR.350; and
(b) for aerodromes to cover:
(1) Area 2a or parts thereof, as laid down in point AIS.TR.350(b)(1);
(2) Areas 2b, 2c and 2d or parts thereof, as laid down in points AIS.TR.350(b)(2), (3) and (4), for terrain:
(i) within 10 km from the aerodrome reference point (ARP); and
(ii) beyond 10 km from the ARP if the terrain penetrates the horizontal plane 120 m above the lowest runway elevation;
(3) the take-off flight path area or parts thereof;
(4) an area, or parts thereof, bounded by the lateral extent of the aerodrome obstacle limitation surfaces;
(5) Area 3 or parts thereof, as laid down in point AIS.TR.350(c), for terrain that extends 0.5 m above the horizontal plane, passing through the nearest point on the aerodrome movement area; and
(6) Area 4 or parts thereof, as laid down in point AIS.TR.350(d), for all runways where precision approach Category II or III operations have been established and where detailed terrain information is required by operators to enable them to assess the effect of terrain on decision height determination by use of radio altimeters.
GM1 AIS.OR.355 Terrain data sets
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ADDITIONAL TERRAIN DATA
Where additional terrain data is collected to meet other aeronautical requirements, the terrain data sets may be expanded to include this additional data.
GM1 AIS.OR.355(b)(3) Terrain data sets
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TAKE-OFF FLIGHT PATH AREA
‘Take-off flight path area’ is defined in 3.8.2 of ICAO Annex 4.
GM1 AIS.OR.355(b)(4) Terrain data sets
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AERODROME OBSTACLE LIMITATION SURFACES
‘Aerodrome obstacle limitation surfaces’ are defined in Chapter H – Obstacle Limitation Surfaces of Regulation (EU) No 139/2014.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469
An AIS provider shall ensure that obstacle data, if available, is provided:
(a) for obstacles in Area 1 whose height is 100 m or higher above ground;
(b) for aerodromes, for all obstacles within Area 2 that are assessed as being a hazard to air navigation; and
(c) for aerodromes, to cover:
(1) Area 2a or parts thereof, for those obstacles that penetrate the relevant obstacle data collection surface;
(2) objects in the take-off flight path area or parts thereof, which project above a plane surface having a 1,2 % slope and having a common origin with the take-off flight path area;
(3) penetrations of the aerodrome obstacle limitation surfaces or parts thereof;
(4) Areas 2b, 2c and 2d, for obstacles that penetrate the relevant obstacle data collection surfaces;
(5) Area 3 or parts thereof, for obstacles that penetrate the relevant obstacle data collection surface; and
(6) Area 4 or parts thereof, for all runways where precision approach Category II or III operations have been established.
GM1 AIS.OR.360 Obstacle data sets
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ADDITIONAL OBSTACLE DATA
Where additional obstacle data is collected to meet other aeronautical requirements, the obstacle data sets may be expanded to include this additional data.
AIS.OR.365 Aerodrome mapping data sets
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469
An AIS provider shall ensure that aerodrome mapping data sets, if available, are provided in accordance with point AIS.TR.365.
AIS.OR.370 Instrument flight procedure data sets
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/469
An AIS provider shall ensure that instrument flight procedure data sets, if available, are provided in accordance with point AIS.TR.370.