Gambia Overflight Permit Regulations

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Procedures For The Submission Of A Flight Plan

A flight plan shall be submitted in accordance with ICAO Annex 2, para 3.3.1 prior to operating:

a) any IFR flight

b) any VFR flight

Time Of Submission

Except for repetitive flight plans, a flight plan shall be submitted at least thirty (30) minutes prior to departure, taking into account the requirements of ATS units in the airspace along the route to be flown for timely information, including requirements for early submission for Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) purposes.

Place of Submission

a) Flight plans shall be submitted at the Air Traffic Services Reporting Office (ARO) at the departure aerodrome,

b) or submitted by telephone, telefax or telex to the nearest ARO.

VFR Flight Plan for Alerting Service Only

Alerting service is, in principle, provided to flights for which a flight plan has been submitted.

Contents and Form of a Flight Plan

a) ICAO flight plan forms are available at the Air Traffic Services Reporting Office. The instructions for completing those forms shall be followed.

b) Flight plans concerning IFR flights along ATS routes do not need to include FIR boundary estimates. Inclusion of FIR boundary estimates is, however, required for off-route IFR flights and international VFR flights.

c) When a flight plan is submitted by telephone, telefax or telex, the sequence of items in the flight plan form shall be strictly followed.

Adherence to ATS Route Structure

No flight plans shall be filed for routes deviating from the published ATS route structure, unless prior permission has been obtained from the appropriate ATC authority.

Authorization for Special Flights

Flights of a specific character, such as survey flights, scientific research flights etc. may be exempted from the restriction specified above.

Request for exemption shall be mailed so as to be received at least one (1) week before the intended day of operation.

Maximum Cruising Levels for Short-Range Flights

It is generally recommended not to select levels above FL240 for flights up to a distance of 300 NM.

Operation Of Repetitive Flight Plan (RPL)

The procedures concerning the use of Repetitive Flight Plans (RPL) conform to ICAO Doc 7030 and the PANS-RAC.

RPL lists shall be replaced in their entirety by new lists prior to the introduction of the summer and winter schedules.

Incidental Changes and Cancellations of RPL

Incidental changes to and cancellations of RPL relating to departures shall be notified as early as possible and not later than thirty (30) minutes before departure to the ATS Banjul International Airport.

Delay

When a specific flight is likely to encounter a delay of 30 min or more in excess of the departure time stated in the RPL, the ATS unit serving the departure aerodrome shall be notified immediately.

Note: Failure to comply with this procedure may result in the automatic cancellation of the RPL for that specific flight at one or more of the ATS units concerned.

ATS Messages

For a flight operated on an RPL, no Flight Plan message (FPL) will be transmitted. Departure messages (DEP) or Delay messages (DLA) relating to such flights will be transmitted to ATS units outside the Banjul CTR / Dakar FIR as applicable.

Changes To The Submitted Flight Plan

All changes to a flight plan submitted for an IFR flight or a controlled VFR flight and significant changes to a flight plan submitted for an uncontrolled VFR flight shall be reported as soon as possible to the appropriate ATS unit. In the event of a delay in departure of thirty (30) minutes or more for a flight for which a flight plan has been submitted, the flight plan shall be amended or a new flight plan shall be submitted after the old plan has been cancelled.

Note 1: If a delay in departure of a controlled flight is not properly reported, the relevant flight plan data may no longer be readily available to the appropriate ATS unit when a clearance is ultimately requested, which will consequently result in extra delay for the flight.

Note 2: If a delay in departure (or cancellation) of an uncontrolled VFR flight is not properly reported, alerting or search and rescue action may be unnecessarily initiated when the flight fails to arrive at the destination aerodrome within thirty (30) minutes after its current ETA.

Whenever a flight, for which a flight plan has been submitted, is cancelled, the appropriate ATS unit will be informed immediately.

Changes to a current flight plan for a controlled flight during flight shall be reported or requested, subject to the provisions in ICAO Annex 2, 3.6.2. (Adherence to flight plan). Significant changes to a flight plan for an uncontrolled VFR flight include changes in endurance or in the total number of persons on board and changes in time estimates of thirty (30) minutes or more.

Arrival Report (Closing a Flight Plan)

A report of arrival will be made at the earliest possible moment after landing to the airport office of the arrival aerodrome by any flight for which a flight plan has been submitted except when the arrival has been acknowledged by the local ATS unit. After landing at an aerodrome which is not the destination aerodrome (diversionary landing), the local ATS unit shall be specifically informed accordingly. In the absence of a local ATS unit at the aerodrome of diversionary landing, the pilot is responsible for passing the arrival report to the destination aerodrome.

Arrival reports shall contain the following elements of information:

a) aircraft identification

b) departure aerodrome

c) destination aerodrome

d) time of arrival

In the case of a diversion, insert the “arrival aerodrome” between “destination aerodrome” and “time of arrival.”

Addressing Of Flight Plan Messages

Flight movement messages relating to traffic into or via the Dakar FIR and the Banjul CTR shall be addressed as stated below in order to warrant correct relay and delivery.

Note: Flight movement messages in this context comprise flight plan messages, amendment messages relating thereto and flight plan cancellation messages (ICAO PANS-RAC, Doc 4444, Part VIII, 2.1.1.3, refers).

Category Of Flight Route Message Address
ATS Airspace Classification

ATS airspaces are classified and designated in accordance with the following:

Class A: IFR flights are permitted, all flights are subject to Air Traffic Control Service and are separated from each other.

Class B: IFR and VFR flights are permitted, all flights are subject to Air Traffic Control Service and are separated from each other.

Class C: IFR and VFR flights are permitted, all flights are subject to Air Traffic Control Service and IFR flights are separated from other IFR flights and from VFR flights. VFR flights are separated from IFR flights and receive traffic information in respect of other VFR flights.

Class D: IFR and VFR flights are permitted and all flights are subject to Air Traffic Control Service, IFR flights are separated from other IFR flights and receive traffic information in respect of VFR flights, VFR flights receive traffic information in respect of all other flights.

Class E: IFR and VFR flights are permitted, IFR flights are subject to Air Traffic Control Service and are separated from other IFR flights. All flights receive traffic information as far as practical.

Class F: IFR and VFR flights are permitted, all participating IFR flights receive an Air Traffic Advisory service and all flights receive Flight Information Service if requested.

Class G: IFR and VFR flights are permitted and receive Flight Information Service if requested.

Altimeter Setting Procedures

The altimeter setting procedures in use generally conform to those contained in ICAO Doc 8168-OPS/611, Vol. I, Part 6 and are given in full below.

The Transition Altitude (TA) is 2500 and the Transition Level (TL) is FL40 for Banjul International Airport and are given on instrument approach charts.

QNH reports and temperature information for use in determining adequate terrain clearance are provided by Air Traffic Control Banjul. QNH values are given in whole millibars.

Basic Procedures

The transition layer for the Banjul Control Zone is fixed with the Transition Altitude being at 2500 FT and the Transition Level being at FL 40, both being permanently separated.

Vertical positioning of aircraft when at or below the Transition Altitude is expressed in terms of:

a) ALT, when at or below the Transition Altitude or when descending through the transition layer

b) FL, when at or above the Transition Level or when ascending through the transition layer.

FL zero is located at the atmospheric pressure level of 1013.2 hPa (29.92 IN). Consecutive flight levels are separated by a pressure interval corresponding to 500 feet (152.4 meters) which is the standard atmosphere.

Take Off And Climb

A QNH altimeter setting is made available to aircraft in taxi clearance prior to take off.

Vertical positioning of aircraft during climb is expressed in terms of:

a) ALT, until reaching the Transition Altitude.

b) FL, when above the Transition Altitude.

Vertical Separation En-route

Vertical separation during en-route flight shall be expressed in terms of Flight Levels at all times.

When complying with the cruising levels in Appendix C of ICAO Annex 2, an aircraft shall be flown at FLs corresponding to the magnetic tracks.

Unlawful Interference

The following procedures are intended for use by aircraft when unlawful interference occurs and the aircraft is unable to notify an ATS unit of this fact.

Procedures

Unless considerations aboard the aircraft dictate otherwise, the pilot-in-command should attempt to continue flying on the assigned track and at the assigned cruising level at least until notification to an ATS unit is possible or the aircraft is within radar coverage.

When an aircraft subjected to an act of unlawful interference must depart from its assigned track or its assigned cruising level without being able to make radiotelephony contact with ATS, the pilot-in-command should, whenever possible:

a) attempt to broadcast warnings on the VHF emergency frequency and other appropriate frequencies, unless considerations aboard the aircraft dictate otherwise. Other equipment such as onboard transponders, data links, etc., should also be used when it is advantageous to do so and circumstances permit. The transponder shall be set to mode A/3 code 7500.

b) proceed in accordance with applicable special procedures for in-flight contingencies, where such procedures have been established and promulgated in DOC 7030 - Regional Supplementary Procedures.

c) if no applicable regional procedures have been established, proceed at a level which differs from the cruising levels normally used for IFR flight in the area by 300 m (1000 ft) if above FL 290 or by 150 m (500 ft) if below FL 290.