Zimbabwe Overflight Permits Regulations 2024

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About Zimbabwe | History - Geography

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Zimbabwe, officially Republic of Zimbabwe, formerly (1911–64) Southern Rhodesia, (1964–79) Rhodesia, or (1979–80) Zimbabwe Rhodesia, landlocked country of southern Africa. It shares a 125-mile (200-kilometre) border on the south with the Republic of South Africa and is bounded on the southwest and west by Botswana, on the north by Zambia, and on the northeast and east by Mozambique. The capital is Harare (formerly called Salisbury). Zimbabwe achieved majority rule and internationally recognized independence in April 1980 following a long period of colonial rule and a 15-year period of white-dominated minority rule, instituted after the minority regime’s so-called Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) in 1965.

Since the 11th century, present-day Zimbabwe has been the site of several organised states and kingdoms as well as a major route for migration and trade. The British South Africa Company of Cecil Rhodes first demarcated the present territory during the 1890s; it became the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia in 1923. In 1965, the conservative white minority government unilaterally declared independence as Rhodesia. The state endured international isolation and a 15-year guerrilla war with black nationalist forces; this culminated in a peace agreement that established universal enfranchisement and de jure sovereignty as Zimbabwe in April 1980. Zimbabwe then joined the Commonwealth of Nations, from which it was suspended in 2002 for breaches of international law by its then-government, and from which it withdrew in December 2003. The sovereign state is a member of the United Nations, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). It was once known as the "Jewel of Africa" for its great prosperity.

The Given Below Information Is Extracted from the Zimbabwe AIP

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Submission a Flight Plan
Holding, Approach And Departure Procedures

The holding, approach and departure procedures in use are based on those contained in ICAO Doc 8168 —Procedures for Air Navigation Services —Aircraft Operations (PANS-OPS).

The holding and approach procedures in use have been based on the values and factors contained in Parts III and IV of Vol. I of the PANS-OPS. The holding patterns shall be entered and flown as indicated below.

Arriving Flights

IFR flights entering and landing within a terminal control area will be cleared to a specified holding point and instructed to contact approach control at a specified time, level or position. The terms of this clearance shall be adhered to until further instructions are received from approach control. If the clearance limit is reached before further instructions have been received, holding procedure shall be carried out at the level last authorized.

Due to the limited airspace available, it is important that the approaches to the patterns and the holding procedures be carried out as precisely as possible. Pilots are strongly requested to inform ATC, if for any reason, the approach and/or holding cannot be performed as required.

Departing Flights

IFR flights departing from controlled aerodromes will receive initial ATC clearance from the local aerodrome control tower. The clearance limit will normally be the aerodrome of destination.

Detailed instructions with regard to routes, turns, etc. will be issued after take-off.

Holding Procedures

a) Outbound timing shall be 1 minute up to and including FL140 and 1½ above FL140.

b) Holding patterns shall be entered and flown at or below the following indicated airspeed:

i) Propeller Aircraft

• FL140 and below: 170 knots

• Above FL140: 175 knots

ii) Jet Aircraft

• FL60 and below: 210 knots

• FL60 to FL140: 220 knots

• Above FL140: 240 knots

(In conditions of turbulence, 280 knots or 0,8 Mach whichever is less, with notification to ATC)

c)All turns are to be made at a bank angle of 25º or at a rate of 3º per second, which requires the lesser bank.

Altimeter Setting Procedures
Introduction

The altimeter setting procedures in use generally conform to those contained in ICAO Doc 8168, Vol. I, Part 6 and are given in full below. Differences are shown in quotation marks.

Transition altitudes are given on the instrument approach charts.

QNH reports and temperature information for use in determining adequate terrain clearance are provided in MET broadcasts and are available on request from the air traffic services units. QNH values are given in Hectopascals.

Basic Altimeter Setting Procedures
General

A transition altitude is specified for each aerodrome. No transition altitude is less than 450 m above an aerodrome.

Vertical positioning of aircraft when at or below the transition altitude is expressed in terms of altitude, whereas such positioning at or above the transition level is expressed in terms of flight levels. While passing through the transition layer, vertical positioning is expressed in terms of altitude when descending and in terms of flight levels when ascending.

Flight level zero is located at the atmospheric pressure level of 1 013.2 HPA (29.92 in). Consecutive flight levels are separated by a pressure interval corresponding to 500-ft (152.4 m) in the standard atmosphere.

Note:Examples of the relationship between flight levels and altimeter indications are given in the following table, the metric equivalents being approximate:

Take-Off And Climb

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 altitudes until reaching the transition altitude above which vertical positioning is expressed in terms of flight levels.

Vertical Separation —Enroute

Vertical separation during en-route flight shall be expressed in terms of flight levels at all times “during an IFR flight and at night”.

IFR flights, and VFR flights above 900 m (3000ft), when in level cruising flight, shall be flown at such flight levels, corresponding to the magnetic tracks shown in the following table, so as to provide the required terrain clearance:

Note: Some of the lower levels in the above table may not be usable due to terrain clearance requirements.

Approach And Landing

A QNH altimeter setting is made available in approach clearance and in clearance to enter the traffic circuit.

QFE altimeter settings are available on request.

Vertical positioning of aircraft during approach is controlled by reference to flight levels until reaching the transition level below which vertical positioning is controlled by reference to altitudes.

Missed Approach

The relevant portions of 2.1, 2.2 and 2.4 shall be applied in the event of a missed approach

Description Of Altimeter Setting Region

ATC will ensure that the latest QNH is always readily available for passing to an aircraft and for determining the current transition level.

Both the QNH and QFE are rounded down to the nearest whole Hectopascal.

Procedures Applicable To Operators (Including Pilots)

The levels at which a flight is to be conducted shall be specified in a flight plan:

• in terms of flight levels if the flight is to be conducted at or above the transition level

• in terms of altitudes if the flight is to be conducted in the vicinity of an aerodrome and at or below the transition altitude.

Note 1:Short flights in the vicinity of an aerodrome may often be conducted only at altitudes below the transition altitude.

Note 2:Flight levels are specified in a flight plan by number and not in terms of feet or meters as is the case with altitudes.