Greenland Overflight Permits Regulations 2024

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About Greenland | History - Geography

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Greenland is the world's largest island, located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.

Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and Denmark, the colonial powers, as well as the nearby island of Iceland) for more than a millennium. The majority of its residents are Inuit, whose ancestors migrated from Alaska through Northern Canada, gradually settling across the island by the 13th century.

More than three times the size of the U.S. state of Texas, Greenland extends about 1,660 miles (2,670 km) from north to south and more than 650 miles (1,050 km) from east to west at its widest point. Two-thirds of the island lies within the Arctic Circle, and the island’s northern extremity extends to within less than 500 miles (800 km) of the North Pole. Greenland is separated from Canada’s Ellesmere Island to the north by only 16 miles (26 km). The nearest European country is Iceland, lying about 200 miles (320 km) across the Denmark Strait to the southeast. Greenland’s deeply indented coastline is 24,430 miles (39,330 km) long, a distance roughly equivalent to Earth’s circumference at the Equator.

The Given Below Information Is Extracted from the Greenland AIP

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General/Submission Of And Content Of A Flight Plan

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

1) Any IFR flight

2) Any VFR flight when:

• Performed in airspace class D

• Crossing the boundaries of Nuuk FIR

• Crossing a TIZ

• Alerting service is required for a specific part of the route

Content Of A Flight Plan

The rules in ICAO PANS-ATM, Doc 4444, Chapter 4 and Appendix 2 and ICAO Regional Supplementary Procedures/North Atlantic (NAT), Doc 7030, Chapter 2 (See ENR 1.8) shall apply.

Closure of Flight Plan

In connection with flight within Nuuk FIR the following 2 principal kind of flight plans can be submitted to the Air Traffic Service:

a) Complete flight plan

b) Abbreviated flight plan

If a pilot does not want to submit a complete flight plan for a VFR-flight, but a part of this flight is requested to be carried out either;

a) in controlled airspace in which obtaining a clearance is mandatory,

b) in a TIA/TIZ in which establishing of two-way radio communication with the appropriate AFIS-unit is mandatory

c) or where the pilot wants provision of part-distance alerting service

d) or where a part of the flight necessitate change to IFR the pilot shall, depending on the situation listed in a) - d), submit an abbreviated flight plan containing:

• aircraft callsign

• aircraft type

• cruising speed if necessary

• flight rules (IFR/VFR)

• entry point respectively exit point

• level wanted, if necessary

• for arriving aircraft, estimated time of arrival

• persons on board

Repetitive Flight Plan

Use of repetitive flight plans concerning Nuuk FIR conform to ICAO PANS-ATM, DOC4444, Chapter 16, para. 16.4 with the Danish additions stated below.

Repetitive flight plan form Directions for completion of the repetitive flight plan form are provided in ICAO PANS-ATM, DOC 4444, Appendix 2, para. 7. Item "G" in the RPL-form must contain a contact name and a telephone number or an AFTN-address from which supplementary information can be rapidly obtained.

Filing Of Repetitive Flight Plans

The repetitive flight plans concerning Nuuk FIR shall be sent by mail to: Naviair, Air Navigation Services Nuuk Aalisartut Aqqutaat 47 DK-3900 Nuuk Greenland and to the Air Traffic Services units at the departure- and destination airports.

Repetitive flight plans must reach the Air Traffic Services at least two weeks prior to becoming effective. No acknowledgement of receipt will be given at the reception of repetitive flight plans.

Permanent changes to repetitive flight plans already submitted, must reach the Air Traffic Services not later than 7 days before becoming effective.

Classification of Airspace

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

Class A: IFR flights only 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, 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.

Class G: IFR and VFR flights are permitted. In Denmark (including Faeroe Islands and Greenland) air space designated Traffic Information Area (TIA) and Traffic Information Zone (TIZ) are established within which two-way radio communication are compulsory.

Holding, Approach and Departure Procedures
General

The holding, approach and departure procedures in use are based on those contained in the latest edition of ICAO DOC 8168 - Procedures for Air Navigation Service - Aircraft Operations (PANSOPS). 1.2 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.

Altimeter Setting Procedure

I- The altimeter setting procedures in use are those contained in the Procedures for Air Navigation Services - Aircraft Operations (ICAO DOC 8168 OPS/611).

II- Transition Altitudes Transition Altitudes have been established for all aerodromes in Greenland as indicated on the Instrument Approach Charts and in AD 2 item 17 and AD 3 item 16, except for Kangilinnguit and the AD 4 heliports, where no Transition Altitudes have been established.

III- Transition Levels Transition Level will be advised by the appropriate ATS unit, except for Thule CTR, where Transition Level has been established at FL 90.

Addressing of Flight Plan Messages

ATS messages for Nuuk FIR shall be addressed as follows:

1- Filed flight plans and other ATS messages for flights with foreign states military aircraft intending to operate within Nuuk FIR shall be addressed also to BGGLZQZX regardless the flight level used, or the CTA affected.

2- ICAO flight plans for aircraft holding diplomatic clearance for overflying or landing in Greenland shall be addressed to BGGHYXYX, and in item 18 of the flight plan shall be filled in: RMK/ COPY PROGRESS TO SPECIFIED ADDRESS BGGHYXYX.

Unlawful Interference

An aircraft which is being subjected to unlawful interference shall endeavor to notify the appropriate ATS unit of this fact, any significant circumstances associated therewith and any deviation from the current flight plan necessitated by the circumstances, in order to enable the ATS unit to give priority to the aircraft and to minimize conflict with other aircraft.

Procedures

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

2 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 able to notify an ATS unit or within radar coverage.

3 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 on-board transponders and data links should also be used when it is advantageous to do so and circumstances permit.

b) proceed in accordance with applicable special procedures for inflight contingencies, where such procedures have been established and promulgated in the Regional Supplementary Procedures (Doc 7030).

c) if no applicable regional procedures have been established, proceed at a level which differs from the cruising levels normally used for IFR flight by:

1) 150 M (500 FT) in an area where a vertical separation minimum of 300 M (1000 FT) is applied.

2) 300 M (1000 FT) in an area where a vertical separation minimum of 600 M (2000 FT) is applied.