Clearance to cross airway IFR - who do you call?
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Crossing N864 north of Exeter
Hi all,
If you want to cross airway N864 between the Exeter overhead and TALGA (N of BCN) between base levels and FL165, call Cardiff on 119.15 - the airspace belongs to Cardiff (between 0600 and 2300).
You'd be surprised at the amount of traffic in that bit of airway at the lower levels.... Arrivals and departures from Exeter, Cardiff, Bristol, Filton and a good number of airways trainers.
If you want to cross airway N864 between the Exeter overhead and TALGA (N of BCN) between base levels and FL165, call Cardiff on 119.15 - the airspace belongs to Cardiff (between 0600 and 2300).
You'd be surprised at the amount of traffic in that bit of airway at the lower levels.... Arrivals and departures from Exeter, Cardiff, Bristol, Filton and a good number of airways trainers.
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Its what its for!
Air Traffic Control Centres (ACC)
Basic Service is also provided by ACCs (Callsign London Information and Scottish Information) through an FIS Officer (FISO) operating on specially allocated RTF channels. In addition to the normal Basic Service, described above the FISO
will:
(a) On receipt of a request for joining or crossing clearance of Controlled Airspace or Advisory Routes either:
• Inform the pilot that he should change frequency in time to make the request direct to the appropriate ATC Unit
at least 10 minutes before ETA for the entry or crossing point
Or
• Obtain the clearance from the appropriate ATC Unit himself and pass it to the pilot on the FIR frequency.
Basic Service is also provided by ACCs (Callsign London Information and Scottish Information) through an FIS Officer (FISO) operating on specially allocated RTF channels. In addition to the normal Basic Service, described above the FISO
will:
(a) On receipt of a request for joining or crossing clearance of Controlled Airspace or Advisory Routes either:
• Inform the pilot that he should change frequency in time to make the request direct to the appropriate ATC Unit
at least 10 minutes before ETA for the entry or crossing point
Or
• Obtain the clearance from the appropriate ATC Unit himself and pass it to the pilot on the FIR frequency.
One thing that has changed:
You now cannot fly under IFR in any airspace without holding an instrument rating.
Remember that you cannot enter a Class A airway unless you have an Instrument Rating
