As a number of amendments on the new 500K Chart for southern England affect the areas between Ireland & the UK, which I pass through going to the UK, I thought I better sit down an mark the changes to my new chart.
Here is the CAA's page on the amendments.
Now I am not too interested in marking changes in elevation and such. I am more concerned amount changing airspace that I might bust, or might have to explain why I went in there.
The first one I came across was this:
WICKENBY Aerodrome Traffic Zone (ATZ) Circle radius 2NM centred on longest runway (03/21) 531900N 0002059W
However having checked the chart, I found an ATZ already marked on the chart. Hummm I though...maybe it's me....or maybe they just made a mistake.
Next one I looked at was:
The airfield at LLANBEDR is closed, and its associated Danger Area - EG D202 - is dis-established, with immediate effect. Delete all details in toto at 524842N 0040725W
No problem, a little note has now been added that EG D202 no longer exists.
Next one I looked at was this:
Replace Lincolnshire AIAA coordinates in toto with: Lincolnshire 530526N 0000000E – 530219N 0000000E - 525648N 0000949W – 525206N 0000610W – 524900N 0000106E – 524900N 0005730W – 525014N 0005722W – 525121N 0005725W – 525421N 0010006W – 525901N 0010918W – 525943N 0011000W – 531838N 0011000W – 530526N 0000000E
Now this is quite difficult and time consuming to plot, and I really wish they'd give a picture of the new airspace to make it easier to plot. Anyway, I stuck with it, and was rather surprised to note that each point matched the points already shown on the chart. OK, maybe one or two were a little less than 1 minute out.....but I've figured that is chart inaccuracy rather than a chance. Could they really be bothered to change an AIAA by less than 1 minute? I doubt it.
So once again, it appears no change is actually necessary.
Next one I looked at was:
EG D201 ABERPORTH - AMENDED LATERAL LIMITS
The following details amend 500k South and 250k Sheets 5 & 7.
530300N 0053000W - 530300N 0045319W - 524500N 0045319W - 524500N 0044018W -523316N 0041200W - 521600N 0041200W - 521000N 0042942W - thence clockwise along the arc of a circle radius 3 nm centred on 520830N 0043355W to 520840N 0043847W - 520903N 0050057W - 524417N 0053000W - 530300N 0053000W.
Now this one has it's heading bold-ed, so it must be important. But once again, I find myself plotting out D201 exactly as it exists on the chart.
What is going on? Am I missing something in a bad way? Am I doing something silly?
Should I persevere in checking this stealth changes that don't seem to exist?
Has anyone else gone through them all?
Why don't they publish a graphic of the new area to make it easier?
dp