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14th Nov 2020, 11:20
Hi ATC's
Any of you guys working at airfields with medium size helicopters departing from a helipad, where the helipad is less than 760m to a runway where you depart light aircrafts?
If yes, do you provide a 2 min (or 3 min from intermediate) wake turbulence seperation to the light aircraft departing from the runway?
According to PANS OPS DOC 4444, 5.8.3.1, a 2 minute departure seperation need to be in place in case "parallel runways separated by less than 760 m (2 500 ft)". So if you have a helipad closer than 760m, would you as ATC interpret the helipad as being the same definition as a runway, and make wake turbulence seperation to the light aircraft departing from the actual runway?
Thanks in advance for any inputs
Any of you guys working at airfields with medium size helicopters departing from a helipad, where the helipad is less than 760m to a runway where you depart light aircrafts?
If yes, do you provide a 2 min (or 3 min from intermediate) wake turbulence seperation to the light aircraft departing from the runway?
According to PANS OPS DOC 4444, 5.8.3.1, a 2 minute departure seperation need to be in place in case "parallel runways separated by less than 760 m (2 500 ft)". So if you have a helipad closer than 760m, would you as ATC interpret the helipad as being the same definition as a runway, and make wake turbulence seperation to the light aircraft departing from the actual runway?
Thanks in advance for any inputs