CAP 694 - The UK Flight Planning Guide

1 CAP 694 The UK Flight Planning Guide of Airspace PolicyCAP 694 The UK Flight Planning Guide Directorate of Airspace PolicyJanuary 2013 CAP 694 The UK Flight Planning Guide Civil Aviation Authority 2013 All rights reserved. Copies of this publication may be reproduced for personal use, or for use within acompany or organisation, but may not otherwise be reproduced for use or reference CAA publications for any other purpose, for example within training material forstudents, please contact the CAA at the address below for formal 978 0 11792 785 8 First edition July 1999 Second edition July 2006 Second edition incorporating Amendment 2009/01 Third edition January 2013 Enquiries regarding the content of this publication should be addressed to.

2 Controlled Airspace Section, Directorate of Airspace Policy, CAA House, 45-59 Kingsway, London,WC2B latest version of this document is available in electronic format at ,where you may also register for e-mail notification of by TSO (The Stationery Office) on behalf of the UK Civil Aviation copy available from: TSO, PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 orders/General enquiries: 0844 477 7300E-mail: orders: 0870 600 5533 Textphone: 0870 240 3701 CAP 694 The UK Flight Planning GuideChapterPageDateChapterPageDate Page iiiiiiJanuary 2013ivJanuary 2013 Contents1 January 2013 Contents2 January 2013 Contents3 January 2013 List of Tables1 January 2013 Introduction1 January 2013 Glossary1 January 2013 Glossary2 January 2013 Glossary3 January 2013 Glossary4 January 2013 Glossary5 January 2013 Glossary6 January 2013 chapter 11 January 2013 chapter 12 January 2013 chapter 13 January 2013 chapter 14 January 2013 chapter 15 January 2013 chapter 16 January 2013 chapter 17 January 2013 chapter 18 January 2013 chapter 19 January 2013 chapter 110 January 2013

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5 7 Action When the Destination Aerodrome has no ATSU or AFTN Link8 Flight Planning in Remote Areas8 International Operations9 Action in the Event of Diversion9 Delays, Departures, Modifications and Cancellations to a FiledFlight Plan9 Cancelling an IFR FPL in Flight10 Persons On Board11 Reference Documentation11 chapter 2 VFR Flight PlanningWhen to File a VFR Flight Plan1 Highland and Island Airports Limited1 Submission Time Parameters1 Addressing VFR Flight Plans1 VFR Flight Plans with portion(s) of Flight operated as IFR1 Airborne Time2 January 2013 ContentsCAP 694 The UK Flight Planning Guide Contents Page 2 Cross-Channel Flight Planning2 Flight Planning in Remote Areas3 chapter 3 Special VFRI ntroduction1 Regulations1 Flight Planning Requirements1 Special VFR Clearance2 chapter 4 IFR Flight PlanningIntroduction1 IFPS1 ATFM1 Submission Time Parameters2 Addressing IFR Flight Plans2 Filing of Flight Plans and Associated Messages3 Repetitive Flight Plans (RPLs)

6 4 Additional Information and Reference Documents for Flight Planning5 chapter 5 Instructions for Completion of the FPL Form CA48/RAF F2919 Introduction1 General1 Flight Planning Requirements for non-RVSM Approved AircraftWishing to Operate at FL 430 or above, across the NAT Regionto or from the EUR Region1 Completion of the Flight Plan Form2 The Flight Plan Filing Process 21 Master Copy of FPL Form CA48/RAF 2919 22 chapter 6 Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM)Introduction1 ATFM Documentation1 ATFM Processes2 Slot Allocation Process2 Flight Planning3UK FMPs Tactical Operations3 Responsibilities of Aircraft Operators4 Responsibilities of UK Air Traffic Services5 Inbound Flow Management6 Modification of Estimated Off Block Time (EOBT)6 CFMU Enhanced Tactical Flow Management System (ETFMS)and Flight Activation Monitoring (FAM)8 January 2013 CAP 694 The UK Flight Planning Guide Contents Page 3 ATFM Exemption Procedures10 Provision of Information on Events Affecting Air Traffic Movements13 chapter 7 Special Procedures - Carriage of Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems (ACAS)

7 In the United Kingdom FIR and UIRI ntroduction1 Exemptions1 TCAS I3 Further Information3 chapter 8 Special Procedures - kHz Channel Spacing in the VHF Radio Communications kHz Exemptions1 State Aircraft1 Use of GPS for North Sea Operations1 chapter 9 Special Procedures - Shanwick Oceanic Control Area (North Atlantic Region NAT) Flight Planning1 Estimated Times1 Designated Reporting Lines within Shanwick OCA2 North Atlantic European Routing System (NERS)2 MACH Numbers2 Minimum Navigation Performance Specification (MNPS)3 Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM)3 Flight Level Allocation Scheme (FLAS)3 Air Traffic Services Messages4 chapter 10 Special Procedures - Implementation of Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM)

8 Introduction1 European RVSM Flight Planning Requirements - General1 Modifications to the Eurocontrol CFMU IFPS for RVSM2 Definitions and Descriptions2 Annex AList of States Comprising IFPS ZoneAnnex BFlight Plan FormAnnex CApplication for Approval of STS/ATFMXA nnex DList of FIRs Comprising European RVSM AirspaceAnnex EGuidance for the Provision of NAV/COM/SUR Information in the New ICAO 2012 Flight Plan January 2013 INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANKCAP 694 The UK Flight Planning Guide List of Tables Page 1 table 1 Types of Airspace / Flight chapter 1, page 1 table 2 AFPEx Contact Details chapter 1, page 5 table 3 AFTN/SITA Addresses chapter 4, page 2 table 4UK FMP and areas of responsibilities chapter 6, page 4 table 5 Flight Level allocations under FLAS chapter 9, page 3 table 6 Flight Planning Requirements for RVSMA pproved Civil AircraftChapter 10, page 5 table 7 Flight Planning Requirements for Non-RVSMA pproved Civil AircraftChapter 10, page 6 table 8 Flight Planning Requirements for RVSMA pproved State AircraftChapter 10, page 7 table 9 Flight Planning Requirements for Non-RVSMA pproved State AircraftChapter 10, page 8 table CFMU IFPS 'Error' Output MessagesRelated to RVSMC hapter 10.

9 Page 9 table CFMU IFPS Output MessagesRelated to RVSMC hapter 10, page 11 January 2013 List of TablesINTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANKCAP 694 The UK Flight Planning Guide Introduction Page 1 IntroductionThis publication is intended as guidance for the completion and submission of VFR and IFRF light Plans (FPLs) and it will be updated and re-issued as necessary. It incorporatesinformation previously issued by Aeronautical Information Circulars (AICs) on IFR and VFRF light, as well as the latest instructions for North Atlantic (NAT) Flight Plans. Included in this publication are step-by-step instructions for the completion of the CA48/RAFF2919 FPL Form.

10 The Civil Aviation Authority does not supply copies of the CA48 Form, as itis becoming more common for FPLs to be submitted direct by electronic means and by electronic copy of the FPL Form is available from blank Flight Plan Form for photocopying is included within this publication at Annex B. Inorder to reduce transmission times for Forms that are faxed to an Air Traffi