NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA - CNATRA - The US Navy

ECUADOR
NATIONAL PROCEDURES
GENERAL INFORMATION/FIR/UIR
COVERAGE - This entry includes Guayaquil FIR.
DIMENSIONAL UNITS - Primary SI Unit except Non-SI
Alternative Units may be used also as follows:
1. DISTANCES USED IN NAVIGATION, POSITION
REPORTING, etc - Nautical miles.
2. ALTITUDE, ELEVATION AND HEIGHT - Feet.
3. HORIZONTAL SPEED INCLUDING WIND SPEED - Knots.
4. VERTICAL SPEED - Feet per minute.
(SPEC/GEN 2.1-1)
ALTIMETER SETTING PROCEDURES - Standard.
VERTICAL SEPARATION - Semi-circular.
POSITION REPORTING - Standard.
Standard except:
VISUAL FLIGHT RULES
1. VFR flights are NOT authorized during daytime when
operated more than 20 NM at sea for a period of more than 1
hour.
(SPEC/ENR 1.2-1
2. VFR operations are established in the Northeast sector of
the country: Nueva Loja, Tiputini, Francisco de Orellana to the
Cononaco River to the South. The area is bound by the following
points:
In the Ecuador - Colombia border coordinates N00°22’45”
W077°09’00”, from this point to S00°07’15” W075°16’00”, to
S00°06’30” W075°36’30”, to S00°11’30” W075°36’30”, to
S00°28’00” W075°21’00”, to S00°55’00” W075°14’30”, to
S01°32’00” W075°33’33”, to S00°52’00” W077°14’00” end
N00°22’45” W077°09’00”.
VFR aircraft operation in the northeast sector of the country will
take place only when the aerodromes Nueva Loja, Tarapoa,
Tiputini and Francisco de Orellana are within the meteorological
minima for VFR flights. While in this area monitor freq 123.025
MHZ.
(SPEC/ENR 1.2)
Standard.
INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES
RVSM RULES - Standard.
FLIGHT PLANNING
(AFFSA/AFFSA FIL 04-657)
1. Continuous portions of following routes in Guayaquil UIR
not shown on any DoD FLIP products:
ECUADOR 3-27
a. UW2/W2F beginning at LOLIN CRP (S01°24’ W85°15’),
true heading 281, 87 NM to ERIZO CRP (S01°08’ W86°41’), true
heading 281, 70 NM to IGUANA CRP (S00°55’ W87°49’).
(SPEC/ENR 3.2-8)
b. UW21F/W21F beginning at PUPES CRP (S00°18’
W86°11’), true heading 265, 71 NM to DELFIN CRP (S00°21’
W87°22’).
(SPEC/ENR 3.2-12)
c. UL344 beginning at LOLIN CRP (S01°24’ W85°15’) true
heading 316, 86 NM to PUPES CRP (S00°18’ W86°11’) true heading
320, 130 NM to ARTOM CRP (N01°25’ W87°29’).
(SPEC/ENR 3.2-3)
d. UL312 beginning at OSAKI CRP (S03°24’ W84°41’) true
heading 316, 182 NM to ERIZO CRP (S01°08’ W86°41’) true
heading 316, 62 NM to DELFIN CRP (S00°21’ W87°22’) true
heading 316, 141 NM to LOGAL CRP (N01°25’ W88°55’).
(SPEC/ENR 3.2-7)
2. All W airways are Class F except W8 is Class A, W11G is
Class D between PAV VOR-DME (S01°30’ W78°02’) and YAUPI
CRP (S02°51’ W77°53’), W12G is Class D between YAUPI CRP
(S02°51’ W77°53’) and ZUMBA CRP (S04°58’ W79°07’), W20G is
Class D between OLM NDB (N00°10’ W78°04’) and QIT VOR-
DME (S00°02’ W78°31’). All others are Class F. All high altitude
airways are Class A.
(SPEC/ENR 3.1)
EL SALVADOR
NATIONAL PROCEDURES
GENERAL INFORMATION/FIR/UIR
COVERAGE - This entry is inclusive within the Central
American FIR/UIR.
DIMENSIONAL UNITS - ICAO Table except:
1. Air Traffic Control and MET provide altitudes, elevations,
and heights in feet on request.
2. Air Traffic Control provides vertical speed in feet per minute
on request.
3. In El Salvador, Air Traffic Control provides altimeter setting
in inches; millibars provided on request.
(SPEC/GEN 2.1-2)
ALTIMETER SETTING PROCEDURES - Standard
except:
1. Air Traffic Control will not assign FL200 to any aircraft when
QNH pressure is less than 29.92”.
(SPEC/ENR 1.7-1)
VERTICAL SEPARATION - Semi-circular.
1. According to agreement between Havana ACC (MUHA) and
Central America ACC (MHTG) on route UB500, traffic should use
the following:
a. Central America heading to Havana use FL200, 220, 240,
260, 280, 310, 350, 390, etc.