NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA - CNATRA - The US Navy

FRENCH GUIANA
NATIONAL PROCEDURES
GENERAL INFORMATION/FIR/UIR
COVERAGE - This entry includes the Rochambeau FIR/UIR.
DIMENSIONAL UNITS - ICAO Table.
ALTIMETER SETTING PROCEDURES - Standard.
VERTICAL SEPARATION - Semi-circular.
POSITION REPORTING - Standard.
Standard.
Standard.
VISUAL FLIGHT RULES
INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES
RVSM RULES - Standard.
GREENLAND
(AFFSA/AFFSA FIL 04-657)
NATIONAL PROCEDURES
GENERAL INFORMATION/FIR/UIR
COVERAGE - This entry includes Greenland. Air Traffic
Control, flight information and alerting services in the
Sondrestrom FIR N of N63°30’ above FL195 are provided by
Reykjavik CTA, S of N63°30’ above FL195 are provided by Gander
Oceanic CTA. Below FL195, flight information and alerting services
only are provided by Sondrestrom Flight Information Center
except within the below listed zones/areas where all traffic
services are provided by USAF.
1. Greenland has implemented the ICAO Annex 11 airspace
classifications. For complete airspace descriptions see General
Planning.
(SPEC/ENR 1.1-1)
2. Sondrestrom (BGSF) Control Zone (surface to 3500’ MSL
within 10 NM radius of airport). Thule (BGTL) Control Zone
(surface to 7000’ MSL within 40 NM radius of airport).
(SPEC/AD 2-BGSF-4, AD 2-BGTL-4)
3. For Sondrestrom Terminal Control Area see Canada and
North Atlantic Enroute Low Altitude Chart LO-9.
(SPEC/LO-9)
DIMENSIONAL UNITS - Blue Table except:
1. ALTIMETER SETTING - Hectopascal with the exception of
Thule (BGTL) (inches of mercury).
(SPEC/GEN 2.1-1)
FRENCH GUIANA 3-29
ALTIMETER SETTING PROCEDURES - Standard.
VERTICAL SEPARATION - Semi-circular.
POSITION REPORTING - Same as Regional.
VISUAL FLIGHT RULES
Standard, except in Class F/G Airspace:
1. At or below 3000’ MSL or 1000’ above terrain, whichever is
higher, aircraft may operate in flight visibility not less than 1.6
NM, clear of clouds and in sight of the surface, if the speed is 140
knots indicated airspeed or less.
2. Aircraft established in the airport traffic pattern may operate
with a flight visibility of not less than 0.8 NM, clear of clouds, and
in sight of the airport.
3. Helicopters may operate in flight visibility of not less than
0.4 NM, if maneuvered at a speed that will give adequate
opportunity to observe other traffic or any obstacle in time to
avoid collision.
(SPEC/GEN 1.7-4)
Standard.
INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES
FM IMMUNITY -
1. GENERAL - Aircraft equipped with Non-FM interference
immune VHF COM and ILS/VOR receivers under IFR/VFR NAT,
may until 1 January 2007, operated within Sondrestrom FIR.
2. OPERATION OF NON-FM IMMUNE STATE AIRCRAFT VHF
COMM RECEIVERS.
a. The compliance date is postponed until new equipment,
meeting the operational requirements for 8.33kHz channel
spacing, is installed.
3. VHF VOR/LLZ RECEIVERS IFR OPERATIONS IN
GREENLAND.
a. State aircraft with non-FM interference immune VOR
equipment may operate IFR enroute within Sondrestrom FIR
provided that:
(1) Equipment is properly identified to the crew as
“non-FM immune.”
(2) Aircraft is equipped with TACAN.
(3) Aircraft is equipped and certified to meet RNP-5
without use of VOR, ref ICAO SUPPS-Doc7030/EUR/RAC.
(4) Planned flight will not require use on non-compliant
VOR equipment for enroute flight to destination or alternate
aerodromes.
b. For TMA operations, state aircraft with non-FM immune
VOR/ILS shall restrict operations in TMAs within Sondrestrom FIR
to VMC, or to aerodromes with approved and published
procedures for NDB, PAR, ASR, or TACAN approach.
(SPEC/GEN 1.7-3)