World Air Ops | NAT | Doc 007 MNPS Guidance

Guidance concerning Air Navigation in and above the NAT MNPSACHAPTER 4: FLIGHT PLANNING ................................................................................................................... 204.1 FLIGHT PLAN REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................................................... 20General ............................................................................................................................................................. 20Routings ........................................................................................................................................................... 20Flight Levels .................................................................................................................................................... 21ATC Flight Plans ............................................................................................................................................. 214.2 FLIGHT PLANNING REQUIREMENTS ON SPECIFIC ROUTES ................................................................................ 22Flights Planning on the Organised Track System ............................................................................................ 22Flights Planning on Random Route Segments in a Generally Eastbound or Westbound Direction at/or Southof 70°N ............................................................................................................................................................ 23Flights Planning on a Generally Eastbound or Westbound Direction on Random Route Segments North of70°N ................................................................................................................................................................. 23Flights Planning on Random Routes in a Generally Northbound or Southbound Direction ........................... 23Flights Planning to Enter or Leave the NAT Region via the European or North American Regions .............. 23Flights Planning to Operate Without Using HF Communications ................................................................... 24CHAPTER 5: OCEANIC ATC CLEARANCES ................................................................................................ 255.1 GENERAL .......................................................................................................................................................................... 255.2 CONTENTS OF CLEARANCES ...................................................................................................................................... 265.3 OCEANIC CLEARANCES FOR WESTBOUND FLIGHTS ROUTING VIA 61°N 010°W ............................................ 275.4 OCEANIC CLEARANCES FOR FLIGHTS INTENDING TO OPERATE WITHIN THE NAT REGION ANDSUBSEQUENTLY ENTER THE EUR OR NAM REGIONS ........................................................................................... 275.5 OCEANIC CLEARANCES FOR RANDOM FLIGHTS INTENDING TO OPERATE WITHIN THE NAT REGIONAND SUBSEQUENTLY ENTER REGIONS OTHER THAN NAM OR EUR ................................................................ 285.6 OCEANIC FLIGHTS ORIGINATING FROM THE CAR OR SAM REGIONS AND ENTERING NAT MNPSAIRSPACE VIA THE NEW YORK OCA ......................................................................................................................... 285.7 ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH OCEANIC CLEARANCES .......................................................................................... 28ATC System Loop Errors ................................................................................................................................ 28Waypoint Insertion Errors ............................................................................................................................... 29CHAPTER 6: COMMUNICATIONS AND POSITION REPORTING PROCEDURES .............................. 306.1 ATS COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 30HF Voice Communications ............................................................................................................................. 30SELCAL ....................................................................................................................................................... 31VHF Voice Communications ........................................................................................................................... 31SATCOM Voice Communications ................................................................................................................. 32Datalink Communications ............................................................................................................................... 326.2 INTER-PILOT AIR-TO-AIR VHF FACILITY 123.45 MHZ AND EMERGENCY FREQUENCY 121.5 MHZ............. 336.3 POSITION REPORTING ................................................................................................................................................... 33Time and Place of Position Reports ................................................................................................................. 33Contents of Position Reports ........................................................................................................................... 33Standard Message Types ................................................................................................................................. 34Addressing of Position Reports ....................................................................................................................... 346.4 “WHEN ABLE HIGHER” (WAH) REPORTS .................................................................................................................. 356.5 METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS ..................................................................................................................................... 356.6 HF COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE ................................................................................................................................ 36General Provisions ........................................................................................................................................... 36Communications Procedures for Use in the Event of an On-board HF Equipment Failure ............................ 37Communications Procedures for Use during Poor HF Propagation Conditions .............................................. 37Rationale for Lost Communications Operational Procedures .......................................................................... 38Tactical ATC Environment ........................................................................................................................... 38Procedural ATC Environment....................................................................................................................... 38Operational Procedures following Loss of HF Communications Prior to Entry into the NAT ....................... 39On-Board HF Communications Equipment Failure ...................................................................................... 39HF Blackout .................................................................................................................................................. 39Operational Procedures following Loss of HF Communications after Entering the NAT .............................. 40Summary of Operational Procedures Required following Loss of Air/Ground ATS Communications in theNAT Region..................................................................................................................................................... 40NAT Doc 007 xi Edition 2010