AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION SERVICE

3.1.- Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP-ESPAÑA)

Contains information of a permanent nature as well as temporary information of long duration (at least one year). The manual is provided in bilingual edition (Spanish / English) and the information is kept up to date by means of an amendment service and supplements to the AIP.

The AIP includes the following parts:

• GEN General.

• ENR Air Rules and Air Traffic Services.

• AD Aerodromes.

The amendment service consists of:

Regular Amendment: Includes information of a permanent nature which comes into force on the date of publication of the amendment; it consists of pages, aeronautical charts and handwritten corrections to be included in the AIP. Regular amendment is issued on the AIRAC effectiveness dates (see item 4), and has a blue-coloured cover and a consecutive and independent serial number.

AIRAC Amendment: Includes pre-arranged information of a permanent nature and operational significance which comes effective at a date later than its publication; it consists of pages and aeronautical charts that must be included in the AIP on the effective date.

The AIRAC amendment is published and comes effective in accordance with the rules of the Regulated AIRAC System (see item 4). Its cover is green-coloured and has a consecutive serial number, that is independent of regular amendment numbering, and based on a yearly calendar basis.

3.2.- AIP Supplements (SUP)

The supplements are issued with the aim to bring the attention of users to temporary changes as well as additional information that affect the information contained in the AIP. Each supplement includes the appropriate references to the part, or parts, concerned of the AIP.

Thus, users are advised to review the supplements currently in force to obtain the latest information regarding the AIP.

There are two types:

• Regular Supplement: Generally it includes:

  • Temporary changes of long duration (3 months or longer).

  • Temporary information containing extensive texts and/or graphics, even if the duration is less than 3 months.

  • Additional information which, though not specifically enclosed in the AIP, affects in some way the information contained in it (e.g. traffic orientation squemes, contingency routings).

  It is published as long as there is information available and its effective and expiry dates are clearly highlighted. The pages of the regular supplement are issued in yellow colour.

• AIRAC Supplement: Includes pre-arranged information of a temporary nature and of operational significance that requires extensive texts and/or explanatory graphics. The AIRAC supplement is published and comes effective in accordance with the Regulated AIRAC System (see item 4). The pages of the AIRAC supplement are issued in pink colour.

Both types of supplements are allocated with a common and consecutive numbering based on a yearly calendar basis.

3.3.- Aeronautical Information Circular (AIC)

It contains information that does not qualify for promulgation in AIP, NOTAM or SUP but is of interest to aircraft operations. Circulars mainly anticipate long term changes in the legislation, regulation, procedures, etc; as well as advise and clarify information about the safety of flights, legislation, technical aspects and administrative matters.

There are two series of circulars:

• NATIONAL: for national distribution only.

• INTERNATIONAL: for national and international distribution.

Each series is independent and has a consecutive numbering based on the calendar year.

3.4.- NOTAM and pre-flight information bulletins (PIB)

The NOTAM is issued through the AFTN telecommunications network and in a specific format named “System NOTAM” which permits its automated treatment in data bases.

This publication serves as a fast medium to disseminate urgent and unpredictable information of direct operational significance and, in general, of a temporary nature and short duration. It can also disseminate permanent or temporary long duration information regarding operationally significant changes, when these are made at short notice with no time for an AMDT or SUP to be arranged. Such changes will be replaced, as soon as possible, by AMDT or SUP as necessary.

3.5.- Checklists and lists of valid NOTAM

For each one of the elements of the Integrated Package there is a checklist to verify the information in force.

Checklists of SUP and the AIP-ESPAÑA are AIP pages included in part GEN 0.3/0.4, whilst the checklist of the AIC constitutes an AIC itself. For the particular case of the NOTAM the checklist is distributed via AFTN in System NOTAM format.

The NOTAM Summary consists in a compilation of NOTAM in force, in plain language. An updated NOTAM Summary is published daily in the web page of Enaire, División de Información Aeronáutica (AIS):

https://notampib.enaire.es/icaro

There are eight types of summaries:

• SERIES A: For international distribution including all NOTAM in force issued of the Series A. Published in Spanish or English language.

• SERIES B: For international distribution including all NOTAM in force issued of the Series B. Published in Spanish or English language.

• SERIES D: For international distribution including all NOTAM in force issued of the Series D. Published in Spanish or English language.

• SERIES E: For international distribution including all NOTAM in force issued of the Series E. Published in Spanish or English language.

• SERIES F: For international distribution including all NOTAM in force issued of the Series F. Published in Spanish or English language.

• SERIES G: For international distribution including all NOTAM in force issued of the Series G. Published in Spanish or English language.

• SERIES P: For international distribution including all NOTAM in force issued of the Series P. Published in Spanish or English language.

• SERIES R: For international distribution including all NOTAM in force issued of the Series R. Published in Spanish or English language.

3.6.- Sale of publications

5.1.- Aeronautical Information offices (AIO)

The necessary information for the flight is provided at the AIO of civil aerodromes, as well as at flight plan offices of military aerodromes/heliports. In these offices the different elements of the Integrated Package, relevant charts, and Pre-flight Information Bulletins are available to users. Personal verbal briefings may also be available on request.

5.2.- Pre-flight Information Bulletins (PIB)

PIB are produced at the Aeronautical Information Office of each aerodrome and consist in a list of current NOTAM, in plain language and ICAO abbreviations, covering selected major traffic air routes or areas determined as per the requirements of users.

Additionally, PIB may also include information which is not to be promulgated by NOTAM, but useful at a local level and of interest to users.

The coverage, presentation and types of PIB depend on the degree of automation and means available at every AIO.

Generally, PIB are provided in two parts:

1. NAVIGATION WARNINGS: Including information regarding activities in restricted or dangerous areas, military exercises, etc.

2. GENERAL: Includes information regarding serviceability reports, changes in the procedures, etc.

At all the aerodromes in Aena´s network, Pre-flight Information Bulletins of domestic and international aerodromes may be obtained either through self-briefing terminals or on request.

6.1.- Electronic terrain and obstacle data

6.2.- AIP Data Sets

This is distributed into the following publications:

• Complete airspace data sets: One file is published named according to the amendment of publication, containing the ATS airspaces and the airspaces for special activities, specifically the following types: ATZ, CTA, CTR, D, FIR, FIZ, FRA, P, R, RVSM, TMA, TRA, TSA, UIR.

• Complete en-route data sets: One file is published containing the routes, route segments, way-points (ICAO type) and air navigation radio aids, and it is named according to the amendment of publication.

• Complete public aerodrome/heliport data sets: One file is published for each aerodrome/heliport, named according to its location indicator and the amendment of publication, and containing the aerodrome/heliport and the following entities when they are present:

  • Runway/FATO

  • Runway direction

  • Threshold with declared distances

  • TLOF

  • Runway protection area

  • RVR

  • Apron

  • Taxiway

  • Holding position

  • Check point

  • Stand

  • ABN/IBN

  • Hot spot

  • Zone inappropriate for aircraft movements

• Complete restricted aerodrome/heliport data sets: One file is published containing the restricted aerodromes/heliports, and it is named according to the amendment of publication.

• Complete temporary aerodrome/heliport data sets: One file is published containing the temporary aerodromes/heliports, and it is named according to the amendment of publication.