Restrictions 14 July 2012 to 15 August 2012
Prohibited Zone (P111): Aircraft will not be allowed within the Prohibited Zone unless they are inbound to or outbound from Heathrow, London City or RAF Northolt and under the control of those airports or NATS TC or Thames Radar. These flights must have undergone crew, passengers and baggage screening in accordance with the relevant aviation security programme. They must also meet all the requirements to enter the Restricted Zone.
Aircraft inbound to Biggin Hill using the instrument approach procedure to runway 21 may transit the Prohibited Zone provided that they are in contact with NATS TC or Thames Radar and meet all the requirements to enter the Restricted Zone.
The existing airfields at White Waltham, Denham, Fairoaks and London Heliport will be provided with exemptions to allow both IFR and VFR operations to and from the Restricted Zone. To comply with this exemption all aircraft will need to comply with the requirements to operate in the Restricted Zone. Details of these exemptions will be published in due course.
Pilots should note that the boundary of the Prohibited Zone has been amended since the restrictions were first proposed in March 2011.
Restricted Zone (R112): Aircraft will be allowed to enter the Restricted Zone if they can comply with a set of requirements defined by aircraft type.
Airfields within three nautical miles of the outer edge of the Restricted Zone may apply for an exemption to operate and be exempt from the requirements of the Restricted Zone providing aircraft enter and leave the Restricted Zone via an agreed route. Airfield managers will be responsible for ensuring this takes place. If you wish to apply for such an exemption please fill in the online form (this is now closed). The CAA or DfT will then contact you with further information.
Farnborough International Airshow: On the 14th July, the Farnborough RA (T)s get incorporated into the Olympics security Restricted Zone (R112) and all the regulations associated with that need to be observed. Be careful how you flight plan if you want to transit the airspace – the WOD/OCK corridor will still be open but transits through the large RA (T) may be difficult.
Coinciding with the introduction of the Olympics temporary controlled airspace is Fly Away Day on the 16th July, where all the static and flying display aircraft are required to depart unless they have special permission to stay. This means 150 departures on top of our normal 150 aircraft movements. Farnborough ATC have chosen to have a CTR/A the same shape as the RA (T), primarily because local pilots are used to flying with these restrictions. So, on the 16th July, the ‘small’ RA (T) morphs seamlessly into CAS (T), still surrounded by the Olympics Restricted Zone (R112), but now with further Olympics CAS (T) to the west. We have tried to keep the latter as simple as possible in terms of bases – 2,500ft and 3,500ft in the west and following existing airspace boundaries so ground landmarks are still useable.
Farnborough LARS West will still operate , but LARS North and East will be closed until the 16th August. This area will be controlled by the Military controllers providing the Atlas air traffic control service in the Restricted Zone (R112) using the Farnborough radio frequencies. London FIS is still available as well as Southampton, Odiham, Benson and Brize Norton.
Controlled Airspace (Temporary): Temporary Controlled Airspace (CAS(T)) is being implimented in areas around the busy London TMA, Southampton, Southend, Farnborough and Manston from 16 July to 15 August 2012. This airspace will enable increased traffic flows without interfering with the Governments security driven restrictions.
The proposed CAS(T) was deliberately kept as modest as possible, in recognition of the substantial number of recreational pilots flying in the South East of England. But it targets the specific pinch-points most likely to cause congestion.
Some of this airspace will be put in place in low levels of what is currently Class G airspace. Pilots operating in this area during the Olympic period therefore need to be aware of these changes. Full details of the CAS(T) can be found in AIP Supplement S 003/2012.
