GM1 SECTION III

GENERAL

(a)Guidance material relating to the establishment of standard departure and arrival routes and associated procedures is contained in ICAO Doc 9426 ‘Air Traffic Services Planning Manual’.

(b)The flight procedure naming convention is contained in ICAO Doc 8168 (PANS-OPS) Volume II ‘Construction of Visual and Instrument Flight Procedures’, as last amended.

(c)The plain language designator used for the phraseology is contained in ICAO Doc 4444 (PANS-ATM) ‘Air Traffic Management’, as last amended.

(d)The runway designator detailed requirements are contained in ICAO Annex 14 Volume I, Section 5.2.2.

(e)Examples of plain language and coded designators for standard departure and arrival routes and associated procedures

(1)Example 1: Standard departure route — instrument Plain language designator: BRECON ONE DEPARTURE Coded designator: BCN 1 Meaning: The designator identifies a standard instrument departure route which terminates at the significant point BRECON (basic indicator). BRECON is a radio navigation facility with the identification BCN (basic indicator of the coded designator). The validity indicator ONE (1 in the coded designator) signifies either that the original version of the route is still in effect or that a change has been made from the previous version NINE (9) to the now effective version ONE (1). The absence of a route indicator signifies that only one route, in this case a departure route, has been established with reference to BRECON.

(2)Example 2: Standard arrival route — instrument Plain language designator: KODAP TWO ALPHA ARRIVAL Coded designator: KODAP2A Meaning: This designator identifies a standard instrument arrival route which begins at the significant point KODAP (basic indicator). KODAP is a significant point not marked by the site of a radio navigation facility and therefore assigned a five-letter name-code in accordance with Appendix 2 to ICAO Annex 11. The validity indicator TWO (2) signifies that a change has been made from the previous version ONE (1) to the now effective version TWO (2). The route indicator ALPHA (A) identifies one of several routes established with reference to KODAP and is a specific character assigned to this route.

(3)Example 3: Standard departure route — visual Plain language designator: ADOLA FIVE BRAVO DEPARTURE VISUAL Coded designator: ADOLA 5 B Meaning: This designator identifies a standard departure route with visual portion of flight, which terminates at ADOLA, a significant point not marked by the site of a radio navigation facility. The validity indicator FIVE (5) signifies that a change has been made from the previous version FOUR (4) to the now effective version FIVE (5). The route indicator BRAVO (B) identifies one of several routes established with reference to ADOLA.

(f)Examples of plain language and coded designators for approach procedures

(1)Example 1: Instrument approach to a runway Plain language designator: RNP ZULU APPROACH RUNWAY ONE EIGHT Coded designator: RNP Z RWY18 Meaning: The designator identifies an RNAV approach procedure to runway 18. The suffix letter ZULU (Z) identifies one of several RNAV approaches established on runway 18 and is a specific character assigned to this procedure.

(2)Example 2: Instrument approach to a runway Plain language designator: ILS ZULU APPROACH RUNWAY THREE TWO Coded designator: ILS Z RWY32 Meaning: The designator identifies an ILS approach procedure to runway 32. The suffix letter ZULU (Z) identifies one of several ILS approaches established on runway 32 and is a specific character assigned to this procedure.

(3)Example 3: Instrument approach to a helipad (PinS) Plain language designator: RNP APPROACH TWO THREE TWO Coded designator: RNP 232 Meaning: The designator identifies an RNAV approach procedure to a helipad for which the final approach track is equal to 232°.

(g)In this section, the term ‘route’ is used in the meaning of ‘route and associated procedures’.