FPD.OR.100 Flight procedure design (FPD) services

SOURCE The FPD provider should use data coming from authoritative sources. If the data used is not formally made available by an authoritative source or does not meet the applicable data quality requirements (DQRs), but is required by end users, the FPD provider may use data from other (non-authoritative) sources, provided such data has been verified and validated by the FPD provider itself and/or other ATM/ANS providers to conform with the relevant standards and DQRs.

GENERAL

(a)If the flight procedure(s) or a change thereto result in a change to the functional system of an ATS provider, a safety assessment of the change to the functional system in accordance with ATS.OR.205 needs to be carried out by that ATS provider before the deployment of that flight procedure.

(b)In other situations, the organisations that perform the safety assessment may vary. For instance, the safety assessment of the a change of flight procedure(s) at an aerodrome may be performed by the aerodrome operator as per ADR.OR.B.040(f) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 or as per national legislation for aerodromes that are not certified in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 139/2014.

(c)An approval may not be required, when there are minor changes, including but not limited to:

(1)publication of new standard instrument departures (SIDs), as a result of shortening already published SIDs;

(2)incorporation in existing standard instrument arrivals (STARs) routes of segments already published in other STARs, with altitudes equal to or higher than those published;

(3)change in the procedure approach chart identification: transition planning for change to instrument flight procedure approach chart identification from RNAV to RNP, according to ICAO Circular 353; and

(4)removal of segments of SID or STAR to the flight procedures.

DESIGN AND DOCUMENTATION Design and documentation of flight procedures includes maintenance and periodic review activities. In reference to periodic review, please refer to AMC1 Article 3(9) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures ‘PERIODIC REVIEW’.

VALIDATION OF AERONAUTICAL DATA The processes for validating the aeronautical data by the FPD provider should meet the standards specified in EUROCAE ED-76A/RTCA DO-200B ‘Standards for Processing Aeronautical Data’, dated June 2015, especially Section 2.4.1 (6) and Appendix C, in particular points C.2.1 and C.2.2. EUROCAE ED-76/RTCA DO-200A may be also used for the demonstration of compliance.