AIS.OR.405 Pre-flight information services

COMMUNICATION Pre-flight information may be provided as a verbal briefing or a self-briefing.

OPERATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

(a)Geographic coverage for pre-flight information services should be determined and periodically reviewed. In general, the coverage zone should be limited to the flight information region (FIR) within which the aerodrome/heliport is located, the FIR(s) adjacent thereto, and all air route or portion of route flown without an intermediate landing, originating at the aerodrome/heliport and extending beyond the FIR(s) mentioned.

(b)The elements of the aeronautical information products may be limited to national publications and when practicable, those of immediately adjacent States, provided that a complete library of aeronautical information is available at a central location and means of direct communications with that library are available.

(c)A recapitulation of valid NOTAM of operational significance and other information of urgent character can be made available to flight crews in the form of plain-language pre-flight information bulletins (PIBs).

(d)Guidance on the preparation of pre-flight information services and PIBs may be found in Chapter 8 of ICAO Doc 8126 ‘Aeronautical Information Services Manual’ and in Chapter 7 of the EUROCONTROL ‘Guidelines — Operating Procedures for AIS Dynamic Data (OPADD)’ (edition:4.0, dated 17 April 2015).