SERA.12020 Exchange of air-reports

ANNEX: Rules of the Air · Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

IRImplementing rule

SERA.12020Exchange of air-reports

(a)Air traffic services units shall transmit, as soon as practicable, special and non-routine air-reports to:

(1)other aircraft concerned;

(2)the associated meteorological watch office (MWO) in accordance with point 3 of Point A Appendix 5; and

(3)other air traffic services units concerned.

(b)When receiving special air-reports by voice communications concerning braking action which does not correspond to the runway condition report, air traffic services units shall forward them without delay to the appropriate aerodrome operator.

(c)Transmissions to aircraft shall be repeated at a frequency and continued for a period of time which shall be determined by the air traffic services unit concerned.

IR · SERA.12020 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2024/404 · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

AMCAcceptable means of compliance

AMC1 SERA.12020Exchange of air-reports

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SPECIAL AIR-REPORTS Special air-reports should be transmitted with the least possible delay to aircraft likely to be affected and should cover the portion of the route up to one hour’s flying time ahead of the aircraft.

AMC · AMC1 SERA.12020 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · ED Decision 2016/023/R · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

GMGuidance material

GM1 SERA.12020(a)(2)Exchange of air-reports

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SPECIAL AND NON-ROUTINE AIR-REPORTS TO THE ASSOCIATED METEOROLOGICAL WATCH OFFICE (MWO) The transmission of special and non-routine air-reports to their associated MWO is to be intended with the exceptions of runway braking action encountered and wind shear air-reports.

GM · GM1 SERA.12020(a)(2) — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · ED Decision 2020/007/R · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

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GM1 SERA.12020(a)(3)Exchange of air-reports

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OTHER ATS UNITS CONCERNED Other ATS units concerned are those that have flights under their jurisdiction which are expected to enter the airspace concerned at a later stage of flight. Those flights could, for instance, require rerouting before entering the airspace concerned. As an example, a special air-report concerning volcanic ash or volcanic eruption could be necessary to transmit to aircraft by ATS units in the FIR adjacent to that affected by the air-report.

GM · GM1 SERA.12020(a)(3) — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · ED Decision 2013/013/R · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

All rules in SECTION 12 Services related to meteorology — Aircraft observations and reports by voice communications

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 26 Aug 2025, extracted 17 Aug 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.

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