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Doc 4444-RAC/501PROCEDURESFORAIR NAVIGATION SERVICES

RULES OF THE AIRANDAIR TRAFFIC SERVICES

THIRTEENTH EDITION — 1996

This edition incorporates all amendments approved by the Councilprior to 12 March 1996 and supersedes, on 7 November 1996, allprevious editions of Doc 4444-RAC/501.

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION

7/11/96

(ii)

AMENDMENTS

The issue of amendments is announced regularly in the

ICAO Journal

and in themonthly

Supplement to the Catalogue of ICAO Publications and Audio-visualTraining Aids

, which holders of this publication should consult. The space belowis provided to keep a record of such amendments.

RECORD OF AMENDMENTS AND CORRIGENDA

AMENDMENTSCORRIGENDANo.DateapplicableDateenteredEnteredbyNo.Dateof issueDateenteredEnteredby

16/11/9717/9/97ICAO25/11/9818/11/98ICAO34/11/9910/9/99ICAO

PANS-RAC (Doc 4444)

(iii)

7/11/96

5/11/98No. 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PagePage

FOREWORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PART I.DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1PART II.GENERAL PROVISIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1

Scope of the Rules of the Air and AirTraffic Services Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11.Relationship to other documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-12.Contents of the document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1Allocation of responsibility in the provisionof air traffic services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-13.Responsibility for the provision of airtraffic control service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-14.Responsibility for the provision of flightinformation service and alerting service. . . . . . . . . . .2-25.Division of responsibility for controlbetween air traffic control units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-26.Responsibility in regard to military traffic . . . . . . . . .2-37.Responsibility in regard to unmannedfree balloons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3General air traffic services operating practices . . . . . . . . . . . .2-48.Flight plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-49.Change from IFR to VFR flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-710.Clearances and information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-811.Control of air traffic flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-812.Altimeter setting procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-813.Indication of heavy wake turbulencecategory and MLS capability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-914.Position reporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1015.Reporting of operational and meteorologicalinformation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1116.Forwarding of meteorological information. . . . . . . . .2-1317.Air traffic incident report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1318.Change of radiotelephony call sign for aircraft . . . . .2-1319.Procedures in regard to aircraft equippedwith airborne collision avoidancesystems (ACAS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-14

PART III.AREA CONTROL SERVICE. . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1

Separation of aircraft in the provision of area control service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-11.General provisions for the separationof controlled traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1Vertical separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-12.Vertical separation application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-13.Vertical separation minimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-14.Minimum cruising level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-25.Assignment of cruising levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-26.Vertical separation during ascent or descent . . . . . . .3-2Horizontal separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-37.Lateral separation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-38.Longitudinal separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4Reduction in separation minima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-229. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-22Air traffic control clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2310.Issuance of air traffic control clearances . . . . . . . . . .3-2311.Contents of air traffic control clearances . . . . . . . . . .3-2412.Description of air traffic control clearances. . . . . . . .3-2413.Clearances to fly maintaining own separationwhile in visual meteorological conditions. . . . . . . . . .3-2414.Essential traffic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2515.Clearance of a requested change inflight plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-25Emergency and communication failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2516.Emergency procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2517.Air-ground communication failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-27Other in-flight contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2818.Strayed or unidentified aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2819.Interception of civil aircraft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2920.Descents by supersonic aircraft due tosolar cosmic radiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-30

PART IV.APPROACH CONTROLSERVICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1

1.Reduction in separation minima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1Departing aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-12.General procedures for departing aircraft. . . . . . . . . .4-13.Minimum separation between departing aircraft . . . .4-14.Clearances for departing aircraft to climbmaintaining own separation while in visualmeteorological conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-25.Departing aircraft from parallel ornear-parallel runways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-26.Information for departing aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2