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ITALY ATS AIRSPACE CLASSIFICATIONS

A B (1) C D E F (1) G
SEPARATION All aircraft SEPARATION All aircraft SEPARATION IFR from IFR SEPARATION IFR from IFR SEPARATION IFR from IFR SEPARATION IFR from IFR as SEPARATION Not provided
IFR from VFR far as practical

SERVICES Air traffic SERVICES Air traffic SERVICES Air traffic SERVICES Air traffic control service SERVICES Air traffic control service SERVICES Air traffic advisory SERVICES Flight information
including traffic information and Flight information
control service control service control service service and Flight service
about VFR flights (and service about VFR flights
VMC MINIMA traffic avoidance advise information service
I (4)
1000 ft
on request)
8 km VMC MINIMA As for Class VMC MINIMA As for Class VMC MINIMA As for Class VMC MINIMA As for VFR flights As for VFR flights
1500 m
As for Class VMC MINIMA VMC MINIMA
FL 100 (4) (4)
F 5 km

1000 ft
A airspace A airspace (4) A airspace (4) A airspace (4) in Class F airspace (4) in Class G airspace

R SPEED Not applicable SPEED Not applicable SPEED Not applicable SPEED 250kt
IAS
below
SPEED 250kt
IAS
below SPEED 250kt
IAS
below SPEED 250kt
IAS
below
LIMITATION LIMITATION LIMITATION LIMITATION FL 100 LIMITATION FL 100 LIMITATION FL 100 LIMITATION FL 100
(2) (2) (2) (2)
RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO

TRANSPONDER A,C TRANSPONDER A,C A,C

TRANSPONDER TRANSPONDER A,C TRANSPONDER A,C TRANSPONDER A,C (6) TRANSPONDER A,C (6)
CLEARANCE ATC CLEARANCE ATC CLEARANCE ATC CLEARANCE ATC CLEARANCE ATC CLEARANCE Not required CLEARANCE Not required

SEPARATION All aircraft SEPARATION VFR from IFR SEPARATION Not provided SEPARATION Not provided SEPARATION Not provided SEPARATION Not provided

SERVICES Air traffic SERVICES Air traffic control service SERVICES Traffic information in SERVICES Flight SERVICES Flight SERVICES Flight
control service for separation from IFR respect of all other flights information information information
VFR traffic information (traffic avoidance advice
H

service service service

(and traffic avoidance on request only between
advice on request) VFR and IFR)
VMC MINIMA VMC MINIMA VMC MINIMA VMC MINIMA VMC MINIMA VMC MINIMA

1000 ft 1000 ft 1000 ft 1000 ft 1000 ft 1000 ft

8 km 8 km 8 km 8 km 8 km 8 km

FL 100 1500 m FL 100 1500 m FL 100 1500 m FL 100 1500 m FL 100 1500 m FL 100 1500 m

V 5 km 5 km 5 km 5 km 5 km 5 km

1000 ft 1000 ft 1000 ft 1000 ft 1000 ft 1000 ft

F VFR The higher of:

3000 ft
AMSL
or 1000 ft
AGL
The higher of:
3000 ft
AMSL
or 1000 ft
AGL

R 5 km
(5) clear of clouds
5 km
(5) clear of clouds

in sight in sight

SPEED Not applicable SPEED 250kt below SPEED 250kt below SPEED 250kt below SPEED 250kt below SPEED 250kt below
LIMITATION LIMITATION IAS FL 100 LIMITATION IAS FL 100 LIMITATION IAS FL 100 LIMITATION IAS FL 100 LIMITATION IAS FL 100
(2) (2) (2) (2) (2)

RADIO RADIO RADIO RADIO Not required (8) RADIO Not required RADIO Not required
(3) (3) (3)

TRANSPONDER A,C TRANSPONDER A,C TRANSPONDER A,C TRANSPONDER A,C TRANSPONDER A,C (6) TRANSPONDER A,C (6)

CLEARANCE ATC CLEARANCE ATC CLEARANCE ATC CLEARANCE Not required (7) CLEARANCE Not required CLEARANCE Not required

(1) Adopted but not implemented
(2) Not applicable to military aircraft
(3) Before crossing international FIR boundaries a position
report is required for aircraft entering Italian airspace
(4) VMC minima are provided for guidance to pilots with regard to contingency
situations which include reference to VMC (Communication failure)
(5) Lower flight visibility to 1500 M is permitted for flights operating (6) Applicable to airplanes and helicopters only
at speeds of 140 KTS or less. (7) Unless otherwise specified in RAC 4
Helicopters may operate in less than 1500 M flight visibility, if manoeuvred (8) Unless otherwise specified in ENR 2.1.1 and RAC 4
at a speed which gives, having regard to visibility, adequate opportunity
to observe other traffic or any obstacles in time to avoid collision.
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