FUA Restrictions

Flight Plan Buffer Zones

Introduction

• Within the frame of the Free Route activities, Switzerland

is moving from a route-based airspace management
philosophy to an airspace-based one.

• This change will have consequences for flight planning.

• A step-by-step approach has been chosen for this change

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FUA Restrictions

• FUA Restrictions for the central / west part of Switzerland are already
published in RAD Appendix 7
• As soon as relevant training is completed, AMC Switzerland will start
to activate those restrictions in AUP / UUP
• This is expected for spring 2018

RESTRICTION
RSA ID Number

Not available for traffic during the times and within the
vertical limits allocated at EAUP/EUUP
LST21 Except ARR LSGS/MS, DEP LSGS/MS LST21R

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FUA Restrictions

• Apart from the FUA restriction in RAD Appendix 7, skyguide will use
the following type of restriction in RAD Appendix 4 referencing TRA
activations from AUP / UUP

• This is in response to an airline request to improve the availability of

this DCT segment
• CFSPs are (again) invited to give feedback on the codeability in their
flight planning software

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Flight Plan Buffer Zones (FBZ)

• With effect from 1st Februray 2018, Switzerland has published Flight
Plan Buffer Zones for all Temporary Reserved Areas (TRAs).

• However, FBZs will not be activated via AUP/UUP until validation

activities have been completed.

• FBZ publication is currently limited to national territory only.

• Skyguide is open for cross-border publication of FBZs when and

where needed.

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Flight Plan Buffer Zones (FBZ)

• Issue:
As the FBZs must cover the total volume of airspace to be avoided at
flight planning level, those buffer zones come very close to
permanent ATS routes (and permanently available DCT segments)

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Flight Plan Buffer Zones (FBZ)

• Because of this proximity, a certain risk exists that permanently

available trajectories are blocked (SESAR FREE Solutions Live Trial)
• To avoid this, skyguide is planning a series of validation and testing
activities and is kindly asking CFSPs / AOs and Eurocontrol for
support:

- Validation of FBZ boundaries against ATS Routes and DCTs in flight

planning software and in CACD / EAD

- Prevalidation session in NMOC with participation of CFSPs

• Timeline:
The aim is to conduct all preparations during the course of spring /
summer and to finally activate FBZs and corresponding restrictions in
AUP / UUP at the latest end of 2018.
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Questions / Discussion

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