Iceman wrote:I recall recovering to Vagar in the Faeroe Islands after the 2016 eclipse. There were about 17 aircraft wishing to land (the weather was almost down to ILS minima). The FISO just stated over the radio ‘talk to each other and self-sequence’. It worked a treat with the Kingair in front of me calling no joy on the approach before coming back to the hold and telling me to have a go next. I got in ok followed by the Kingair on his second approach. Everything from Cirrus to 737-sized aircraft was in the mix.
There is one airport there, he just assumed everybody know each other from the Eclipse night party
How does it work on handover from en-route ATC to airport AFIS? I see there is no terminal ATC frequency on the plates, so no approach sequencing and it’s really AFIS who deals with it
Still something is better than nothing
Now that we are out of EGNOS & EASA, I think we should send our Gatwick guys to New Zealand to learn a bit, NZ CAA copied UK ANO and airspace “as is” but then went really far when it come to GPS approaches in uncontrolled airfields with limited “en-route ATC interest”:
- They also allow uncontrolled IFR for aircraft & gliders without talking to anyone OCAS
- They implemented RNP without LPV (they are away from SBAS anyway)
- They also have BMZ like ATZ, broadcasting mandatory zones
- They have SafetyCom 119.4 is used for IAP IFR OCAS
They don’t have to make it “GPS heavens” like USA & France with billion budgets for ATC/RNP, just copy & past what New Zealand did…
https://www.aip.net.nz/assets/AIP/Aerod ... 1_45.2.pdf