Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:23 am
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I’ve been looking into the status of the Holyhead CTAs 19, 20 and 21 which are off the West coast of Wales, near the Lleyn peninsular.
They have bases of FL55, FL85 and FL145 respectively from West to East (in the order of the numbering) and are Class C airspace.
In the AIP there is a note which gives hours of promulgation to be basically 1800-0900 local, plus Weekends and Bank Holidays, but also says “during periods of availability of ATS Route L18 as detailed in the AUP/UUP.”
I know this won’t really affect GA much, but my questions are thus:
They have bases of FL55, FL85 and FL145 respectively from West to East (in the order of the numbering) and are Class C airspace.
In the AIP there is a note which gives hours of promulgation to be basically 1800-0900 local, plus Weekends and Bank Holidays, but also says “during periods of availability of ATS Route L18 as detailed in the AUP/UUP.”
I know this won’t really affect GA much, but my questions are thus:
- If you were flying this way to Ireland during the day, midweek would you consider the airspace to exist or not?
- Can you plot a route using Skydemon from MEDOG to LIPGO for Monday lunchtime at FL150 and show me what it reports?
Jonathan
The views I express here are entirely my own and are not intended to represent my employer.
The views I express here are entirely my own and are not intended to represent my employer.