The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (London Stansted Airport) (No. 2) Regulations 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/2020
• Sections: 5

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (London Stansted Airport) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 24th September 2009.

Section 2

In regulation 3 all times referred to are Co-ordinated Universal Time.

Section 3

Subject to regulation 4, from 0001 hours on 24th September 2009 to 2359 hours on 6th April 2012, no aircraft is to fly below 1,500 feet above mean sea level within—

(a) the area bounded successively by—

(i) the anticlockwise arc of a circle having a radius of 8 nautical miles centred on point 515306N 0001406E, from 515416N 0002653E to 520104N 0001503E;

(ii) a straight line joining the points 520104N 0001503E and 520517N 0002124E;

(iii) the clockwise arc of a circle having a radius of 13 nautical miles centred on the point 515306N 0001406E, from 520517N 0002124E to 515828N 0003314E; and

(iv) a straight line joining the points 515828N 0003314E and 515416N 0002653E; or

(b) the area bounded successively by—

(i) the clockwise arc of a circle having a radius of 8 nautical miles centred on the point 515306N 0001406E, from 514508N 0001309E to 515155N 0000120E;

(ii) a straight line joining the points 515155N 0000120E and 515146N 0000006W;

(iii) a straight line joining the points 515146N 0000006W and 514550N 0000316W;

(iv) the anticlockwise arc of a circle having a radius of 13 nautical miles centred on the point 515306N 0001406E, from 514550N 0000316W to 514055N 0000652E; and

(v) a straight line joining the points 514055N 0000652E and 514508N 0001309E.

Section 4

Regulation 3 does not apply to any aircraft—

(a) equipped with serviceable secondary surveillance radar equipment which includes a pressure altitude reporting transponder operating in Mode A and Mode C; or

(b) of which the commander has obtained permission to enter any of the airspace restricted by regulation 3 from, as may be appropriate, the air traffic control unit at—

(i) London Stansted Airport,

(ii) Essex Radar, or

(iii) Farnborough Radar.

Section 5

In these Regulations, the expressions “Mode A”, “Mode C” and “secondary surveillance radar equipment” referred to in relation to Scale E1, Scale E2 and Scale E3 respectively in paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the Air Navigation Order 2005, each have the same meaning as in paragraph 5 of that Schedule.