The Air Traffic Services (Exemption) Order 2011

• Citation: S.I. 2011/425
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Air Traffic Services (Exemption) Order 2011 and comes into force on 1st April 2011.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“aerodrome traffic zone” means the airspace identified as follows.

Subject to paragraph (c), in relation to an aerodrome—

which is not on an offshore installation, and

at which the length of the longest runway does not exceed 1,850 metres,

the airspace extending from the surface to a height of 2000 feet above the level of the aerodrome within the area bounded by a circle centred on the mid-point of the longest runway and having a radius of 2 nautical miles.

Where an aerodrome—

is not on an offshore installation, and

the length of its longest runway exceeds 1,850 metres,

the airspace extending from the surface to a height of 2000 feet above the level of the aerodrome within the area bounded by a circle centred on the mid-point of the longest runway and having a radius of 2 ½ nautical miles.

In a case where the airspace identified in accordance with paragraph (a) would extend less than 1 ½ nautical miles beyond the end of any runway at the aerodrome, the length of the longest runway at that aerodrome is to be treated as exceeding 1,850 metres for the purpose of identifying the airspace and paragraph (b) applies.

In relation to an aerodrome which is on an offshore installation, the airspace extending from mean sea level to a height of 2000 feet above that level and within 1 ½ nautical miles of the offshore installation.

“area control centre” means a centre established primarily for the purpose of providing an area control service;

“area control service” means the giving, in the interests of safety, of instructions, advice or information by means of radio signals to aircraft flying outside the vicinity of an aerodrome traffic zone.

Section 3 Exemption authorising the provision of air traffic services

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the provision of air traffic services in respect of a managed area is authorised.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not authorise the provision of an area control service from an area control centre or the provision of air traffic services by the holder of a licence granted under section 5 of the Transport Act 2000.

Section 4 Revocation

The Air Traffic Services (Exemption) Order 2001 is revoked.

Section 5 Duration of Exemption

The exemption granted by this Order is to continue in force until 31 st December 2019.