About This File
This manual is for controllers of London Area Control (LAC), London Terminal Control (LTC) and Manchester Prestwick Control (MPC) sectors and contains specific and local procedures relevant to these sectors. In addition, relevant information regarding the handling of traffic at airfields that may be covered top-down by VATSIM controllers is also included.
Controllers must be familiar with controlling procedures in the UK; this manual should be read in conjunction with MATS Part 1 (CAP 493) and guidance on standard UK Radiotelephony phraseology, detailed in CAP 413.
What's New in Version 2022/05 See changelog
Released
Effective 19 May 2022
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Affected Section(s) |
Affected LAG(s) |
Description |
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GEN 5 |
All |
Refreshed the General Coordination Regulation section to:
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Various |
All |
Removed duplication of Silent Handover procedures to External ACCs from sector specific instructions; now in GEN 5.6.2 |
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GEN 7 |
South |
Intention code diagram updated to reflect:
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GEN 8 |
Central, North, West |
Added first set of Military Radar Corridor details and co-ordination procedures (still to add: Gamston, TILNI, LYNAS) |
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LAC 2.1 |
South |
Updated Worthing and West Area of Responsibility diagrams to reflect a change to sectorisation near OTMET |
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LAC 4.1 |
Central |
Updated Daventry & PC Southeast Area of Responsibility diagrams to reflect a change to sectorisation south of East Midlands |
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LAC 4.1.2 |
Central |
Added LUVUM Box for climb of EGBB RWY 15 departures by PC SE |
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LAC 4.4.3.3 |
Central |
Updated Midlands Buffer Zone figures, due reduction in width from 5 to 3 NM (also in APT 7 & 😎 |
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LAC 5.4.3.1 |
Central |
Change to MUAC Delta (EDYY_D) frequency |
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LAC 6.5 |
North |
MCT en route hold removed |
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LAC 8.3.4.2 |
West |
Amended max level agreement with Brest V sector for GD/FF outbounds |
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LAC 8.4.2 |
West |
Removed RFT exception for traffic between LAC West <-> PC West; all traffic subject to GEN Coordination Regulation |
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MPC 4.2.2.2 |
North |
Various changes to ScAC South <-> PC NE agreements (due to new STAR descent profiles) |
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APT 3 |
South |
Updated Thames RMA and Southend RMA figures |
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APT 7, 8, 9, 10 |
North |
Birmingham, East Midlands, Liverpool, and Manchester holds converted to RNAV |
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ANX A.2; A.3 |
West |
Bristol and Cardiff STAR designators updated via CPT |
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ANX A.1, A.5, A.9, A.15 |
All |
Birmingham, East Midlands, Liverpool and Manchester STAR designators updated to use the initial fix, and some STARs extended to capture level agreements for descent planning (e.g. DAYNE 2A, which commenced at TNT -> ELVOS 1M to capture the FL200 lvl ELVOS agreement) |
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Note: A large number of changes are marked where instances of, for example, 1000ft have been changed to 1000 ft.
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