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 2023/03 See changelog
Released
Effective 23 March 2023
Changes made since the last release are marked in the document with a black bar in the left-hand margin. New text is marked in red. The changes are also described briefly in the table below.
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Affected Section(s) |
Affected LAG(s) |
Description WAD = West Airspace Deployment |
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GEN 1.7 |
All |
Added Free Route Airspace general description |
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GEN 5.2 |
All |
Updated Deemed Coordination of En-Route Traffic procedures |
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GEN 7 |
All |
Fig GEN-3 UK Intention Codes updated |
|
LAC 2.3.1.2 |
South |
Amendments to Worthing agreements with AC West due to WAD |
|
LAC 2.3.3.5/3 |
South |
Revised max level for certain destinations via SITET and LELNA-UPALO |
|
LAC 3.3.1.4 |
South |
Amendments to Dover agreements with AC West due to WAD |
|
LAC 4 |
Central |
Revised AC Daventry AoR due to WAD (minor changes in Brize area) |
|
LAC 6 |
North |
Revised AC Lakes AoR due to WAD |
|
LAC 8 |
West |
Completely revised section due to WAD |
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LTC 3 |
Central |
Revised TC NW AoR due to WAD (minor changes in Brize area) |
|
LTC 5 |
South |
Revised TC SW AoR due to WAD (minor changes in Brize area) |
|
LTC 5.5.2.3 |
South |
Amendments to TC SW agreements with AC West due to WAD |
|
MPC 3.2.2.3 |
North |
Amendments to PC West agreements with AC West due to WAD |
|
APT 4.5 |
Central |
London Luton (EGGW) CPT SID truncated to RODNI |
|
APT 5.4 |
South |
Solent departure routes amended (due to WAD) and release procedures updated |
|
APT 10.3.1 |
West/North |
Liverpool (EGGP) STAR amended from OKTEM 1L to PEPZE 1L in release table |
|
APT 11 |
West |
Bristol (EGGD) and Cardiff (EGFF) procedures revised due to WAD |
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APT 13 |
West |
Newquay (EGHQ) inbound/outbound routes revised due to WAD |
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APT 14 |
West |
Oxford (EGTK) inbound/outbound routes revised due to WAD |
|
APT 15.4 |
South/Central |
Northolt (EGWU) RNAV SIDs added |
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Annex A |
All |
STAR amendments for Bristol (EGGD), Cardiff (EGFF), Liverpool (EGGP), London Gatwick (EGKK), London Heathrow (EGLL), London City (EGLC), Biggin Hill (EGKB), London Luton (EGGW), London Stansted (EGSS), Cambridge (EGSC) and Manchester (EGCC) |
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