AMC1 Article 14a Flight Plans

CAA ORS9 Decision No. 1

As UK Regulation (EU) No 1207/2011 requires all qualifying aircraft to be equipped with Mode S and/or ADS-B systems to access UK airspace, information on the equipage and the operational status should be available to ATS units. As required by point SERA.4001 of the Annex to UK Regulation (EU) No 923/2012, information related to an intended flight should be provided to ATS units in the form of a flight plan. The information required is specified in UK Regulation (EC) No 1033/2006.

Aircraft to which UK Regulation (EU) No 1207/2011 does not apply or aircraft that use the non-equipage or exemption provisions are authorised to access UK airspace when conducting instrument flight rules (IFR) / general air traffic (GAT) operations. The appropriate equipage and operational status, including the correct designator for the functioning surveillance systems, should be inserted in Items 10b and 18 of the flight plan.

Operators of State aircraft that are not equipped with Mode S ELS and who have notified the CAA as per Article 8(3) of UK Regulation (EU) No 1207/2011 should insert the designator ‘SUR/EUELSX’ in Item 18 of the flight plan.

Operators of aircraft, including State aircraft, which are not equipped with Mode S EHS and/or ADS-B, or are equipped with Mode S EHS and/or ADS-B that are temporarily inoperative, should insert the designators ‘SUR/EUADSBX’ or ‘SUR/EUEHSX’, or a combination of them, in Item 18 of the flight plan.

Note 1: ‘operation with Mode S EHS and/or ADS-B that are temporarily inoperative’ is a UK Regulation (EU) No 1207/2011 Article 5(5) requirement; therefore, when such operation is required, the requirements of Article 14a of UK Regulation (EU) No 1207/2011 also apply, and the flight plan should include the designators ‘SUR/EUADSBX’ or ‘SUR/EUEHSX’, as appropriate, in Item 18.

Note 2: GM3 Article 5 Interoperability requirements — SERVICEABLE SECONDARY SURVEILLANCE RADAR TRANSPONDERS explains the conditions under which a transponder is considered serviceable.