S.I. No. 140/2002 - Irish Aviation Authority (Designated Areas) Order, 2002

The Irish Aviation Authority in pursuance of the powers conferred by Section 5 and 68 (1) of the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993 , Number 29 of 1993, with the consent of the Minister for Public Enterprise and the Minister for Defence, hereby orders the designation of the areas of Irish Airspace in Articles 4 and 5 hereunder for use by the Defence Forces.

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“the Act” means the Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993 (No. 29 of 1993) as amended;

“designated area” (as specified in section 68 of the Act) means an airspace of defined dimensions designated by the Irish Aviation Authority with the consent of the Minister for Public Enterprise and the Minister for Defence for use by the Defence Forces. An aircraft, other than an aircraft of the Defence Forces, may not enter such an airspace without the permission of the person operating air navigation services therein;

“restricted area” means, for the purposes of this Order, airspace of defined dimensions in a designated area above the land areas or territorial waters of the state, within which the flight of civil aircraft is subject to specified restrictions;

“TOP” Maximum vertical extent (expressed as an altitude or level) of an area of airspace;

“BASE” Minimum vertical extent (expressed as the surface, an altitude or level) of an area of airspace;

“AREA database” A name attributed to a collection of data defining the boundaries of the airspace areas referred to in this Order, listed in Part I of the Schedule to the Order and described in the database interpretative material contained in Part II of the Schedule to the Order;

“EIR...” means, for purposes of this Order, a restricted area, within a designated area individually identified by a number and the boundary of which is defined by co-ordinates and data in the AREA database as specified in Part I of the Schedule to the Order and as depicted, by way of illustration only, on the map in Part III of the Schedule;

“MOA...” means, for purposes of this Order, a restricted area, termed a military operational area, within a designated area, individually identified by a number and the boundary of which is defined by co-ordinates and data specified in Part I of the Schedule to the Order and as depicted, by way of illustration only, on the map in Part III of the Schedule;

“military operational area” means, for the purposes of this Order, a restricted area for use by aircraft of the Defence Forces within which the flight of civil aircraft may be restricted in accordance with such standing criteria as are specified by the Authority in relation thereto and published in the Aeronautical Information publication.

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— the lateral extent within the area boundaries is defined in the AREA database, for each area as appropriate, by one or more of the following —

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— Point Sequence,

— Point Name/Description,

— Latitude,

— Longitude,

— Line Type,

— Centre Latitude,

— Centre Longitude, and

— Radius (NM)

— the vertical extent is defined from BASE up to and including TOP for each area by data elements in the AREA database.

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— the lateral extent within the area boundaries is defined in the AREA database, for each area as appropriate, by one or more of the following —

a: —

— Point Sequence,

— Point Name/Description,

— Latitude,

— Longitude,

— Line Type,

— Centre Latitude,

— Centre Longitude, and

— the vertical extent of each area is defined from BASE up to and including TOP for each area by data elements in the AREA database.

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SCHEDULE AREA DATABASE

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DATABASE INTERPRETATIVE MATERIAL

Part I — AREA DATABASE

Part I - AREA DATABASE

Part II - AREA DATABASE INTERPRETATIVE MATERIAL

Part II AREA DATABASE INTERPRETATIVE MATERIAL

AREA Database Description:

The AREA database contains a listing of data defining the boundaries of the Irish Airspace Organisation components.

AREA Database Structure:

• (b) The boundaries of each block are defined by a sequence of points, one at each apex, joined by a specific line type.

• (c) Each record contains the point name/description or geographic co-ordinates representing the sequence point, together with the line type joining that point to the subsequent sequence point contained in the following record.

• (d) The final sequence point for each block is joined to the first sequence point.

• (e) Where a line type ARC or Circle is given, then data representing the centre and radius are included in the record.

• (f) Where a record contains a point common to another record within the database such point is identified in the field under the column identifier “PT NAME/DESC” by reference to the appropriate field entries of the common point's record separated by a forward slash. This ensures that co-ordinates of a point are not entered into the database more than once.

AREA Database Listing of Column Identifiers

The listing of data in the AREA database contains the following column identifier abbreviations:

AREA Database Data Element Abbreviation Description

• (1) Line Type

• (2) Other Elements

Abbreviations for other data elements within the AREA database include the following descriptions:-

Data Element Values

Values for data elements within the AREA Database include the following:

Part III - MAP

Part III — MAP (For illustrative purposes)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

— an amendment to the lateral and vertical limits of the existing Restricted Areas EIR 15 and EIR 16 (to accommodate revised flight procedures for Operational Air Traffic at Casement Aerodrome Co. Dublin and revised Civil/Military Air Traffic Control Co-ordination procedures);

— re affirmation of the lateral extent of the existing Restricted Area EIR 22 (which accommodates Operational Air Traffic in the vicinity of Finner Camp, Co. Donegal but with co-ordinates in the World Geodetic System of 1984 and the area now centred on the Finner Camp aerodrome reference point;

— removal of existing Restricted Areas EIR 19 and EIR 20, (due to the closure of Gormanston Aerodrome in Co. Meath);

— establishment of Restricted Area EIR 23 at Casement Aerodrome (to accommodate the operation of the Garda Airborne Surveillance Unit);

— realignment of the boundaries of the existing designated Military Operational Areas MOA 3, MOA 4 and MOA 5 (arising from changes to the Irish Airspace Organisation on foot of a technical review completed in June 2001);

— removal of existing designated military operational areas MOA1 and MOA2 (due to the closure of Gormanston Aerodrome);

— prescribing lateral limits for all designated areas based on co-ordinates in the World Geodetic System of 1984.