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Manchester

General Policy Area of Responsibility Operation Information Outbound Procedures Inbound Procedures Intermediate Approach Final Approach Aerodrome Control Low Vis Procedures Low Level Procedures Quickview Back

All Manchester departures contact the appropriate area sector once airborne. They have no contact with Manchester Directors.

Aircraft should be transferred by ADC to the area sectors straight after departure, preferably no later than 2000ft.

Departure	TMA Sector
HON	STAFA
LISTO	STAFA
MONTY	WAL
NOKIN	WAL
WAL	WAL
DESIG	EAST
POL	EAST

• If the relevant TMA sector is not online, Departures should be handed to Scottish TLA.
• If all TMA Sectors are not online, Departures should be handed to Scottish West Coast.
• If all Scottish Sectors are not online, Departures should be handed to S10.
• If all TMA Sectors, West Coast and S10 are not online, Departures should be handed to INT N/INT S
• If none of the units mentioned above are not online, Departures should be released passing 2500ft.

Manchester departures will transit through the Radar Manoeuvring Area following their SID routes. Departures will not normally be climbed above 5000ft until they have left the RMA, however, if the traffic situation allows, they can be climbed higher.

Manchester Departures operate on a free flow system - The tower doesn't have to call up for a release on every aircraft.

HON/LISTO 23L/23R Departures

Manchester has two southbound departures for noise abatement reasons. Due to incidents in the past regarding aircraft flying the wrong departure, It is imperative that aircraft comply strictly with the SID that has been issued. When an aircraft is at or approaching the holding point, the AIR controller must confirm that southbound aircraft (when on Westerlies) have planned the SID that they have been cleared. e.g. "SHT3F, hold at J1, confirm HON 1R departure".

Identification

Manchester tower will idenify departures using the take-off method prior to hand-off and therefore an IDENT is not required. Aircraft must be instructed to report their passing altitude (if omitted from the first call) to verify the Mode C readout. (Readout has to be +/- 200ft from the reported altitude).

Departure Separations

Separation between departing aircraft is applied so that after one aircraft takes off, the next aircraft does not take-off with less than the number of minutes needed. There are 3 departure separation methods in use at Manchester; Vortex, Route and Speed separation. When calculating the correct departure separation, the highest of the 3 values is the one to use.

Vortex Separation

First Aircraft Vortex Category	Second Aircraft Vortex Category	Separation
HEAVY	HEAVY	1 minute
HEAVY	MEDIUM	2 minutes
HEAVY	SMALL	2 minutes
HEAVY	LIGHT	2 minutes
MEDIUM	HEAVY	-
MEDIUM	MEDIUM	1 minute
MEDIUM	SMALL	2 minutes
MEDIUM	LIGHT	2 minutes
SMALL	HEAVY	-
SMALL	MEDIUM	-
SMALL	SMALL	1 minute
SMALL	LIGHT	2 minutes
LIGHT	HEAVY	-
LIGHT	MEDIUM	-
LIGHT	SMALL	-
LIGHT	LIGHT	1 minute

Route Separation

For the purpose of route separation, the SIDs are grouped as follows:

• WEST: WAL / MONTY / NOKIN departures (to Wallasey sector)
• EAST: POL / DESIG departures (to East sector)

Westerly Operations				Easterly Operations
First Aircraft	Second Aircraft	Separation		First Aircraft	Second Aircraft	Separation
WEST	WEST	2 minutes		WEST	WEST	2 minutes
WEST	EAST	1 minutes		WEST	EAST	1 minute
WEST	HON	2 minute		WEST	LISTO	1 minute
WEST	LISTO	1 minute
EAST	EAST	2 minutes		EAST	EAST	2 minutes
EAST	WEST	1 minute		EAST	WEST	1 minute
EAST	HON	1 minute		EAST	LISTO	1 minute
EAST	LISTO	1 minute
HON	HON	2 minutes		LISTO	LISTO	2 minutes
HON	WEST	2 minutes		LISTO	WEST	1 minute
HON	EAST	1 minute		LISTO	EAST	1 minute
HON	LISTO	1 minute
LISTO	LISTO	2 minutes
LISTO	WEST	1 minute
LISTO	EAST	1 minute
LISTO	HON	1 minutes

 

Speed Separation

Group 3	Group 2	Group 1	Group 0
All jet aircraft excluding: BA46 C501 C551 CARJ CL60 E145	BA46 C501 C551 CARJ CL60 E145 L328	ATP AT43/44/45/72 BE20 DHC7 DH8A/8B/8C/8D E120 F27 F50 G159 JS31/32/41 SF34 SW3/4	BE99 E110 SH33 SH36 C404 PA23 PA31

When a faster aircraft follows a slower aircraft, the minimum separation is increased by one minute for each successive group (e.g. Group 3 following Group 2, add 1 minute. Group 3 following Group 0, add 3 minutes)

The time is counted from the moment the first aircraft begins its takeoff roll. If the first aircraft commences a full length take-off and the following aircraft departs from an intersection, the spacing should be increased to 3 minutes.