Edinburgh |
General Procedures
All departures from Edinburgh, regardless of the runway in use, contact the appropriate area sector once airborne. They have no contact with Edinburgh radar.
Aircraft should be transferred by ADC to Scottish Control straight after departure, preferably no later than 2000ft.
Edinburgh departures operate on a free flow system - The tower doesn't have to call up for a release on every aircraft.
Northbound Departures
Aircraft departing on a GRICE departure should be handed to the MORAY sector once airborne.
- If MORAY is not online, they should be handed to WEST
- If WEST is not online, they should be transferred to Unicom
Southbound Departures
Aircraft departing on TLA, DCS, TRN departures should be handed to the TLA sector once airborne.
- If TLA is not online, they should be handed to WEST
- If WEST is not online, they should be transferred to Unicom
Identification
All Edinburgh departures should be instructed to Squawk IDENT on first contact to validate the mode A. Aircraft must also 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 Edinburgh; Vortex, Route and Speed separation. When calculating the correct departure separation, the highest of the 3 values is the one to use.
Vortex Separation
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First Aircraft Vortex Category
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Second Aircraft Vortex Category
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Separation
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| 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
A standard route separation of 2 minutes is to be used between all departures from Edinburgh
Speed Separation
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Group 3
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Group 2
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Group 1
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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.