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London AC London TC - South East Deps - North West Deps - North East Deps - South West Deps - Redfa Scottish AC Shanwick OCC Glossary Intention Codes Flow Charts Airports

Description

The South West Departures sector is extremely complex due to the number of agreements affecting the airspace. Multiple traffic flows interact in the sector and the presence of the OCK hold for Heathrow and WILLO hold for Gatwick adds extra entertainment when busy.

Frequency

EGTL_SW_CTR / 134.125 COM1 / 134.125 COM2 / 122.8 COM3

Radar

Primary filter: SFC-FL275 / Secondary filter: SFC-FL305

Conflict settings: 3nm / 800ft

Range: 60nm centred on HAZEL

Bandboxing

South West Departures may be combined with the SE DEPS Sector on 120.525.

Agreements

-> In

SECTOR	FROM	TO	LEVEL	POINT	ROUTE / REMARKS
S20 (135.050)	ALL	Essex*	200	MAY	LOREL 2Q arrivals
	ALL	Farnborough*	110	BEGTO
	ALL	EGLL/WU/Essex*	130	HAZEL	OCK arrivals, LOREL 1B arrival
	ALL	EGKK	130	GWC
	ALL	Essex*	190	AVANT	LOREL 1D/3C arrivals
	ALL	Farnborough* / Solent*	180	WAFFU
S35 (135.255)	ALL	Farnborough* / Solent*	120	15nm before CPT
	ALL	EGLL/KK/WU	140	BEDEK
	ALL	EGLL/WU	140	40nm before OCK	OCK 1A arrivals
	ALL	EGKK	140	40nm before MID	WILLO 1F arrivals
	ALL	Essex*	180	BEDEK	LOREL 2S arrivals
	EGGD/TG	ALL	180	KENET	via GWC/MID/BIG
NW DEPS (119.775)	ALL	Farnborough*	110	DIGUT
	ALL	EGKK	150	KIDLI
	EGBB/BE	ALL	190	COWLY
	EGSS/SC	ALL	160		To be level 5nm North of the NW DEPS/SW DEPS sector boundary
	EGGW/WU/Thames*	ALL	MSL		Departures via CPT
	ALL	Farnborough* / Solent*	110		To be level by the NW DEPS/SW DEPS sector boundary.
SE DEPS (120.525)	ALL	Solent*	160	5nm before OCK
EGKK (126.825)	EGKK	ALL	MSL		Runway 08R departures via SFD
EGLL (119.725)	EGLL	ALL	A60		EGLL easterly CPT Deps. Towards N side of L9, heading between 270 and 300

-> Out

SECTOR	FROM	TO	LEVEL	POINT	ROUTE / REMARKS
S20 (135.050)	EGSS/SC	ALL	210		via GWC/MID/SAM
	EGBB/BE	ALL	210		Excludes EGBB/BE departures via L9
	EGGD/TG	ALL	210		via GWC/MID/BIG
	EGGW/WU/TK	ALL	210		Departures to the south
	EGLL/KK/GW/TK/WU	ALL	150		via SAM
	EGLL/WU/KK/ Farnborough* / Solent*	ALL	170		via MID
S35 (135.255)	EGLL/WU/KK/GW	ALL	130		Departures via L9
NE DEPS (118.825)	Solent*	ALL	170	OCK
	ALL	Essex*	140	BPK	LOREL Arrivals
NW DEPS (119.775)	Farnborough* / Solent*	ALL	100		To be level by the NW DEPS/SW DEPS sector boundary. Departures to the North.
	ALL	Essex*	130		LOREL 1B arrivals
EGKK (126.825)	ALL	EGKK	MSL +1	WILLO	Subject to release/traffic
EGLL (119.725)	ALL	EGLL/WU	MSL +1	OCK	Subject to release/traffic

Coordination

Heathrow (EGLL) and Northolt (EGWU)

Heathrow departures to the west and south will be transferred directly from Heathrow Tower to SW DEPS, following their SID routing.

SW DEPS is responsible for the Heathrow OCK stack. If the OCK stack should become full, additional holding should be carried out at BILNI/DOMUT/KATHY or OKESI.

Northolt arrivals are to be treated as Heathrow arrivals.

Gatwick (EGKK)

Gatwick departures to the west and south will be transferred directly from Gatwick Tower to SW DEPS, following their SID routing.

SW DEPS is responsible for the Gatwick WILLO stack. If the WILLO stack should become full, additional holding should be carried out at GWC.

Gatwick arrivals will be transferred in accordance with the relevant standing agreement.

Brize Norton (EGVN), Oxford (EGTK) and Fairford (EGVA)

Brize Norton, Oxford and Fairford arrivals are to be individually co-ordinated with Brize Radar at a maximum of FL100.

Southampton (EGHI) and Bournemouth (EGHH)

Standing agreements exist for Southampton and Bournemouth traffic. Inbounds are to be descended to FL80 via PEPIS and FL90 via GWC. Outbounds will be climbed by Solent to FL70 and routed via one of the standard outbound routings (NORRY-WCO / GWC-OCK / GWC-BENBO / GWC-DRAKE / GWC-BOGNA-HARDY / GWC-SFD / R41-TABEN-KENET) . Solent Radar is responsible for flights which are conducted entirely within the Solent CTA. These will not be co-ordinated with London Terminal Control.

Farnborough (EGLF)

Farnborough inbounds are to be routed towards ODIMI descending to 5000ft if via CPT. Inbounds via SAM/GWC should be routed to ODIMI but an inbound level should be coordinated with Farnborough. and co-ordinated directly with Farnborough Approach. Farnborough Approach will request co-ordination of departures with South West Departures Sector. Departures will be transferred climbing to the co-ordinated level, following the standard departure route.

Farnborough Approach also handles traffic to and from Blackbushe (EGLK), Fairoaks (EGTF) and Lasham (EGHL).