IVAO United Kingdom - Scottish Area Control

Scottish Area Control Centre

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- - Moray
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- - Stafa
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Description

The Scottish Area Control Centre (Scottish AC) provides an area service within the Scottish FIR and the nothern parts of the London FIR. The airspace is divided into 6 sectors.

There are two all-purpose sectors, Moray and West Coast, and four low-level sectors, Talla, Wallasey, East and STAFA sectors, covering the Scottish TMA, Manchester TMA and Daventry CTA below FL285.

Designated sectors

ID	NAME	IVAC IDENT	FREQUENCY	FRA*	REMARKS
EAST	East	EGPX_ET_CTR	133.8	APC	Maximum level FL285
STAFA	Stafa	EGPX_ST_CTR	134.425	APC	Maximum level FL285
TLA	Talla	EGPX_TL_CTR	126.3	APC	Maximum level FL255
WAL	Wallasey	EGPX_WL_CTR	128.050	APC	Maximum level FL285
MORAY	Moray	EGPX_MO_CTR	129.225	APC+
WEST	West Coast	EGPX_WS_CTR	127.275	APC+

Bandboxing

Designated sectors should be opened in the following order: West, Talla or MORAY, then any of the remaining sectors as needed. Talla may be opened even if West is offline and will only provide a service within the low-level sectors airspace.

ONLINE	TLA COVERS	WEST COVERS	MORAY COVERS
WEST	--	All sectors	--
TLA	TLA / WAL / STAFA / EAST	--	--
WEST + TLA	TLA / WAL / STAFA / EAST	WEST / MORAY	--
WEST + MORAY	--	WEST / TLA / WAL / STAFA	MORAY / EAST

Aerodromes

Scottish AC is responsible for providing an appropriate approach and aerodrome service at the aerodromes listed below:

Talla:	EGPH, EGPF, EGPK
East:	EGNM, EGCN
Wallasey:	EGGP, EGNS
STAFA:	EGCC, EGNX
Moray:	EGPD, EGPB, EGNT
West:	EGAA, EGAC, EGNS

Traffic for all other aerodromes outside controlled airspace will only be provided with a Basic or Traffic Service workload permitting and should be released for take-off, landing and when within 3nm of the airfield.

Traffic exceptions

If only the Talla sector is open traffic arriving and departing the Scottish TMA via POL and DCS will be transferred directly to London AC. This traffic should be cleared according to the agreements in place between West Coast and London S10.