Pilot Briefing Guide
Transcript of Pilot Briefing Guide
GR IVAO
PILOT BRIEFING GUIDE
English Version
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 2
General Rules: ............................................................................................................................. 2
For the communications: ........................................................................................................ 2
During the flight: ..................................................................................................................... 2
Information About the airport ................................................................................................... 3
Runways ................................................................................................................................... 3
Air Traffic Control Frequencies .............................................................................................. 4
Navigation Aids ........................................................................................................................ 4
Standard Instrument Departures .......................................................................................... 5
Holding ......................................................................................................................................... 6
Information about the Greek FIR/UIR ....................................................................................... 7
Departures .................................................................................................................................. 8
Time of Departures: ................................................................................................................ 8
Clearance: ................................................................................................................................ 8
Engine start-up and taxi ......................................................................................................... 9
Line up & Take off ................................................................................................................. 10
Airborne ................................................................................................................................. 10
Arrivals ....................................................................................................................................... 11
Descent and Approach ......................................................................................................... 11
Final – Tower .......................................................................................................................... 11
On Ground ............................................................................................................................. 12
Parked .................................................................................................................................... 12
NOTAMS ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Sources: ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Credits: ....................................................................................................................................... 12
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INTRODUCTION
This manual is for Pilots briefing, regarding all special procedures that they need to be
familiar with regarding their respective Controlled Airspace of Athens to achieve a more
realistic and smooth traffic flow during “Real Flights Event – Athens”.
This Event will take place at 2nd of October 2021 from 12.00z to 18.00z at LGAV (ATH –
Eleutherios Venizelos). The event will consist of civil aviation, general aviation and military
flights.
GENERAL RULES:
FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS:
o While you are on controlled airspace, stay close to your PC, otherwise inform the
o When joining a new frequency, wait for 5 seconds before you transmit to avoid
interrupting ongoing communication between the controller and another pilot
o Your transmissions should be as brief as possible. For instance, when you join a
new frequency, GR001 inbound XAVIS, descending FL130
o Before you start your taxi or enter in a controlled airspace, it’s a good practice to
right down the frequencies of the stations you will contact.
DURING THE FLIGHT:
o It is expected from you to follow the instructions of the ATC controller to the letter
unless the “safety” of your flight is endangered
o It is expected from you that you will follow the instructions immediately after your
read back
o Emergencies add a touch of realism, so the pilot is expecting to act realistic in the
communications as
o Choose a plane you are well familiar with
o Your callsign should be the same as the one shown in the booking system for your
selected flight
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE AIRPORT
RUNWAYS
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AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FREQUENCIES
Station Frequency Identifier
ATIS 136.125 ATIS
Venizelos Tower (03R/21L) 118.625 LGAV_E_TWR / LGAV_TWR
Venizelos Tower (03L/21R) 136.275 LGAV_W_TWR
Venizelos Ground (East) 121.900 LGAV_E_GND / LGAV_GND
Venizelos Ground (South) 121.950 LGAV_S_GND
Venizelos Ground (West) 121.800 LGAV_W_GND
Venizelos Ground (North) 121.750 LGAV_N_GND
Venizelos Delivery 118.670 LGAV_DEL
Athens Departure 128.950 LGAV_DEP
Athens Arrival (West) 132.975 LGAV_W_APP / LGAV_APP
Athens Arrival (East) 126.570 LGAV_E_APP
Athens Director 121.400 LGAV_D_APP
NAVIGATION AIDS
Name Identifier Frequency Course
NDB
AIGINA EGN 382.0 -
VOR
ATHENS ATV 114.40 -
SAT SAT 109.60 -
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SPA SPA 117.50 -
KEA KEA 115.00 -
DIDIMON DDM 117.20 -
KARYSTOS KRO 112.20 -
ELEFSIS ELF 108.20 -
ELEFSIS LEF 109.85 -
ILS
IATL IATL 110.50 034
IATR IATR 111.10 034
IEVL IEVL 111.10 214
IEVR IEVR 110.50 214
STANDARD INSTRUMENT DEPARTURES
Runway 03R Runway 03L
ATV 2E
BIBEX 2J
BIBEX 2T
DDM 2J
DDM 2T
KEA 2J
KEA 2T
KOR 1J
KOR 2T
KRO 1L
KRO 2T
ROPOX 1J
ROPOX 2T
ATV 1K
ASTOV 2K
BIBEX 1L
BIBEX 1K
DDM 1D
KEA 2L
KEA 2K
KOR1D
KRO 1L
NEVRA 2N
OSGIL 1K
ROPOX 1D
SOREV 2N
VARIX 2K
VELOP2K
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Runway 21L Runway 21R
ATV 1H
BIBEX 2F
DDM 1F
KEA 2F
KOR 1F
KRO 1F
ROPOX 1F
ATV 1G
BIBEX 1G
DDM 1G
KEA 2G
KOR 1G
KRO 1G
ROPOX 1G
Main STARs are underlined.
HOLDING
Depending on the traffic, there is a chance the controller to ask you to enter to a holding.
Bellow you can find the information about the published holdings in the Terminal Area of
Athens.
Waypoint Inbound Course Turns Minimum Altitude
KRO 294 Right 7000ft
KEA 337 Right 6000ft
DDM 061 LEFT 6000ft
PELAG D34/R042 001 Right 4000ft
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EGN 110 LEFT 5000ft
INFORMATION ABOUT THE GREEK FIR/UIR
Greek FIR consists of two main ACC, Athinai (LGGG_CTR) and Makedonia (LGMD_CTR). Both
of them are able to split to two smaller sectors of West and East (W & E).
Depending on the traffic the two original sectors will be manned only, providing separation
to higher levels and overflying flights.
In the following table you will find all relevant information.
Table 1
Station Frequency Identifier
Athinai Radar 125.525 LGGG_CTR
Makedonia Radar 131.325 LGMD_CTR
Athinai Radar East Sector 125.200 LGGG_E_CTR
Athinai Radar West Sector 134.325 LGGG_W_CTR
Makedonia Radar East Sector 133.575 LGMD_E_CTR
Makedonia Radar West Sector 125.350 LGMD_W_CTR
Athinai Radar + Makedonia
Radar
123.825 LGGG_O_CTR
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DEPARTURES
TIME OF DEPARTURES:
You can find the departure times in the booking system. Your aim should be to ask for a
pushback or engine start up +-5 minutes of your flights departure time.
Attention: all times are in ZULU!!
You can connect to the network 20 minutes before your departure time in the parking
position written in the booking system. ATC clearance can be requested 10 minutes
before your scheduled departure time.
If you are not ready for pushback or engine start up 5 minutes after your departure time,
your flights is marked a delayed.
In this case you have to report it to the ATC controller to issue you a new departure time.
CLEARANCE:
In Athens airport, you can obtain your clearance from LGAV_DEL Venizelos Delivery
frequency 118.670.
In your first contact with the station pass the following information:
• Callsign
• Type of Aircraft
• Parking Position
• ATIS information
Example:
Pilot: Venizelos Delivery good evening, Greek Division 001, Airbus 320, in position 6 with ATIS
Foxtrot, request clearance to Heraklion as filed.
ATC: Greek Division 001, Foxtrot is correct, you are cleared to Heraklion as filed with SOREV 2J
departure, Runway 03R, initial climb FL130, squawk 5601.
After your correct read back the controller will reply to you: “Read back correct, contact
Athens Ground on 121.700” or in the case of Souda airport “Read back correct, report when
ready for engine start-up”
If you are unable to follow an instructed procedure report it timely to the controller.
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ENGINE START-UP AND TAXI
At “Eleytherios Venizelos” Airport – LGAV, all the positions require pushback except the
positions below:
Stands from Β50 to Β67
Stands for General Aviation apron
The Cargo stands besides F02 F04 F06 F08
Position Β17 and Β17Α is VIP reserved and no connection or parking is allowed
The procedure in cases without push back is to obtain start up clearance first by ATC and
after start up is complete request taxi clearance.
When you call Venizelos Ground report only the following:
▪ Callsign
▪ Parking Position
Example:
Pilot: Greek Division 001, good day, at parking B57 requesting engine start up.
It is always a good practice no matter how many times you have visited the airport to have
your charts readily available.
REQUEST taxi only when you are able and ready to do so.
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LINE UP & TAKE OFF
To depart you will have to call the respective Tower of the runway you have been
assigned to ONLY after you are told to do so by the Ground Controller.
The entry in the runway without clearance is prohibited.
AIRBORNE
Finally you are airborne, and switching Frequency to Athens Departure (128.950).
You only need to report the following:
• call sign σας,
• Your current altitude rounded up to the nearest thousand
• Departure clearance like: SOREV 2J or runway heading.
Attention not to pass the altitude you have been assigned as initial climb.
240 KIAS limitations to Speed apply up to FL100 or Lower.
Transition Altitude (TA) is 9000ft (feet)
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ARRIVALS
DESCENT AND APPROACH
In your first contact with the controller who mans each station you must already have
received instructions from the Center about the arrival procedure. If you don`t have such
instructions, advice the Approach controller.
Your first contact with the Approach should include the following:
▪ Callsign (if you are flying a heavy, report it here e.g.: GR001 “heavy”)
▪ Present altitude/FL
▪ Cleared altitude/FL
▪ ATIS information
If the frequency is very busy, don`t try to report all the above, just your callsign is
enough.
Transition Altitude (TA) is 9000ft (feet)
240 KIAS limitations to Speed apply from FL100 or Lower.
220 KT at or below 5000ft, when established on the final approach course or until 14NM from
the landing threshold, whichever occurs first;
180 KT at a distance of 8NM from the landing threshold;
160 KT at a distance of 6NM from the landing threshold.
FINAL – TOWER
When you are on the final of the active runway, the controller may not answer you, you
are expected to continue the approach until the minimums and after that to start the
published missed approach procedure.
Be on guard, the controller may ask you at any time to go around and fly the published
missed approach procedure.
Report for localizer established you should do only when you are on the actual localizer and
not earlier when trying to capture it. You should not expect ATC instructions to report.
Never land without clearance from the appropriate ATC.
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ON GROUND
After your landing, make sure not to stop your aircraft on the runway, adjust your braking
accordingly. After you have vacated the runway, contact the Ground Controller reporting
the following:
▪ Callsign
▪ Taxiway you are currently
▪ The parking position that has been assigned to you in the booking system.
PARKED
Reaching your parking position and shutting down the engines, you may leave the frequency
and disconnect without reporting it.
You may stay connected for 10 minutes after you have parked.
If you have another flight booked, check your assigned parking position and repeat the
instructions.
NOTAMS
You can find the NOTAMS of Heraklion airport on the website below
https://www.notams.faa.gov/
SOURCES:
▪ http://www.faa.gov/
▪ http://ww1.jeppesen.com/index.jsp
▪ https://ivao.aero/
▪ http://www.eurocontrol.int/
▪ http://www.hcaa-eleng.gr/
▪ http://en.wikipedia.org/
▪ Hellenic Air Navigation Service Provider AIP - Charts http://www.hcaa.gr/hellasais/aipdocs/login/default.asp
CREDITS:
▪ Flights: Panos Charamis, Andreas TInis
▪ Booking System: Marios Aristodemou
▪ Briefing Guides: Marios Aristodemou
▪ Banners: Andreas TInis