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PANS-OPS Flight Procedure Design

Location: Berlin, Date: 24.-27.04.2017, Language: English
Instrument Flight Procedures (IFP) provide access to aerodromes under a wide variety of
meteorological conditions and enhance safety by providing standard procedures for pilots and
air traffic control. Due to evolving navigation technology, growing air traffic as well as
environmental demands, instrument flight procedure design is becoming a more and more
complex task.
The ICAO Document 8168 „PANS-OPS“ specifies in detailed criteria the requirements of
instrument flight procedures and their protection. Hereby obstacle clearance is the primary
safety consideration.
This 4-day course provides a comprehensive overview of flight procedure design and obstacle clearance criteria specified in ICAO
PANS-OPS. It is designed for all persons seeking an insight into instrument flight procedure design.
Besides basic procedure design principles (e.g. navigation, fixes, protection areas and obstacle clearance), especially departure
and approach procedures are covered. Procedures based on conventional navigation as well as on area navigation (RNAV) and
performance-based navigation (PBN) will be catered for. An important role has the ILS precision approach, whose specialties will
be shown (e.g. ILS OAS and CRM). The basic principles of flight procedure design as well as possibilities and restrictions when
designing instrument flight procedures – considering the complex environment (e.g. air traffic control, airspace, navigation and
noise) – will be discussed.
Attendees will learn to understand instrument flight procedures which will help them to discuss and judge on design questions.

Target Audience
Aerodrome safety experts
Aerodrome operations managers
Aerodrome engineers and planners
Air traffic control staff
Aviation safety experts
Civil Aviation Authorities staff

Trainer
Dipl.-Ing. Malte Karger:Mr. Karger is responsible for airsight’s “aerodrome safeguarding and flight procedures” division. He is
also a renowned and appreciated trainer, sharing his knowledge and practical experience with other industry experts in airsight’s
scheduled as well as customised in-house training courses in countries such as Germany, Greece, Switzerland and Turkey.
As an advisor of ICAO’s Instrument Flight Procedure Panel (IFPP) in the capacity of a field expert, Mr Karger participates in the
Obstacle Limitation Surfaces Task Force (OLSTF).
Mr Karger acquired extensive experience on international projects dealing with obstacle assessments and aeronautical studies for
clients such as Berlin, Dubai, Hamburg, Luxembourg, Malta, Nuremburg, Stuttgart and Warsaw Airports as well as for several
smaller airfields. Furthermore, he conducted numerous flight procedure design projects (conventional and RNAV/PBN) for clients
such as Berlin, Cluj, Lošinj, Kaunas, Sibiu and Vilnius Airports as well as for Air Austral and the Romanian Air Traffic Services
Administration (ROMATSA).
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Course Content
The following list shows an overview of the topics contained in the training course:
Basic procedure design principles:
Conventional navigation
Area navigation (RNAV) incl. satellite-based navigation and augmentation systems (ABAS, SBAS, GBAS)
Performance-based navigation (PBN)
Instrument flight segments
Fixes and „path and termination“ concept
Protection areas and obstacle clearances
Obstacle clearance altitude/height (OCA/H)
Minimum descent altitude/height (MDA/H)
Departure procedures:
Obstacle identification surface (OIS)
Minimum obstacle clearance (MOC)
Procedure design gradient (PDG)
Approach procedures:
Phase of approach procedures (intial, intermediate, final and missed approach)
Types of approach procedures (non-precision approaches NPA, approach procedures with vertical guidance APV
and precision approaches PA)
Circling (visual manoeuvring)
Visual segment surface (VSS)
Conventional approaches (instrument landing system ILS and VOR/NDB)
PBN approaches (RNP APCH with LNAV, LNAV/VNAV and LPV as well as RNP AR APCH)
ILS obstacle assessment surfaces (OAS) and collision risk model (CRM)
Airspace and environmental consideration:
Terminal area design practices
Simultaneous operations on parallel or near-parallel instrument runways (SOIR)
Environmental considerations
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Training course benefits Training course audience

High practical relevance through application-oriented Well-established worldwide: Previous participants are
knowledge transfer and real-world examples (airsight aviation experts from 26 of the 28 countries of the European
consultants conducted more than 400 projects since 1999) Union, but as well from other regions, such as the Middle East
(Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Asia (Hong-Kong, India,
Renowned trainers with broad practical experience provide
Indonesia, Singapore), Africa (Sudan, Tunisia), Australia and
an insider‘s perspective on a wide range of specific subjects
North-America.
Individual, effective knowledge transfer by means of
Widely accepted by CAAs: More than half of the European
small groups, flexible focus, and proven training methods
Civil Aviation Authorities entrusted airsight‘s training courses.
Presentation of the latest industry trends and
Tailored to Aerodromes, CAAs and ANSPs: Over 90%
developments and their impact on the activities of the
of the international attendees are working for an Aerodrome
participants (e.g. updated or new ICAO / EASA regulations,
Operator, a Civil Aviation Authority or an Air Navigation Service
RNAV and CDM implementation)
Provider.
Exchange of experience and networking within the
aviation industry and interesting discussions resulting from
different regional or stakeholder‘s specific perspectives and
approaches (e.g. from worldwide representatives of CAAs,
aerodromes and ANSPs)
Comprehensive learning material (handbook) as a useful
reference
Course certificate, highly recognized throughout the
aviation industry and currently held by more than 3500 aviation
professionals, and compliant with EASA requirements
ICAO Annex 14 - Bahrain
ICAO Annex 14 - Dubai

Originating countries of the previous attendees of airsight training courses

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