Part II Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS)
7. What changes do you plan to make to your CNS systems by 2030 in conformity with the ICAO ASBU objectives?
Communications:
Aeronautical fixed service (AFS): The aeronautical fixed service (AFS) will satisfy the communication requirements of ATS, ATFM, AIM, MET and SAR, including specific requirements in terms of system reliability, message integrity and transit times, with respect to printed as well as digital data and speech communications.
The OMAN AFS comprises:
a) the aeronautical fixed telecommunication network (AFTN); and Common ICAO data Interchange network (CIDIN);
b) ATS message handling services (AMHS), and inter-centre communications; (already deployed and testing with neighbouring is ongoing). A new AFTN/AMHS system is installed at Muscat New ATM Complex and Salalah ATM Complex
d) ATS voice communication circuits and networks. voice communication circuits already implemented with adjacent FIR.
f) ATS Computer to Computer data networks and circuits; (Systems with local connections are deployed and connections with neighbouring are in progress);
g) the Satellite distribution system relating to air navigation (SADIS).
Oman network is using transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) communication protocol for the AMHS. The migration from X.25 to TCP/IP is planned.
ATS speech circuits: an integrated world class communication system based on INDRA VCCS is fully deployed and no changes are planned by 2030.
Aeronautical mobile service (AMS)
The AMS comprises:
a) air-ground voice and data communication systems
Air-ground communications for ATS purposes are based on VHF(25KHZ).
In order to achieve optimum economy in the use of the radio frequency spectrum used for ATS air-ground communications , VHF(8.33 KHZ) will be deployed when necessary.
b) ground-to-air broadcast systems
State-of-the-art ATIS/VOLMET/D-ATIS/D-VOLMET integrated system is deployed as follows:
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ATIS/VOLMET and D-ATIS/DVOLMET complete system for the Muscat International Airport and Muscat CTC
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ATIS system for the Salalah International Airport
The main features of the above are:
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True client/server architecture, connected through LAN-TCP/IP
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Continuous ATIS/VOLMET signal broadcasting
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Real-time message update when significant changes occur
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All ATIS and VOLMET reports are broadcasted through VHF transmitters via the Voice Communication Control System
No changes are planned by 2030.
Surveillance:
Ground Based:
PACA has completed deployment of new ATM systems capable of allocating current and forecasted traffic allowing for Full coverage for all Oman Air Space through the following Surveillance facilities :
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SALALAH MSSR/PSR
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MUSCAT MSSR/PSR
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WIDAM MSSR
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RAS AL’HADD MSSR
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AL’DUQM MSSR
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QARAN HAIRITTI MSSR
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JALAN MSSR
No changes are planned by 2030.
Surface: In the framework of the nationwide ATM modernisation and upgrade program Two Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems (A-SMGCS) will be implemented for Muscat and Salalah International Airports which include:
• Three Surface Movement Radars (SMR)
• Two Multilateration Systems
The full implementation is expected to be completed before 2017
ASMGCS Systems for the four Regional Airports of Sohar, Adam, Ras Al Haad, and Duqum are planned having a horizon of the year 2030.
Navigation:
the provision of radio navigation services will gradually transition from ground-based to satellite-based system.
According to Oman PBN roadmap the following changes are foreseen:
8. Please identify any gaps in communications in each of the following categories:
Ground to Air: Nil
Ground to Ground: Nil
Intra-Facility: Nil
Inter-Facility: Nil
Other: Nil
9. Please identify your en route surveillance capabilities and limitations:
Capabilities: Seven MSSR ( see question 7 above)
Areas of limited or no radar coverage: Nil
Areas of intermittent service: Nil
Other limitations: Nil
Full system Coverage at FL200 is presented below:
10. Please describe your terminal approach surveillance capabilities and limitations:
Capabilities:
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SALALAH APPROACH MSSR/PSR
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MUSCAT APPROACH MSSR/PSR
Areas of limited radar coverage: Nil
Does your operation's radar coverage extend to the surface? If not, please identify the nominal base of your radar coverage:
Yes.
Other Limitations: Nil
11. Please describe your airport surface surveillance capabilities and limitations.
Airport surface surveillance are not provided in Oman airports.
Capabilities: Nil
Limitations: Nil
Part III Air Traffic Management/Air Traffic Flow Management (ATM/ATFM)
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12. Please list the Area Control facilities (ACCs) in your region
Name of Facility : Muscat ACC
Location of Facility : Muscat, Oman
13. Please list the approach control facilities (CTAs) in your region
Name of Facility (1): Muscat Approach
Location of Facility (1): Muscat
Name of Facility (2) : Salalah Approach
Location of facility (2) : Salalah
14. ACC Automation
Please describe any limitations of the automation system used in your ACCs. (For example: do all tracked targets have an associated data block displaying aircraft identification, assigned altitude, ground speed, destination, route of flight?)
ACC Shortfall : Nil
15. CTA Automation
Please describe any limitations of the automation system used in your CTA(s). (For example do all tracked targets have an associated data block displaying aircraft identification, assigned altitude, ground speed, destination, route of flight? )
CTA Shortfall : Nil
16. Please indicate the extent to which the following operational capabilities/design features constrain your en route ability to provide efficient services.
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No negative impact
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Moderate negative impact
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High negative impact (please specify below)
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Ability to vector
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Ability to parallel routes
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Airborne holding
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Airspace structure
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Sector design
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Route structure
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17. Does your operation provide en route non-radar services?
No
Yes
18. Please describe the separation standards used in your ACC facility:
Radar:
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5 nm (System Track – without military radar inputs), MSSR, PSR or PSR with either SSR or MSSR).
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8nm if military radars (J. Shams, J. Harim and/or Thumrait) are being used in the INTEGRATED mode.
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16 nm (SSR only)
Non-Radar: The provisions of CHAPTER 5. Separation methods and minima, PANS ATM DOC4444 are applied.
Visual: Nil
ADS-B: Nil
ADS-C: Nil
Other: Nil
19. Is sector capacity routinely exceeded in your ACC facility?
The ACC used a Target Sector Flow (TSF) measure to assess the controllers workload. The non-consistency between the airspace users plan and the ANSPs caused occasional spikes in the traffic.
20. What actions are taken to prevent sector overload in your ACC facility?
1. Time based flow measure is implemented at busy times of the day.
2. A Block-Start cancellation procedure with adjacent FIR is available. And in accordance with the LOA, the Watch Supervisor can implement it If required.
21. What are the constraints in your CTAs impacting arrival and departure operations? Please specify each airport identifier. For example: at airport ABC call for release is required.
Airport 1 (dept constraint): Nil
Airport 1 (arr constraint): Nil
Airport 2 (dept constraint):Departure are subject to Approval request from SANAA ACC for traffic transiting via SANAA FIR
Airport 2 (arr constraint):Nil
Airport 1 : OOMS; Airport 2 : OOSA.
22. Please describe the separation standards used in your CTA facility:
Radar: A 5 nm horizontal separation is used except that a minima of 3 nm is authorized for use within Muscat TMA and below FL240 provided that the MSSR radar coverage is available.
Non-Radar: Where no track separation is depicted, separation shall be in accordance with PANS ATM Doc 4444 Chapter 5 e.g. 15 degrees and 15NM using VOR/DME.
Visual: reduced separation in the vicinity of the airfield is applied.
Other: Deemed Separations is applied within CTA.
23. Please identify any of the following which are not adequate for current and/or future operations
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Runways
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Taxiways
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Ramps
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Gates
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Terminal Infrastructure
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Affecting Current Operations
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Affecting Future Operations
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Airport 2:
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Airport 3:
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Please provide airport identifiers (1-5) for above responses. For example Airport 1 = ABC
Nil
24. Please identify which of your airports have runway constraints affecting current and/or future operations.
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No Runway Constraint
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Arrivals Only
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Departures Only
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Limited to Specific Type Aircraft Only
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Affecting Current Operation
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Affecting Future Operation
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Airport 2:
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Please provide airport identifiers (1-5) for above responses:
NIL
25. Please describe any other airport surface constraints.
NIL
26. Please identify what precision and non-precision approach capabilities are present at each primary airport within your jurisdiction.
Airport 1: ILS CATI and CAT II, VOR/DME, RNAV GNSS
Airport 2: ILS CATI and CAT II, VOR/DME, RNAV GNSS
Please provide airport identifiers (1-5) for above responses:
Airport 1: OOMS
Airport 2: OOSA
27. Is there an Airspace Management Cell (AMC) at the national level?
No
Yes
If yes, please provide the name of the organization, and point of contact information.
28. Please identify the operating characteristics of the Special Activity Airspace within your facilities jurisdictional airspace. Select all that apply.
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No
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Always
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Sometimes
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Never
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Other
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SAA is scheduled sufficiently in advance to mitigate its operational impact
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SAA is activated real time
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SAA is deactivated and released to ATC real time
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SAA activity has no negative operational impact to ATC operations
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SAA activity has a negative impact on ATC operations
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SAA use procedures are relevant and current
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SAA use procedures are clearly documented
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29. What changes are needed to accommodate the present demand and the expected demand through 2030?
Airspace (Please Specify): review, redesign, and restructure the Oman airspace to meet the rapidly changing and increasing demands on Muscat FIR.
Procedure (Please Specify): Implementation of FUA concept within Muscat FIR: establishment of agreements and procedures, make provision for the flexible use of all airspace in order to increase airspace capacity and to improve the efficiency and flexibility of aircraft operations
Separation (Please Specify): NIL
ATFM (Please Specify): PACA should assess and declare the ATC capacity for control areas, for
control sectors within a control area and for aerodromes and wwhenever the traffic demand is forecast to exceed the available ATC capacity, measures shall be implemented to regulate traffic volumes accordingly.
Runway (Please Specify): NIL
Technology [CNS] (Please Specify): New ATM systems will enable appropriate ATC capabilities including Conflict Prediction and Resolution (CPAR), AIDC (ATS Interfacility Datalink Communications) OLDI( Online data interchange), and A/D-MAN (Arrival/Departure Management).
Other (Please Specify): NIL
30. Please indicate the expected benefits for each change. Select all that apply.
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Operational Benefits
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Operator Benefits
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Environmental Benefits
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Governmental Benefits
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Airspace Change:
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Procedure Change:
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Separation Change:
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ATFM Change:
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Runway Change:
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Other Change(s):
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31. Facility Staffing
Is the number of operational positions per facility adequate to meet present and expected demand by the following years:
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No (please indicate needed changes below)
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2016
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2020
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32. What airspace changes are you planning now through 2030? Please be specific.
PACA should restructure the airspace and ATS routes to make them more efficient to save fuel, time, reduction in emission of aviation of gases, enhance the efficiency and regularity of flight operations. The new airspace organisation will be based on:
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ATS Routes are based upon RNAV5, a progression to a more advanced navigation application is envisaged at a later stage (A-RNP);
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A parallel network of ATS routes;
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Extensive use of the “Flexible Use of Airspace” concept;
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More ATC sectors will be developed and made available, where required (including vertical divisions). The study of re-sectorisation of Muscat FIR has been completed. Muscat FIR will have 11 sectors to be operated from Muscat ACC. Phased approach of implementation will start by seven sectors early 2016;
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Implementation of enhanced terminal airspace organisation as follows:
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RNP Terminal (Arrival and Departure) Routes will be increasingly used and feed onto a variety of instrument approaches;
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Terminal Arrival routes, that accommodate the use of Continuous Descent/Climb techniques and noise preferential departure routes, will be designed to reduce environmental impact wherever possible, whilst observing capacity demands.
33. Please indicate the factors that contribute to controller workload within your operation:
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No impact
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Minimal impact
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Moderate impact
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High Impact
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Manual coordination processes
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Excessive coordination
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Airspace restrictions
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Mile-in-trail restrictions
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34. Please describe the prevailing methods of ATC coordination within your operation. Select all that apply.
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Fully Manual
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Fully Automated
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Hybrid
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Please indicate any other coordination methods used
35. Please describe the impact caused by coordination constraints:
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Minimal impact
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Moderate impact
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High impact
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Airborne holding
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Departure stops
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Speed restrictions
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Please describe any other coordination constraints. Please indicate where moderate and high impacts occur. Include the facility and sector name.
36. What percentage of the aircraft operating in the region are capable of the following:
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0-14%
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15-29%
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30-44%
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45-59%
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60-74%
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75-89%
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90-100%
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Performance Based Navigation (PBN)
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RNP 10
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RNP 5
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RNP 1
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Area Navigation
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37. Does your operation plan on migrating from ILS to GBAS capabilities
No
Yes
38. What is the status of ICAO A37-11 PBN Global Goals in your region?
100 %
39. Please indicate the traffic management methods employed by your operation:
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Automated ground delay programs
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Arrival metering
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Departure spacing programs
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There are no traffic management initiatives
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40. Please describe the type of weather and its impact on air traffic operations within your jurisdictional airspace. Select all that apply.
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No Impact
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Minimal Impact
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Moderate Impact
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Severe Impact
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Seasonal Impact
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41. Please describe what measures are employed to mitigate adverse weather effects within your jurisdictional airspace. Please indicate the type of weather and its mitigation. For example: Air Traffic is issued routing changes around areas of thunderstorm activity.
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Maintain awareness of the adverse weather location, its evolution (laterally and vertically) and of the possible deviation routes.
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develop strategies and practice mutual crosschecks of the current, planned and intended weather avoidance actions.
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Provide timely information to and coordinate with the adjacent sectors of any deviations which will affect them.
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Request any necessary details from the flight crews on the planned avoiding actions i.e. heading(s) on which the aircraft will be flying, as well as the estimated duration and/or the distance the aircraft will proceed on the heading(s).
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provide extra space for separation, issue instructions for flight level change as necessary, provide traffic information, as necessary.
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coordination with Military regarding the use of military areas near the affected area.
Part IV Data Analysis
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Please provide the following data for analysis :
1. Aircraft daily operations activity by category of operation daily, for the period January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 (Air Carrier; General Aviation; Military); type of aircraft and destination and departure point.
2. For each of the primary airports the current declared runway arrival and departure capacities per hour.
3. Forecasted aircraft operations activity by category (Air Carrier; General Aviation; Military); type of aircraft; destination; departure points for 2020 and 2030
4. Airspace maps with sector definitions
Muscat North Sector : provide ATS to all flights within the airspace bounded by the lines from N23º56’59’’ E057º10’18’’ to N23º14’00’’ E058º13’00’’ to N23º24’58’’ E059º08’48’’ (ELIGO) to N23º37’00” E059º17’00” to N23º30’00” E061º20’00” (the corner of the Muscat/Karachi FIR) and then following the Karachi and Tehran FIR boundaries to N24º49’26’’ E059º39’53’’ to N24º27’39’’ E059º39’26’’ to N23º51’56’’ E057º34’40’’ to N23º56’59’’ E057º10’18’’. (See Fig below).
Muscat East Sector : provide ATS to all flights within the airspace bounded by the lines from N21º50’12” E058º05’39” to N22º01’00” E058º13’00” to N22º54’00” E058º18’00” to N23º14’00” E058º13’00” to N23º24’58’’ E059º08’48’’ (ELIGO) to N23º37’00” E059º17’00” to N23º30’00” E061º20’00” (the corner of the Muscat/Karachi FIR) and then following the Karachi and Mumbai FIR boundaries to N20º58’10” E061º23’30” to N21º30’15” E060º20’52” to N21º50’12” E058º05’39”. (See Fig below).
Muscat West Sector: provide ATS to all flights within the airspace bounded by the lines from N24º39’00” E056º13’00” to N23º56’59’’ E057º10’18’’ to N23º51’56’’ E057º34’40 to N24º27’39’’ E059º39’26’’ to N24º49’26’’ E059º39’53’’ and then following the Tehran and UAE FIR boundaries to N24º38’00” E056º13’00” . (See Fig below).
Muscat Central Sector: provide ATS to all flights within the airspace bounded by the lines from N24º38’00” E056º13’00” to N23º14’00” E058º13’00” to N22º54’00” E058º18’00” to N22º01’00” E058º13’00” to N21º25’00” E057º49’10” to N21º26’00” E055º28’34” and then following the Jeddah and UAE FIR boundaries to N24º38’00” E056º13’00”. (See Fig below).
Muscat South Sector : provide ATS to all flights within the airspace bounded by the lines from N21º26’00” E055º28’24” to N21º25’00” E057º49’10” to N21º50’12” E058º05’39” to N21º30’15” E060º20’52” to N20º58’10” E061º23’30” and then following the Mumbai, Sana’a and Jeddah FIR boundaries to N21º26’00” E055º28’34”. (See Fig below).
Please provide daily delay data for the period January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 including:
1. The reason for delay
2. The total minutes of delay per aircraft
3. The type of delay (ground or airborne)
4. The time of day the delay occurred for the period
5. Location
Special Activity and Restricted Use Airspace
Please provide data on Special Activity Airspace, Restricted Use Airspace or any area in which commercial aviation is either restricted or prohibited from entering. These data include restricted use or special activity airspace areas, the hours of operation, the process used when the airspace is activated and deactivated, how often is the airspace used, and what are the impacts, if any, on commercial air traffic operations.
All Special Activity Airspace, Restricted Use Airspace or any area in which commercial aviation is either restricted or prohibited from entering are provided in Oman AIP ENR 5. Navigation Warnings and charted in ENR 6. En-route charts.
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