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ITALIAN
AIRSPACE STRUCTURE
National airspace is divided in 3 FIRs (Flight Information Regions) :
- MILANO FIR
- ROMA FIR
- BRINDISI FIR
In the FIRs operates the Regional Control Centres (Air Centre
Control
= ACC or VACC) for traffic flying according with IFR rules.
Inside Milano FIR there are 2 Centres:
- MILANO (Milan) CENTRE and
- PADOVA (Padua) CENTRE;
Inside Roma FIR there is
- ROMA (Rome) CENTRE;
Inside Brindisi FIR there is
- BRINDISI CENTRE.
Italy vACC also provides Aerodrome Flight Information Service in Lampedusa (LICD) airport, within:
The Control Centre is the ATC unit that coordinates every IFR traffic
operating within Airways (AWY)
and Terminal Areas (TMA) of the
FIR.
Control Centres are entitled to give the "Enroute
Clearances" to every IFR flight departing an airport located in
the same FIR.
They also control "en route" flights and authorize start of descent for
inbound flights, while operating in tight cooperation with APPs, to whom
it will later transfer the control of those flights.
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Approach Control Zones (CTR) and
Aerodrome Traffic Zones (ATZ)
APPROACH CONTROL ZONES (Controlled
Zone=CTR, not to be mistaken with the Control Centre, that is an
ATS unit) are controlled airspaces of various sizes around one or
more airports; they include approach and departure instrumental
glidepaths.
The ATS unit operating within CTRs is the APPROACH CONTROL (APP).
Its main role is to provide separation between all the IFR aircrafts
landing and departing from and to all the airports in its own CTR.
APP carries out a sensitive control function, essential for the promptness
of the air traffic, located between those of the Control Centre and
of the Tower Control, tightly operating with them.
APP has to establish a safe time of departure ("release")
for every departing flight, after obtaining the "enroute clearance"
by the Control Centre.
It establishes the approach sequency and the best procedures for all the
approaching flights, with the aim to minimize delays.
Aerodrome Traffic Zones (ATZ) are usually 5nm-wide airspaces
located around the airfield to take care of its traffic
circuit.
The operating ATS unit is the TOWER CONTROL (TWR) that is
responsibile of the separation between landing and taking-off aircrafts.
One of its tasks is issuing landing and take-off clearance for
all the aircrafts.
Tower Control operates in continue contact with APP and it's subject to its decisions
about the departure sequence, for which it will receive "release" time by
time.
Continues in "Handover"
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