Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/373Show full title

[F1 AIS.TR.305 Aeronautical information publication (AIP) U.K.

(a)

The AIP, AIP amendments and AIP supplements shall be provided as an ‘electronic AIP’ (eAIP). The eAIP shall allow for displaying on computer screen and printing on paper. In addition, the AIP, AIP amendments and AIP supplements may also be provided on paper.

(b)

The AIP shall include:

(1)

a statement of the competent authority responsible for the air navigation facilities, services or procedures covered by the AIP;

(2)

the general conditions under which the services or facilities are available for use;

(3)

a list of significant differences between the regulations and practices of the United Kingdom and, where available, the Crown Dependencies, and the related ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and Procedures;

(4)

the choice made by a State in each significant case where an alternative course of action is provided for in the ICAO SARPs and procedures.

(c)

The AIP shall contain information related to, and arranged under, the subject headings listed in the Contents of the Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) in PANS-AIM (Doc 10066).

(d)

The issuer and AIS provider shall be clearly indicated.

(e)

Each AIP shall be self-contained and include a table of contents.

(g)

An AIP shall be organised in three parts (GEN, ENR and AD), sections and subsections, except when the AIP, or a volume of the AIP, is designed to facilitate operational use in flight, in which case the precise format and arrangement are not prescribed provided that an adequate table of contents is included.

(h)

Each AIP shall be dated.

(i)

The date, consisting of the day, month (by name), and year, shall be the publication date or the AIRAC effective date.

(j)

When describing periods of activity, availability or operation, the applicable days and times shall be specified.

(k)

Each AIP volume issued in printing format and each page of an AIP issued in printing format shall be annotated to clearly indicate:

(1)

the identity of the AIP;

(2)

the territory covered and its subdivisions, when necessary;

(3)

the identification of the issuing State and producing organisation (authority); and

(4)

page numbers/chart titles.

(l)

Any amendment to the volume of the AIP issued in printing format shall be clearly identifiable by means of replacement pages.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Annex 6 substituted (20.11.2021) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1203), regs. 1(2), 29