Law 1 - AIS Flashcards
Standards: Necessary or Desirable?
Necessary
Recommended practices: Necessary or Desirable?
Desirable
What is the purpose of AIS? (1)
To ensure the flow of aeronautical data is safe & regulated from:
Corrupt / erroreous / late / missing auronautical data from possible affecting the safety of air navigation
What are the functions of AIS? (7)
Collect / collate / edit / disseminate aeronautical information, including:
CAA
ANSPs
Aircraft operators
Aircrew
Flying clubs
Other aviation organisations
What does AIS rely on? (1)
Accurate raw data
What aeronautical products contain aeronautical information? (5)
AIP (Inc. Ammendments & Supplements)
AICs
Aeronautical charts
NOTAM
Digital data sets
AIS Organisational structure diagram
What is the INO? (1)
International Notam Office
What are the main functions of the INO? (3)
Prep & issue of civil / Mil NOTAMs via AMHS
Receiving & Transmitting info from/to international NOTAM offices
Dissemination of AIS dats to enable production of PIBs
What does PIB stand for? (1)
Pre-flight Information Bulletins
What does AMHS stand for? (1)
Air Traffic Services (ATS) Message Handling System
What is a NOTAM? (1)
Notice to Airmen
Information of a temporary nature & short duration or significant permanent or temporary changes of a long duration made at short notice
What are the NOTAM series available? (5)
Series A - General, enroute, UIR airspace, major international AD’s
Series B - FIR airspace restrictions, International AD’s where IFR flights are permitted
Series C - VFR Only international AD’s
Series D - National AD’s
Series E - Heliports
What are the 3 NOTAM types? (3)
NOTAMN - New info
NOTAMR - Replaces previous NOTAM
NOTAMC - Cancels previous NOTAM
What is a PIB? (4)
Edited version of NOTAM - In plain language
Covers first leg of flight
Distributed to airfields by AMHS
Duplicated at airfields to allow collections by pilots