S.I. No. 140/2002 - Irish Aviation Authority (Designated Areas) Order, 2002

1. This Order relates to the designation of certain amended areas of airspace for use by the Defence Forces.

2. This Order revokes and re-enacts with modifications and additions the Air Navigation (Designated Areas) Order, 1995 (

S.I. No. 170 of 1995

).

3. This Order provides for:-

— an amendment to the lateral and vertical limits of the existing Restricted Areas EIR 15 and EIR 16 (to accommodate revised flight procedures for Operational Air Traffic at Casement Aerodrome Co. Dublin and revised Civil/Military Air Traffic Control Co-ordination procedures);

— re affirmation of the lateral extent of the existing Restricted Area EIR 22 (which accommodates Operational Air Traffic in the vicinity of Finner Camp, Co. Donegal but with co-ordinates in the World Geodetic System of 1984 and the area now centred on the Finner Camp aerodrome reference point;

— removal of existing Restricted Areas EIR 19 and EIR 20, (due to the closure of Gormanston Aerodrome in Co. Meath);

— establishment of Restricted Area EIR 23 at Casement Aerodrome (to accommodate the operation of the Garda Airborne Surveillance Unit);

— realignment of the boundaries of the existing designated Military Operational Areas MOA 3, MOA 4 and MOA 5 (arising from changes to the Irish Airspace Organisation on foot of a technical review completed in June 2001);

— removal of existing designated military operational areas MOA1 and MOA2 (due to the closure of Gormanston Aerodrome);

— prescribing lateral limits for all designated areas based on co-ordinates in the World Geodetic System of 1984.

4. The areas EIR 15, EIR 16, EIR 22, EIR 23 are hereby designated as restricted areas with vertical and lateral extent as defined for each area by the AREA database and database interpretative material in Parts I and II of the Schedule to the Order as follows

— the lateral extent within the area boundaries is defined in the AREA database, for each area as appropriate, by one or more of the following —

a: —

— Point Sequence,

— Point Name/Description,

— Latitude,

— Longitude,

— Line Type,

— Centre Latitude,

— Centre Longitude, and

— Radius (NM)

— the vertical extent is defined from BASE up to and including TOP for each area by data elements in the AREA database.

5. The following airspace areas MOA 3, MOA 4, MOA 5 are hereby designated as military operational areas with vertical and lateral extent as defined for each area by the AREA database and database interpretative material in Parts I and II of the Schedule to the Order, as follows

— the lateral extent within the area boundaries is defined in the AREA database, for each area as appropriate, by one or more of the following —

a: —

— Point Sequence,

— Point Name/Description,

— Latitude,

— Longitude,

— Line Type,

— Centre Latitude,

— Centre Longitude, and

— the vertical extent of each area is defined from BASE up to and including TOP for each area by data elements in the AREA database.

6. The Air Navigation (Designated Areas) Order, 1995 (

S.I. No. 170 of 1995

) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

AREA DATABASE

AND

DATABASE INTERPRETATIVE MATERIAL

Part I — AREA DATABASE

Part I - AREA DATABASE

ASPC NAME

ASPC TYPE

ASPC DESC 1

ASPC DESC 2

PT SEQ

PT NAME/DESC

LATITUDE

LONGITUDE

LINE TYPE

CENTRE LAT

CENTRE LONG

RADIUS(NM)

BASE

TOP

EIR15

Restricted

Casement Area

1

EIDW/CTR/3

Meridian

SFC

3000

EIR15

Restricted

Casement Area

2

EIDW/CTA/Base 4500/5

Geodesic

SFC

3000

EIR15

Restricted

Casement Area

3

53 14 36.7000 N

006 37 07.3300 W

Geodesic

SFC

3000

EIR15

Restricted

Casement Area

4

53 22 01.6300 N

006 42 36.9100 W

Geodesic

SFC

3000

EIR15

Restricted

Casement Area

5

EIDW/CTA/Base1500/5

Geodesic

SFC

3000

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 1000

1

53 23 39.3600 N

006 43 49.5800 W

Geodesic

1000

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 1000

2

EIR15/Restricted/3

Geodesic

1000

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 1000

3

53 10 41.0600 N

006 48 56.2200 W

Arc

EIME ARP

EIME ARP

015.00

1000

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 1000

4

53 23 59.3100 N

006 50 23 6200 W

Geodesic

1000

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 1500 Pie

1

53 14 38.7600 N

006 25 41.9900 W

Geodesic

1500

4500

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 1500 Pie

2

53 10 21.1900 N

006 33 59.0000 W

Geodesic

1500

4500

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 1500 Pie

3

EIR 15/Restricted/3

Geodesic

1500

4500

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 1500 West

1

EIR 16/Restricted/Base 1000/4

Arc (A)

EIME ARP

EIME ARP

015.00

1500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 1500 West

2

EIR 16/Restricted/Base 1000/3

Geodesic

1500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 1500 West

3

53 08 15.3700 N

006 56 11.6500 W

Arc

EIME ARP

EIME ARP

020.00

1500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 1500 West

4

53 24 24.9700 N

006 59 01.7100 W

Geodesic

1500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 2500

1

EIR 15/Restricted/3

Geodesic

2500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 2500

2

EIR16/Restricted/Base 1500 Pie/2

Geodesic

2500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 2500

3

53 06 07.1200 N

006 42 06.5700 W

Arc

EIME ARP

EIME ARP

015.00

2500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 2500

4

EIR 16/Restricted/Base 1000/3

Geodesic

2500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 3500

1

EIR 16/Restricted/Base 1000/3

Arc (A)

EIME ARP

EIME ARP

015.00

3500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 3500

2

EIR 16/Restricted/Base 2500/3

Geodesic

3500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 3500

3

53 02 46.8900 N

006 48 28.9500 W

Arc

EIME ARP

EIME ARP

020.00

3500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 3500

4

EIR 16/Restricted/Base 1500 West/3

Geodesic

3500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 4500

1

EIR 16/Restricted/Base 1500 West/4

Arc (A)

EIME ARP

EIME ARP

020.00

4500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 4500

2

EIR 16/Restricted/Base 3500/3

Geodesic

4500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 4500

3

52 56 09.1700 N

007 01 03.6100 W

Arc

EIME ARP

EIME ARP

030.00

4500

FL240

EIR16

Restricted

Casement Area

Base 4500

4

53 25 13.5300 N

007 15 59.2500 W

Geodesic

4500

FL240

EIR22

Restricted

Finner Area

Circle

EIFR ARP

EIFR ARP

001.00

SFC

1000

EIR23

Restricted

Casement Area

Circle

BAL DVOR/DME

BAL DVOR/DME

001.00

SFC

2000

MOA3

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

1

53 07 54.4900 N

006 32 11.1700 W

Geodesic

SFC

FL450

MOA3

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

2

53 03 58.0300 N

006 29 17.8500 W

Geodesic

SFC

FL450

MOA3

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

3

52 30 41.0300 N

006 35 03.2500 W

Geodesic

SFC

FL450

MOA3

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

4

52 40 07.0300 N

007 19 57.0300 W

Geodesic

SFC

FL450

MOA4

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

1

EIR 16/Restricted/Base 1000/1

Geodesic

SFC

FL450

MOA4

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

2

MOA3/Military Operating Area/1

Geodesic

SFC

FL450

MOA4

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

3

52 46 52.3900 N

007 08 27.8500 W

Arc

EIME ARP

EIME ARP

040.00

SFC

FL450

MOA4

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

4

53 25 20.8300 N

007 33 00.0200 W

Geodesic

SFC

FL450

MOA4

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

5

53 31 52.0000 N

007 22 04.0200 W

Geodesic

SFC

FL450

MOA4

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

6

EIR16/Restricted/Base 1500 West/4

Geodesic

SFC

FL450

MOA5

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

1

MOA4/Military Operating Area/4

Arc (A)

EIME ARP

EIME ARP

040.00

SFC

FL450

MOA5

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

2

MOA4/Military Operating Area/3

Geodesic

SFC

FL450

MOA5

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

3

MOA3/Military Operating Area/4

Geodesic

SFC

FL450

MOA5

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

4

52 46 31.4500 N

007 51 26.2000 W

Arc

EIME ARP

EIME ARP

060.00

SFC

FL450

MOA5

Military Operating Area

Casement Area

5

53 06 11.2500 N

008 04 40.6100 W

Geodesic

SFC

FL450

Part II - AREA DATABASE INTERPRETATIVE MATERIAL

Part II

AREA DATABASE INTERPRETATIVE MATERIAL

AREA Database Description

The AREA database contains a listing of data defining the boundaries of the Irish Airspace Organisation components.

AREA Database Structure

The Irish Aviation Authority in pursuance of the powers conferred by

Section 5

and

68

(1) of the

Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993

, Number 29 of 1993, with the consent of the Minister for Public Enterprise and the Minister for Defence, hereby orders the designation of the areas of Irish Airspace in Articles 4 and 5 hereunder for use by the Defence Forces.