S.I. No. 806/2007 - Irish Aviation Authority (Designated Areas) Order, 2007

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

2. This Order revokes and re-enacts with modifications and additions the Irish Aviation Authority (Designated Areas) Order, 2002 (

S.I. No. 140 of 2002

).

3. This Order provides for

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

— 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

— Radius (NM).

— 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, 2002 (

S.I. No. 140 of 2002

) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE AREA DATABASE AND DATABASE INTERPRETATIVE MATERIAL

Part 1

AREA DATABASE

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

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

14

th December

, 2007.

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 Transport 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.