ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
The Civil Aviation (Air Traffic Services) Regulations
15. Specifications for flight information regions, control areas and control zones
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
15. Specifications for flight information regions, control areas and control zones
(1)Where the delineation of airspace is to be provided in air traffic services, it shall be related to the nature of the route structure and the need for efficient service rather than to national boundaries.(2)Information regions shall be delineated to cover the whole of the air route structure to be served by such regions.(3)A flight information region shall include all airspace within its lateral limits except as limited by an upper flight information region.(4)Where a flight information region is limited by an upper flight information region, the lower limit specified for the upper flight information region shall constitute the upper vertical limit of the flight information region and shall coincide with a VFR cruising level as specified in the First Schedule to the Civil Aviation (Rules of the Air) Regulations, 2018.(5)Control areas including, inter alia, airways and terminal control areas shall be delineated so as to encompass sufficient air space to contain the flight paths of those IFR flights or portions thereof to which it is desired to provide the applicable parts of the air traffic control service, taking into account the capabilities of the navigation aids normally used in that area.(6)A lower limit of a control area shall be established at a height above the ground or water of not less than 200 m (700ft).(7)The lower limit of a control area shall, when practicable and desirable in order to allow freedom of action for VFR flights below the control area, be established at a greater height than the minimum specified in subregulation(6).(8)When the lower limit of a control area is above 900 m (3000 ft.) Mean Sea Level (MSL), it shall coincide with a VFR cruising level specified in the First Schedule to the Civil Aviation (Rules of the air) regulations 2018.(9)An upper limit of a control area shall be established when either—(a)air traffic control service will not be provided above such upper limit; or(b)the control area is situated below an upper control area, in which case the upper limit shall coincide with the lower limit of the upper control area.(5)When established, such upper limit shall coincide with a VFR cruising level specified in the First Schedule to the Civil Aviation (Rules of the air) regulations 2018.