ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
The Civil Aviation (Meteorological Service for Air Navigation) Regulations, 2025
63. Requirements for communications.
Edition: 2026-03-03 · In force
63. Requirements for communications.
(1)The meteorological service provider shall provide and use communication services in accordance with the technical specification and detailed criteria set out in the Manual of Implementing Standards-Meteorological Service for Air Navigation.(2)The Authority shall ensure suitable telecommunications facilities are made available to permit—(a)aerodrome meteorological offices and, as necessary, aeronautical meteorological stations to supply the required meteorological information to air traffic services units on the aerodromes for which those offices and stations are responsible, and in particular to aerodrome control towers, approach control units and the aeronautical telecommunications stations serving these aerodromes;(b)meteorological watch offices to supply the required meteorological information to air traffic services and search and rescue services units in respect of the flight information regions, control areas and search and rescue regions for which those offices are responsible, and in particular to flight information centres, area control centres and rescue coordination centres and the associated aeronautical telecommunications stations;(c)world area forecast centres to supply the required world area forecast system products to aerodrome meteorological offices, meteorological service providers and other users.(3)Telecommunications facilities between aerodrome meteorological offices and, as necessary, aeronautical meteorological stations and aerodrome control towers or approach control units shall permit communications by direct speech, the speed with which the communications can be established being such that the required points may normally be contacted within approximately fifteen seconds.(4)Telecommunications facilities between aerodrome meteorological offices or meteorological watch offices and flight information centres, area control centres, rescue coordination centres and aeronautical telecommunications stations shall permit—(a)communications by direct speech, the speed with which the communications can be established being such that the required points may normally be contacted within approximately fifteen seconds;(b)printed communications, when a record is required by the recipients; and(c)the message transit time shall not exceed five minutes.(5)The telecommunications facilities referred to in subregulation (3) shall be supplemented, as and when necessary, by other forms of visual or audio communications, for example, closed-circuit television or separate information processing systems.(6)Where agreed between the meteorological service provider and operators, provision shall be made to enable operators to establish suitable telecommunications facilities for obtaining meteorological information from aerodrome meteorological offices or other appropriate sources.(7)The meteorological service provider shall ensure that suitable telecommunications facilities shall be made available to permit meteorological offices to exchange operational meteorological information with other meteorological offices.(8)The telecommunications facilities used for the exchange of operational meteorological information shall be the aeronautical fixed service or, for the exchange of non-time critical operational meteorological information, the public internet, subject to availability, satisfactory operation, bilateral or multilateral or regional air navigation agreements.(9)When upper-air grid point data in digital form is made available for use by air traffic services computers, the transmission arrangements shall be as agreed between the meteorological authority and the appropriate ATS authority.(10)When upper-air grid point data in digital form is made available to operators for flight planning by computer, the transmission arrangements shall be as agreed between the world area forecast centre concerned, the meteorological authority and the operators concerned.