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The Civil Aviation (Rules of the Air) Regulations, 2018
36. Submission of a flight plan
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
36. Submission of a flight plan
(1)Information relative to an intended flight or portion of a flight, to be provided to air traffic services units, shall be in the form of a flight plan.(2)A flight plan shall be submitted by a competent person prior to operating—(a)any flight or portion thereof to be provided with air traffic control service;(b)any IFR flight within advisory airspace;(c)any flight within or into designated areas, or along designated routes, when so required by the appropriate ATS authority to facilitate the provision of flight information, alerting and search and rescue services;(d)any flight within or into designated areas, or along designated routes, when so required by the appropriate ATS authority to facilitate coordination with appropriate military units or with air traffic services units in adjacent States in order to avoid the possible need for interception for the purpose of identification;(e)any flight across international borders.(3)A flight plan shall be submitted to an air traffic services reporting office before departure, or, through digital means, or, during flight, transmitted to the appropriate air traffic services unit or air-ground control radio station, unless arrangements have been made for submission of repetitive flight plans.(4)A flight plan for a flight to be provided with air traffic control service or air traffic advisory service shall be submitted at least sixty minutes before departure, or, if submitted during flight, at a time which will ensure its receipt by the appropriate air traffic services unit at least ten minutes before the aircraft is estimated to reach—(a)the intended point of entry into a control area or advisory area; or(b)the point of crossing an airway or advisory route, unless otherwise prescribed by the appropriate ATS authority(5)Where a Through Flight Plan, containing such particulars as may be notified is submitted to and accepted by an air traffic services unit in respect of a flight through a number of intermediate aerodromes, this regulation shall be deemed to have been satisfied in respect of each sector of the flight.(6)Subject to subregulations (2), (3), (4) and (5), a flight plan shall be accepted by the receiving Air Traffic Service unit/Reporting office before it is activated(7)An air traffic control unit may exempt the pilot-in-command from the requirements of this regulation in respect of an intended flight which is to be made in a notified local flying area and in which the aircraft will return to the aerodrome of departure without making an intermediate landing.(8)In order to comply with the instrument flight rules, before an aircraft either takes off from a point within any controlled airspace, or enters any controlled airspace, or in other circumstances prescribed for this purpose, the pilot-in-command shall cause a flight plan to be communicated to the appropriate air traffic control unit and shall obtain an air traffic control clearance based on such flight plan.(9)The pilot-in-command after he has flown in controlled airspace shall, unless he has requested the appropriate air traffic control unit to cancel his flight plan, forthwith inform that unit when the aircraft lands within or leaves that controlled airspace.