GEN 1.5  AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENT, EQUIPMENT AND FLIGHT DOCUMENTS

1.   General

Commercial air transport aircraft operating in the airspace of Hungary have to adhere to the provisions of ICAO Annex 6 - Operation of Aircraft - Part 1, Chapter 6 - Aeroplane Instruments, Equipment and Flight Documents and Chapter 7 - Aeroplane Communication and Navigation Equipment.

Aircraft, other than State aircraft, operating on the ATS routes within Budapest FIR under instrument flight rules (IFR) shall be equipped with, as a minimum, RNAV equipment meeting RNP 5 in accordance with the requirements set out ICAO Doc 7030Regional Supplementary Procedures. (EUR - RAC Section 15).

Aircraft, other than State aircraft, operating according to Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) within Budapest FIR above 9500 FT ALT shall be equipped with, as a minimum, RNAV equipment meeting RNAV 5 in accordance with the requirements set out in ICAO Doc 7030/5 Regional Supplementary Procedures (5th edition, 2008, EUR). RNAV may only be performed by operators approved to do so and only with aircraft which are equipped with approved RNAV equipment.

Acceptable means of compliance are set out in the JAA Technical Guidance Leaflet No. 2 rev. 1.

2.   Special equipment to be carried

Within Budapest FIR special equipment are not required.

3.   Equipment to be carried on all types of flight

All aircraft engaged in international flight operations shall carry and operate SSR transponder according to ENR 1.6 para 2.

4.   Radio equipment requirements

InOn the basis of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1079/2012 for IFR GAT flights within class "C" airspaces of Budapest FIR aboveICAO EUR Region for flights above FL1959500 FT ALT, the carriage and operation of 8.33 KHZ channel spacing-capable radio equipment is mandatory. as required by ICAO SUPPS Doc 7030/4 EUR/RAC-4. Chapter 4.0 on „Air Ground Communications and In-flight Reporting”

Non-equipped flights which are flight planned to enter Budapest FIR, except for those applicable tothe UHF equipped State flights must flight plan to operate below FL1959500 FT ALT.

For exemptions from mandatory carriage of 8.33 KHZ equipment See ENR 1.8.

5.   Requirements for FM Broadcast Immunity of airborne receivers

5.1.  In Budapest FIR, aircraft with NAV equipment not complying with the applicable interference immunity performance requirements for ILS localiser and VOR receiving systems (ref. ICAO Annex 10, Vol. I., Chapter 3. para. 3.1.4. and 3.3.8.) may not continue to operate after 1st January 2001.

Exceptions: State aircraft with NAV equipment not complying with the above referred ICAO Standards may continue operations within Budapest FIR with the provision, that they are equipped with suitable other RNAV equipment (meeting RNPRNAV 5 /B-RNAV/ in accordance with ICAO DOC 7030/5 European (EUR) Regional Supplementary Procedures EUR-RAC Section 15. Chapter 4.), for enroute part of the IFR flight.

For Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport alternative approach procedures (NDB) are published in AD 2-LHBP.

5.2.  All VHF communication receivers operating within Budapest FIR shall meet the ICAO FM Broadcast Immunity requirements regarding the airborne radio communication receives in the 117.975 – 137.000 MHZ band (ref. ICAO Annex 10 Vol. III. Part II. para. 2.3.3)will implemented the same time when the vertical expansion of the 8,33 area below FL245 within Budapest FIR will be affected.

Aircraft engaged in domestic flight operations within Budapest FIR below FL245 are exempted from the above referred Annex 10 requirements until this date.

5.3.  In Budapest FIR up to now, no interference problems have been detected using the proposed ICAO Generic Method for ILS and VOR FM Broadcast Compatibility Assessment and there have been no areas identified within the service volumes of ILS and VOR equipment, where interference to less immune aircraft receivers was above the agreed ICAO Annex 10 limits.
5.3.  Any interference problems possibly experienced during their operations within Budapest FIR users are requested to report to:

National Transport Authority Aviation Authority (NTA AA)

Post:

H-1675 Budapest P.O. Box 41.

The report should include the following information:

  1. frequency, on which interference was experienced;
  2. position and level/height of the aircraft;
  3. aircraft call sign and registration (number);
  4. date and time (UTC) of the experienced harmful interference
  5. description of the interfering signal (e.g. music, speech, language, other noise, etc.)

6.   RVSM operation

Except for designated airspace where RVSM transition tasks are carried out, only RVSM approved aircraft and non-RVSM approved State aircraft shall be permitted to operate within the EUR RVSM airspace.

RVSM approved aircraft are those aircraft for which the Operator has obtained an RVSM approval, either from the State in which the operator is based, or from the State in which the aircraft is registered.

Guidance material on the airworthiness, continued airworthiness and the operational practices and procedures for the EUR RVSM airspace is provided in the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) Temporary Guidance Leaflet (TGL) No. 6, Revision 1 and the ICAO EUR Regional Supplementary Procedures (Doc 7030/5 ).

Except for State aircraft, RVSM approval is required for aircraft to operate in the RVSM airspace within Budapest FIR as described in ENR 2.1.

Note:

The provisions applicable to non-RVSM approved civil operations in EUR RVSM airspace where RVSM transition tasks are carried out are specified in the ICAO Regional Supplementary Procedures (Doc 7030/5 – EUR Chapter 1). paragraph 9.1.4.

7.   ACAS II REQUIREMENTS

All civil fixed-wing turbine-powered aircraft operating within airspace of Hungary shall be equipped with Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) II type:

  1. having a maximum take-off mass exceeding 15 000 kg or maximum approved passenger seating configuration of more than 30,
  2. having a maximum take-off mass exceeding 5 700 kg or maximum approved passenger seating configuration of more than 19.

Flying with an inoperative TCAS II within airspace of Hungary is permitted, including the RVSM airspace, provided it is done in accordance with the applicable JAR-OPS 1 TCAS II Minimum Equipment List (MEL).

The exemption from this requirement applies to aeroplanes which are subject to the provisions of Annex II to the EC Regulation (EC) No. 216/2008.

8.   Mode S Procedures – Display of Downlinked Aircraft Parameters (DAPs)

The following Mode S DAPs are used in Budapest FIR:

These aircraft parameters are downlinked from aircraft by the Mode S EHS (Enhanced Surveillance) compliant transponder. Aircraft that are equipped with Mode S ELS (Elementary Surveillance) transponder only, cannot downlink these values.

Having seen the current Indicated Air Speed, Mach Number and Magnetic Heading in the label, the Air Traffic Controller generally will use these displayed values of a Mode S EHS equipped aircraft, without verbally asking.

Note 1: in certain circumstances, it may be necessary to verbally verify any of these DAPs against reading from the flight deck.

Note 2: the DRC (Downlinked Rate of Climb/Descend value is also provided by EHS compliant aircraft, but the Air Traffic Controller will not use it, due to the fluctuation of the  DRC value. However the DRC value is also displayed on the screen, to give information about the tendency, and the order of magnitude of the vertical speed.

The carriage of a Mode S transponder capable of downlinking EHS aircraft parameters will not be compulsory in the Budapest FIR. However, where aircraft is so equipped, the installation and wiring of the instruments and transponder shall guarantee the downlinking of correct values in accordance with certification guidance contained in EASA Document AMC 20-13, or other equivalent airworthiness specifications.