What’re the Route Planning Considerations for Overflight & Tempory Landing Permits?

When you plan to submit routing for overflight and tempory landing permit requests, then there’re several things that you need to consider.

The following is an overview of what you need to know:

1.      Routes and/ or FIRs( flight region information) is mandatory for some overflight and landing permits:

In many regions of the world, while requesting overflight and landing permits, routing and Flight information needs to be submitted.

Some of the countries requiring routings for overflight requests include Myanmar, North and South Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Sri Lanka, and many other countries in Africa.

2.      Provide adequate permit lead time when routings are required:

Lead time for overflight permits is typically 3 to 5 business days, while five to ten days lead time is often required for landing permits.

Prior to committing yourself to a planned itinerary, you always need to confirm lead time requirements and lead times for schedule revisions.

3.      Random routes shouldn’t be used on permit requests:

In many cases random routes won’t give you the best flight information, and may add additional time to your schedule.

Also, you may find that you get permits that is not required if a random route is not utilized.

Also, you don’t need to discover on the day of operation that the routes you used for permit requests aren’t being accepted by Air Traffic Control (ATC).

4.      Be sure to identify all FIRs(flight region information) when required to do so:

Certain countries are particular on routes/FIRs placed in your permit request while others are more flexible.

For example Chinese authorities may often request you to change a route if they don’t accept the one you have chosen.

5.      Flight routes should not be built too far in advance:

When you use a particular route for a permit request, it is best you have built the route no more than six months in advance.

6.      Consider running test flight plans close to day of operation:

Running test flight plans prior to your operation is good practice because it gives you a chance to re-check the route to make sure it’s useable.

7.      Be careful particularly with routings when more than one country is overflown:

Air traffic control authorities may refuse you to entry into their airspace if you are using a route that is not approved by their Civil Aviation Authority.

So you need to be careful with routings.

8.      Some countries may change your proposed routing, which may affect your other permits:

Best practice is to always check in advance to confirm routes and FIRs approved by the concerned Civil Aviation Authority and to not deviate from those plans.

9.      Having a backup route ready can improve your option:

When you request a permit on short notice, a backup routing is always helpful.

Conclusion:

Whenever you submit a permit request, it becomes necessary to call the recipient and confirm if he or she has received it or not.

If you find out that your permit request was never received, then it’s too late to secure the necessary permit.

About Author:

Vision Aviation Global is an authorised company for filing and obtaining temporary landing permit in India. We are based in Delhi and file & obtain permits in the shortest possible time frames.

We also assist and facilitate issuance of visas & temporary landing permits and give assistance for Immigration and Custom clearance.