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FASI(N)

Information on FASI(N), formerly PLAS

  • We aim to publish the full contents of all documents received by us during the change process. Occasionally it will be necessary for us to consider, under our Environmental Information Regulation obligations, whether some information cannot be disclosed or can only be disclosed in a way which balances the rights of the owners of the information against the public interest in transparency, especially information which is commercially confidential or protected by intellectual property rights.

    Future Airspace Strategy Implementation (North) (formerly Prestwick Lower Airspace Systemisation)

    FASI(N) is a combination of airspace redesign modules that comply with the UK's Future Airspace Strategy through the provision of Performance Based Navigation routes, Standard Instrument Departures and Standard Arrival Routes which facilitate continuous climb and continuous descent operations, user preferred routes, Flexible Use of Airspace and simplified boundaries between controlled and uncontrolled airspace. The redesign and modification will include the Manchester Terminal Control Area, Scottish Terminal Control Area, Belfast Terminal Control Area and Irish Sea sector operations.

  • Isle of Man/Antrim Systemisation

    Last updated: 22 August 2017

    Sponsor: NATS

    Isle of Man/Antrim sectors systemisation and introduction of RNAV1 route structure

    Formal overview and background material relating to the airspace change proposal 11 Nov 2015
    Framework briefing held with organisations considering proposal of the change 17 Nov 2015
    Sponsor external consultation document (with associated appendices) 4 Jul - 30 Aug 2016
    Sponsor's external consultation feedback report 27 Jan 2017
    Sponsor's formal airspace change proposal (date received by CAA) 29 Mar 2017
    Operational assessment by CAA  26 Jul 2017
    Consultation assessment by CAA 30 Jun 2017
    Environmental assessment by CAA 30 Jun 2017
    Decision document (CAA change approval) 21 Aug 2017
    AIRAC distribution date/AIP amendment 28 Sep 2017
    Change implementation date  9 Nov 2017

    Edinburgh SIDs and STARs

    ACP reference: ACP-2015-02

    Sponsor: Edinburgh Airport Ltd

    New SIDs and STARs (Arrival Transitions to Final Approach), RNAV (GNSS) approaches, and revised ILS procedures (as required), re-design of terminal holds and associated STARs (part of NATS' PLAS project).

    Following the publication of a redacted version of the Sponsor's final proposal, any stakeholder may submit a 'call in' requesting that the final decision about changes to the design of UK airspace is made by the Secretary of State for Transport rather than the CAA. Stakeholders can review the airport's proposal to assess whether or not it meets any of the call-in criteria. The 'call in' for Edinburgh's Airspace Change Proposal was open until 17:00 17 October 2018. Details on the process and how to submit a request can be found here.

    Last updated: 30 November 2018

    Framework briefing held with organisations considering proposal of the change

    		 11 Nov 2016
    Sponsor's first external consultation document (with associated appendices) 6 Jun 2016
    Sponsor's external consultation feedback report 25 Nov 2016
    Sponsor's second external consultation document 30 Jan 2017
    Edinburgh has updated their consultation material to add additional information about the impact of the changes and proposed RNAV SID designs - this material is available at letsgofurther.com. 16 Feb 2017
    Sponsor's external feedback report on second consultation - Issue 1. The sponsor will publish a second feedback report - date TBC. 4 Aug 2017
    Sponsor's formal airspace change proposal (date received by CAA) 4 Aug 2017 
    The CAA will carry out a completeness check to determine if all ACP documentation has been received; this is due to be completed by 10 August 2017. If this is successful, then the case study analysis will commence. 4 Aug 2017
    'Completeness check' completed 11 August 2017. The CAA is commencing Stage 5 of the ACP Process. The outcome of this regulatory analysis will not be known until after 1 December 2017. Edinburgh has published an interim statement regarding what has been proposed to the CAA. 14 Aug 2017
    The CAA has decided not to continue its review into Stage 5 of the Airspace Change Process. We have requested the airport address a number of technical and coordination issues. 21 Sep 2017
    CAA letter to Edinburgh Airport regarding the decision not to continue its review into Stage 5 of the Airspace Change Process. 21 Sep 2017
    Edinburgh Airport published the 2nd consultation 'rationale document' titled: 'What we have proposed and why' 11 Oct 2017
    Edinburgh has addressed the Runway 06 design issue referred to above in our letter of 21 September 2017.  As a consequence, EAL has initiated a further round of consultation to provide communities affected by the design changes an opportunity to provide feedback to the sponsor. The further consultation material may be viewed via this link: letsgofurther.com/ 1 Jun 2018
    Sponsor's external feedback report on third consultation (August 2018) 13 Aug 2018
    The CAA has received the Sponsor's formal airspace change proposal (ACP) and has carried out a completeness check on the documentation. The CAA confirms that all ACP documentation has been received.  The CAA is commencing Stage 5 of the ACP Process.  13 Aug 2018 
    North Queensferry Community Council's letter asking for call in      6 Sep 2018  
    Sponsor's final formal airspace change proposal 19 Sep 2018 
    Sponsor's formal airspace change proposal version 2.1 dated 15 October received 15 Oct 2018
    Edinburgh SIDs and STARS minded-to decision of the CAA  29 October 2018

    Data provided by the sponsor

    Supporting material to the ACP v2.1 is provided here: Publications relating to ACP-2015-02 v2.1  

    Note that some maps (e.g. under item 31 and 32 (Ref 24b and 24c)) show diagrams to illustrate the airspace structure. These PDFs include a layer tab to select supporting mapping layers. For example, to see geographical locations, the '2 250K maps RM' layer should be selected.

    Data that is commercial in confidence has not been published, although the reference to the material is included.

    		 4 Nov 2018
    CAA assessment of the criteria for call in by the Secretary of State of Edinburgh Airport's October 2018 airspace change proposal  6 Nov 2018 
    Letter from DfT on Edinburgh Airport call in 26 Nov 2018
    CAA Decision letter to Edinburgh Airport Limited 26 Nov 2018
    CAA Edinburgh Airport Noise Calculations and Comparisons with Measurements 30 Nov 2018 
    Operational assessment by CAA  
    Consultation assessment by CAA  
    Environmental assessment by CAA  
    Decision document (CAA change approval)  
    AIRAC distribution date/AIP amendment  
    Change implementation date  

    Glasgow Airport RNAV SIDs and IAPs

    ACP reference: ACP-2015-03

    Sponsor: Glasgow Airport     

    Last updated: 4 April 2018

    The CAA has written to Glasgow Airport, following consultation with the Department for Transport, notifying the airport of our requirement that this airspace change proposal will be assessed against CAP1616 (the CAA's new airspace change process). The letter to the airport can be read here and the CAA's public statement here. 

    Related correspondence between the CAA, DfT and Glasgow Airport can be viewed here. 

    Framework briefing held with organisations considering proposal of the change

    		 05 Oct 16

    Sponsor external consultation document (with associated appendices)

    		 Jan 18
    Sponsor's external consultation feedback report  
    Sponsor's formal airspace change proposal (date received by CAA)  
    Operational assessment by CAA  
    Consultation assessment by CAA  
    Environmental assessment by CA  
    Decision document (CAA change approval)  
    Change implementation date  
    AIRAC distribution date / AIP amendment  
    Sponsor's analysis  
    CAA PIR assessment  

     

    Glasgow Prestwick RNAV departure and arrival procedures

    ACP reference: ACP-2016-25

    Sponsor: Glasgow Prestwick Airport

    RNAV departure and arrival procedures

    Last updated: 20 March 2017

    Framework briefing held with organisations considering proposal of the change 23 Feb 17
    Sponsor external consultation document (with associated appendices) 14 Jun 17 
    Sponsor's external consultation feedback report 13 Oct 17 
    Sponsor's formal airspace change proposal (date received by CAA)  9 Feb 2018 
    Sponsor's formal airspace change proposal (date received by CAA)

    Following the publication of a redacted version of the Sponsor's final proposal, any stakeholder may submit a 'call in' requesting that the final decision about changes to the design of UK airspace is made by the Secretary of State for Transport rather than the CAA. Stakeholders can review the airport's proposal to assess whether or not it meets any of the call-in criteria. The 'call in' for Glasgow Prestwick Airport's Airspace Change Proposal is open until 24 October 2018. Details on the process and how to submit a request can be found here.
    		 26 Sep 18 
    Operational assessment by CAA  
    Consultation assessment by CAA  
    Environmental assessment by CAA  
    Decision document (CAA change approval)
    Letter regarding redesignation of STARS     		29 Nov 2018 
    Change implementation date  
    AIRAC distribution date / AIP amendment  
    PIR initiation date  
    Sponsor's analysis   
    CAA PIR assessment   

    Leeds Bradford

    ACP reference: ACP-2015-10

    Sponsor: Leeds Bradford Airport

    This proposal concerns the development of new RNAV departure and arrival procedures at Leeds Bradford airport.

    The CAA will carry out a completeness check to determine if all ACP documentation has been received; this was due to be completed by 14 Jan 2019. However, the Completeness Check period has been extended in order to allow the Sponsor to provide all the relevant information required under CAP725. If this is successful, then the case study analysis will commence. 

     

    Last updated: 21 January 2019

    Framework briefing held with organisations considering proposal of the change 23 Sep 2016
    Sponsor external consultation document and addendum (with associated appendices) 14 Jul - 5 Nov 2017
    Sponsor's external consultation feedback report 12 Jul 2018
    Sponsor's formal airspace change proposal (date received by CAA) 18 Dec 2018
     

    CAA document completeness check undertaken and completed - January 2019                                                                                                                                                                                                     

    Following the 'completeness check' the CAA confirms that all ACP documentation has been received from the Sponsor and a redacted version of the Sponsor's final proposal has been published. Any stakeholder may submit a 'call in' requesting that the final decision about changes to the design of UK airspace is made by the Secretary of State for Transport rather than the CAA. The 'call in' for Leeds Bradford's Airspace Change Proposal is open until 18 February 2019. Details on the process and how to submit a request can be found here.                    

    		  21 Jan 2019
    Operational assessment by CAA  
    Consultation assessment by CAA  
    Environmental assessment by CAA  
    Decision document (CAA change approval)  
    Change implementation date  
    AIRAC distribution date / AIP amendment  
    PIR initiation date  
    Sponsor's analysis   
    CAA PIR assessment