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Title: Inverness Airport

ACP-2014-04

Sponsor: Highland and Island Airports Ltd (HIAL)

Last updated: February 2024

Framework briefing held with organisations considering proposal of the change Apr 2013

Sponsor's formal airspace change proposal (date received by CAA) *

Nov 2017

* The above formal airspace change proposal was published prior to the document check being fully complete. As part of this phase, the CAA has reviewed the proposal for completeness and has written to the change sponsor requesting further documentation outlined in the following letter. Once the proposal has been assessed for completeness, it will progress on to the next phase of Regulatory Decision and all associated documentation will be published in this table. 11 Dec 2020

Sponsor's Updates**

6 Sep 2019

** An updated version of this ‘Sponsor Update’ has been published. The redacted text within the document has been amended to aid understanding of the minutes and there has been no change to the content from the previous version above.

This presentation, shared at the meeting on 9 July 2019, has also been published to provide further clarity.

11 Dec 2020

In assessing the proposal and making the decision, the CAA has taken account of the following documents received from the sponsor:

ERCD Reports

Safety Assessment

  • Safety Case Part 1
  • Safety Case Part 2 and 3
  • Safety Case Part 4
  • SID05 v 1
  • SID23 v1
  • Transition05 v 4
  • Transition23 v 5
  • GNSS App05
  • GNSS App23
  • Tain Range/Inverness ATC LoA
  • RAF Lossiemouth/Inverness ATC LoA
  • Inverness ATC Example Watch Roster

  • Highland Gliding Club Letter
  • Cairngorm Gliding Club Letter

  • PDG/Inverness ATC LoA plus (supplement for Ops in CTR)
  • Inverness ATC/NATS (Prestwick ACC) LoA
  • Inverness ATC CAS Training Plan
  • Inverness ATC CAS Simulator Programme
  • Procedures Flight Validation Plan

  • Inverness Airport Air Traffic Forecast (as submitted in 2017, believed to be out of date)

Engagement regarding the Flexible Use of CTA8 – Sponsor updates

Letters regarding Flexible Use of CTA8 – CAA and HIAL

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 Inverness Airport’s Airspace Change Proposal is open until 9 April 2021. Details on the process and how to submit a request.

10 Mar 2021

The CAA has received a request for the final decision on this airspace change proposal to be called in by the General Aviation Alliance. After the call-in window closes, the CAA has a period of 3 weeks to determine whether the call-in criteria have been met and to prepare/submit its assessment to the Department for Transport.

General Aviation Alliance call-in request

9 April 2021
CAA assessment of call-in criteria 30 April 2021
Letter from DfT on Inverness Airport call-in assessment 7 June 2021

The CAA held an update meeting with HIAL. 

Meeting minutes

13 October 2021
Inverness Airport Airspace Change Proposal Summary - January 2022 20 January 2022

Following a request for Inverness Airport to provide additional information to the CAA as part of the ACPs regulatory assessment, the Sponsor has provided an addendum. As a result of this, stakeholders have the opportunity to provide feedback on this new information until 4 Apr 2022.

Stakeholders can submit feed-back by email to airspace.policy@caa.co.uk

6 March 2022

Addendum to ACP

7 March 2022

ACP Update

December 2022

Stage 5 ATM Clarification Questions

25 April 2023

Engagement Update

11 July 2023 
EGPE Proposed Hours And Service Provision

 

25 August 2023
Inverness Airport August 23 ATM Projections 31 August 2023
Implementation Date Change Request 20 October 2023
Implementation Date Change Request 14 February 2024
HIAL ACP update 28 February 2024