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AIC-A
05/08
27 MAR 08
The Ministry of Transport announces that with effect from June 5 2008, the carriage and operation of Mode S Enhanced Surveillance
(EHS) transponders is mandatory for applicable aircraft (see paragraph 5) in the airspace at or above FL 245 in the Amsterdam FIR.
As the carriage and operation of Mode S EHS airborne equipment has been notified for several years for flights in airspace designated by
France, Germany and the United Kingdom, it is considered that no additional burden will be placed on aircraft operators to meet these
requirements at or above FL 245 in the Amsterdam FIR. Where operators already have received an ELS/EHS exemptions from the
EUROCONTROL Exemption Coordination Cell (ECC), these will remain in force according to the specific 'acknowledgement' or 'exemption'
granted.
This AIC provides supplementary information on the introduction of provision of Mode S EHS in the Amsterdam FIR and should be read
in conjunction with AIC-A 01/05 in which the carriage and operation of SSR Mode S airborne equipment in European airspace is described.
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With effect from June 5 2008, the airspace at or above FL 245 in Belgium and Luxembourg will also be designated for mandatory carriage
and operation of Mode S EHS transponders. The Mode S ELS and EHS requirements for the Belgian and Luxembourg notified airspace
are described in the AICs published by the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority.
2 ENHANCED SURVEILLANCE
The first step in the introduction of SSR Mode S in Europe is known as Mode S Elementary Surveillance (ELS). Mode S EHS, which builds
upon the concept of ELS and consists of the extraction of Downlink Aircraft Parameters (DAPs), facilitates an increase in the safety and
efficiency of the ATM operations and will enable the controllers to increase their efficiency in tactically separating aircraft. The controllers
information is improved by providing actual aircraft derived data such as magnetic heading, air speed, selected altitude and vertical rate
enabling to reduce the radio telephony (RT) workload and better assess the separation situations. Mode S EHS enables monitoring tools
and safety nets which work on actual data, to be implemented or improved (MSAW, STCA) which in turn will allow safety levels to be
maintained or improved despite the increase in traffic levels.
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BDS 4,0
Selected Altitude
Selected Altitude
BDS 5,0
Roll Angle
Roll Angle
Ground Speed
Ground Speed
Magnetic Heading
Magnetic Heading
BDS 6,0
Vertical Rate (Barometric rate of climb/descend or Vertical Rate (Barometric rate of climb/descend or
baroinertial)
baroinertial)
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The alternative DAP set shall be used in case the 'Track Angle Rate' cannot be supplied.
Transmitted DAPs are to comply with the requirements of EASA AMC 20-12 (or latest issue).
Note:
Example of a radar label with EHS data in the third line (Aircraft ID, selected altitude, magnetic heading, indicated air speed/Mach no,
ground speed and vertical rate).
4 BENEFITS
Mode S EHS is part of a logical, evolutionary development of surveillance applications towards safer and more efficient systems. First
elements of this development path include the Mode S ELS implementation. Future achievements will concentrate on controller tools
improving safety and efficiency, and on co-operative ATS applications.
automatic provision of airborne derived data to enhance ground systems functions including surveillance;
use of data link to improve efficiency of communications;
use aircraft derived data for ground based safety nets;
enhance ATC decision support by using aircraft derived data;
maintain and improve the quality of surveillance.
safety benefits;
capacity benefits.
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5 APPLICABLE AIRCRAFT
The requirements of Mode S EHS, which includes the full functionality of ELS, apply to IFR flights as GAT by fixed wing aircraft having a
maximum take-off mass greater than 5700 kg or a maximum cruising true airspeed in excess of 250 kt in the designated airspace notified
by the Civil Aviation Authorities of Germany, United Kingdom, France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Aircraft below these thresholds are required to comply with Mode S ELS when flying in Mode S ELS or EHS notified airspace.
Diagram showing criteria for Mode S EHS aircraft applicability.
State aircraft:
The carriage and operation of Mode S EHS functionality applies also to "transport type" State aircraft with a maximum take-off mass greater
than 5700 kg or a maximum cruising true airspeed in excess of 250 kt and a "full" DAP capability, conducting IFR flights as GAT in Mode
S Enhanced designated airspace notified by CAA the Netherlands for more than 30 hours per annum per airframe.
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The final date for compliance for the carriage and operation of Mode S EHS airborne equipment is March 31 2009.
6 APPLICABLE AIRSPACE
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With effect from June 5 2008, the carriage and operation of Mode S EHS transponders is mandatory for applicable aircraft in the airspace
at or above FL 245 in the Amsterdam FIR.
The carriage and operation of Mode S EHS transponders is mandated in the Regeling navigatie- en telecommunicatie-installaties and
promulgated in the AIP Netherlands: GEN 1.5.
The carriage of Mode S transponders with EHS capability is also applicable for designated airspace notified by Germany, the United
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Kingdom, Belgium (June 5 2008), Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (June 5 2008) and France.
7 INFORMATION
This AIC is a publication of CAA-NL (Inspectie V&W).
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This is a subject of Airports and Airspace.
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