Federal Office for Civil Aviation
Federal Office for Civil Aviation FOCA | |
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Headquarters | Ittigen |
Chief | Christian Hegner |
Employees | 350 |
At sight | Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication DETEC |
Website | www.bazl.admin.ch |
The Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA ( French Office fédéral de l'aviation civile OFAC , Italian Ufficio federale dell'aviazione civile UFAC , Romansh Uffizi federal d'aviatica civila UFAC ) is the aviation authority of the Swiss Confederation .
history
In 1920 the Federal Aviation Office was created as the supervisory authority for civil aviation and in 1979 it was renamed the Federal Office for Civil Aviation .
task
Within the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC), it is responsible for regulating and supervising civil aviation . Civil aviation in this sense includes staff (including air traffic control officers and pilots ), aircraft (including commercial aircraft and hot air balloons ) and infrastructure (mainly airports). As a regulator for civil aviation, the FOCA sets guidelines and standards. The FOCA initiates sanctions for violations of the air traffic rules.
In addition to this, the FOCA looks after Switzerland's international contacts in the field of aviation, for example in connection with the numerous aviation agreements with other countries. The FOCA also grants permits for dangerous air freight transports; this primarily applies to hazardous chemical substances such as ammunition, but also biological or radioactive goods. These permits are communicated to the Air Force, which then monitors the corresponding flight in Swiss airspace with the FLORAKO system. The FOCA is also the point of contact for the embassies of other nations if they want to use Swiss airspace with a state aircraft. The FOCA issues so-called Diplomatic Clearances for this, which are generally valid for 72 hours. The Swiss Air Force monitors compliance with the Diplomatic Clerance , which is authorized within the meaning of the FOCA to grant (or refuse) such permits if these are issued outside of the FOCA's opening hours.
In 2004 the FOCA had a budget of 75 million Swiss francs and carried out its tasks with 194 jobs. The headquarters of the FOCA are located together with the Federal Office of Transport , the Federal Office of Energy and the Federal Roads Office in the DETEC building in the Bern suburb of Ittigen .
FOCA aircraft
The FOCA operates the civil aircraft for the federal government, since the FOCA is a government agency, these are so-called state aircraft. Their home airport is Bern-Belp Airport (ICAO: LSZB).
- HB-GPC Beechcraft Baron 58P
- HB-KEY Robin DR400 / 500
- HB-KEZ Robin DR400 / 500
- HB-KIA Beechcraft Bonanza A36
- HB-XVA Eurocopter AS 350 B2
- HB-FWA Pilatus PC-12
In order to maintain factual independence when investigating incidents in air traffic, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Office was not affiliated to the FOCA. As of November 1, 2011, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (BFU) and the Accident Investigation Unit Railways and Ships (UUS) were merged to form the Swiss Accident Investigation Unit (SUST). However, the FOCA has operational responsibility for the SAUST aircraft, whose home base is the Payerne military airfield (ICAO: LSMP).
- HB-ZSI Agusta A109 SP
- HB-ZKO Agusta A119 Koala
Former aircraft
- FOCA
- HB-POP Piper PA-46 -350P Malibu Mirage 2017 sold
- HB-FAO Pilatus PC-6 from 1963 to 1966. This is the second prototype of the PC-6, which was damaged on June 2, 1966 and was repaired by Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG and converted into PC-6 / H2 and sent to the directorate for Development and cooperation was sold.
- HB-XCN Sud-Aviation SA.318C Alouette II in service from 1968 until the crash on September 28, 1992 in Arth-Goldau .
- HB-XDE Aérospatiale SA-319 in service from 1970 until its crash on October 13, 1998 near the Blinnenhorn .
- HB-XZM Aérospatiale SA-319 , helicopter of the Swiss Air Force (V-276), as HB-XZM between June 1 and October 30, 1993 at the FOCA during the complete overhaul of HB-XDE.
- HB-ZBL Aérospatiale SA-319 , former helicopter of the Swiss Air Force (V-279), in service between 1999 and 2005, then used as a spare parts donor.
- HB-XQE Agusta A109 E, in service from 1998 to 2016, then sold.
- SUST
- HB-XWC Agusta A109 K, acquired by REGA in 2004 and sold in 2013.
Other civil state aircraft in Switzerland
- HB-KMO Cirrus SR22
- HB-KMP Cirrus SR22
- HB-LZH Diamond DA42
- HB-EHJ Fieseler Fi 156 Central Office for Historical Army Material
- HB-1700 Schleicher ASK 21
- HB-ZSN Eurocopter AS 350
- HB-ZSO Eurocopter AS 350
Web links
- Henry Wydler: Aviation. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Markus Häfliger: The new Bazl boss should improve flight safety. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from August 19, 2015
- ^ Federal government buys a Pilatus aircraft ( memento from October 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), luzernerzeitung.ch
- ↑ HB-FWA in the aircraft register
- ^ S / N 338 , pc-6.com.
- ↑ BAZL aircraft register
Coordinates: 46 ° 58 ′ 30.5 " N , 7 ° 28 ′ 27" E ; CH1903: 602,703 / 202,675