Flight information service

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The Flight Information Service ( english Flight information service , FIS ) are the leaders of aircraft within a Flight Information Region information and instructions that are necessary for the safe, orderly and expeditious conduct of flights. Flight information service is provided for flights that are subject to air traffic control (IFR) as well as for VFR flights.

Cessna 172 - flight preparation

Flight information service in Germany

Tasks of the flight information service

The flight information service performs the following tasks:

  • Dissemination of general information as air broadcasting
  • Dissemination of specific information in individual cases (e.g. information on the weather or airspace use)
  • Receipt and dissemination of traffic information (also using radar)
  • Receipt and forwarding of Pilot Weather Reports (PIREPs) and flight plans submitted in flight
  • Navigation assistance

The scope of the flight information service depends on the workload as well as on the technical facilities available at the workplace and their possibilities. So there is no guarantee of assistance from the flight information service.

In addition to the flight information service is also an aeronautical information service (Engl. Aeronautical Information Service , AIS ) offered. The primary difference between the flight information service and the flight advice service is: The flight advice service is available before the flight, the flight information service (FIS) during the flight. Flight information service is provided by every air traffic control center in Germany . For this purpose, separate radio frequencies are also kept available in the various flight information areas. Air traffic control has priority over the implementation of the flight information service.

The flight information service also provides the flight alarm service.

Use of the flight information service

The flight information service can be used in two different ways:

  1. By establishing a voice radio connection to the responsible FIS controller, who then specifically responds to information requests from the pilot. ( Example of a radio link )
  2. By listening to the airborne radio broadcasts generally broadcast , which contain more general information.

Example of a radio link

" Pilot: Long information, Delta Echo ...

FIS: Delta Echo…, long information

Pilot: Delta Echo…, Cessna 172, VFR, position Michelstadt, 3000 feet, in the direction of Worms, request traffic information "

- German air traffic control : Brochure Safe Visual Flight

Air broadcasts

The following information is disseminated via air broadcasts:

  • Restrictions and hazards for air traffic that occur at short notice and cannot be published in time. (e.g. major fires or search and rescue services )
  • Significant weather phenomena ( SIGMET )
  • Take-off and landing information ( ATIS )

A general air broadcast contains the following information:

  • "General call
  • Specification of the sending agency
  • Reason for the report
  • Radius, place (possibly geographical coordinates), altitude
  • Type and scope z. B. a restriction "

Radar-based flight information service

For military flights under visual flight rules (OAT-VFR flights), a radar-supported flight information service (RAFIS) is provided to increase safety. This is carried out by the air traffic control offices of the German Air Traffic Control, the local military approach control offices or the remote military offices. A radar-supported flight information service is intended, in particular, to facilitate the change from VFR to IFR flight and through flights of airspace classes "C" and "D".

Flight information service in other countries

In Austria, too, FIS is provided by all air traffic control centers. There is also a separate flight information center that provides various information to pilots in flight on its own frequency.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brochure Safe Visual Flight (p. 18). (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Deutsche Flugsicherung. Archived from the original on September 14, 2018 ; accessed on November 23, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dfs.de
  2. ↑ Brochure Safe Visual Flight (pp. 18–19). (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Deutsche Flugsicherung. Archived from the original on September 14, 2018 ; accessed on November 23, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dfs.de
  3. ^ A b Heinrich Mensen: Modern air traffic control. Springer Vieweg, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-54294-7 , p. 107.
  4. ^ The private pilot: Aviation law and radiotelephony. Peters Media Publishing, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-95688-000-1 , p. 97.
  5. ↑ Brochure Safe Visual Flight (p. 21). (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Deutsche Flugsicherung. Archived from the original on September 14, 2018 ; accessed on November 23, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dfs.de
  6. ^ A b Heinrich Mensen: Modern air traffic control. Springer Vieweg, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-54294-7 , p. 109.
  7. ^ Heinrich Mensen: Modern air traffic control. Springer Vieweg, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-54294-7 , p. 119.