Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 172 : Airspace and Air Traffic Services

Subpart 2 : Designation and Classification of Airspace

172.02.3 Designation of control areas
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(1)The Director shall, when designating a particular portion of the airspace as a control area in terms of regulation 172.02.1, prescribe the horizontal and vertical limits of such area.

 

(2)The lowest limit of designated control areas shall be at least 700 feet above the ground or water.

 

(3)The Director  shall, when designating a particular portion of an airspace as a control zone in terms of regulation 172.02.1, prescribe the horizontal and vertical limits of such area in accordance with requirements prescribed  in Document SA-CATS 172.

[Regulation 172.02.3 substituted by regulation 14(a) of Notice No. R. 3169, GG 48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Fifth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]

 

(4)Lateral limits of control zones shall encompass at least those portions of the airspace, which are not within other controlled airspace, containing paths of IFR flights arriving at and departing from aerodromes to be used under instrument meteorological conditions.

 

Note: Aircraft holding in the vicinity of aerodromes are considered as arriving aircraft.

[Regulation 172.02.3(4) substituted by regulation 19 of Notice No. R. 1349, GG 40376, dated 28 October 2016 (Fourteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2016)]

 

(5)Lateral limits of a control zone shall extend to at least 9.3 km (5NM) from the centre of the aerodrome concerned in the directions from which approaches may be made.

 

Note: A control zone may include two or more aerodromes situated close together.

[Regulation 172.02.3(5) substituted by regulation 19 of Notice No. R. 1349, GG 40376, dated 28 October 2016 (Fourteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2016)]