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Air Traffic Services
Reaching communities across Canada
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 | NAV CANADA is the non-share capital corporation that owns and
operates Canada's civil air navigation service (ANS). Aircraft
services provided by the company across the country include air
traffic control, flight information, weather briefings, aeronautical
information, airport advisory services and electronic aids to
navigation.
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| The ANS provides essential services to aircraft operating in
Canadian domestic airspace, and in international airspace assigned
to Canadian control.
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| NAV CANADA's mandate is to provide an ANS that is safe,
efficient and responsive to user needs.
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| The ANS consists in a network of air routes providing services
in accordance with need. The volume and mix of traffic at a given
location dictate the type of service provided.
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| Control services are ensured in high-density traffic and
instrument flight rule (IFR) areas. Air traffic controllers maintain
vertical, and lateral or time separation according to strictly
defined criteria. Air traffic controllers work in Area Control
Centres, the Ottawa Terminal Control Unit (TCU), and Control Towers.
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| There are seven Area Control Centres (ACCs) located in
Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Moncton and
Gander, and one stand-alone Terminal Control Unit (TCU) in Ottawa.
ACCs provide control, advisory and alerting services for IFR and
Controlled VFR (CVFR) aircraft in a Flight Information Region (FIR).
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| Forty-two Control Towers provide pilots approaching and
departing busy airports with clearances and instructions to ensure
their aircraft have sufficient spacing (horizontal, lateral and
vertical distance from each other). Controllers also ensure
separation between aircraft, and aircraft and vehicles operating on
the maneuvering area of the airport. This is done primarily using
visual control methods, although busier airports have air and ground
surveillance radar to monitor aircraft movements.
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| Since NAV CANADA took over the ANS, new towers have been
completed in Halifax, Quebec City, Toronto, Saskatoon, Kelowna and
Springbank.
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| In lower density VFR traffic areas, aircraft are responsible to
stay clear of one another. For these aircraft, Flight Service
Specialists working in Flight Service Stations or Flight Information
Centres provide advisory services.
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| There are 67 Flight Service Stations located at locations with
less than 60,000 movements annually. Flight Service Stations (FSS)
services may include the following: weather observations and
briefing; pilot pre-flight information; airport advisory; vehicle
control; flight plan acceptance and processing; enroute
communications; relay of air traffic control clearances; assistance
to aircraft in emergency situations; VFR flight planning and
alerting; direction finder assistance; issuance of aviation safety
notices
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| NAV CANADA also has six Flight Information Centres (FIC)
established in Halifax, Quebec City, London, Winnipeg, Edmonton and
Kamloops. The FICs provide centralized flight information services -
including interpretive weather briefings, flight planning services
and enroute advisories.
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| Air traffic services provided by NAV CANADA are more
comprehensive than those offered in other countries. For instance,
in the United States, airport advisory services are not available at
airports with less than 100,000 movements annually.
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| Since taking over the ANS, the company has adopted a strategy to
modernize and enhance the delivery of air traffic services across
the country in order to improve safety and efficiency. The company
has invested and committed close to $1 billion in new systems and
technologies since 1996. These include improved radar displays for
operational personnel, new voice and data communications systems,
state-of-the-art flight data processing, and numerous other
innovations. NAV CANADA technology solutions are among the best in
the aviation industry.
NAV CANADA assumed responsibility for the sales and distribution
of the NAV CANADA aeronautical information products previously
marketed and distributed by Natural Resources Canada.
NAV CANADA's Aeronautical Information Products include a national
inventory of more than 20 publications and chart titles, including
over 1,700 instrument procedures and data for 1,800 airports across
Canada.
In 2005, NAV CANADA introduces an integrated aeronautical
information package which consists of the following elements:
AIP Canada (ICAO), AIP Supplements (AIP SUP), Aeronautical
Information Circulars (AIC), and NOTAM. NAV CANADA also introduces
the Canada Airport Maneuvering Surfaces (CAMS) publication. The AIP
Canada (ICAO), AIP SUP, AIC and CAMS are available in PDF format and
are free of charge. They may be accessed by clicking on the link
below. NOTAM are part of our Aviation Weather Web Site and can also
be accessed by clicking on the link below.
The AIP Canada (ICAO) will be available effective 27-Oct-05. This
document contains Part 1- General (GEN), Part 2 - Enroute (ENR),
Part 3 - Aerodromes (AD) as well as AIP Supplements (AIP SUP) and
Aeronautical Information Circulars (AIC). The AIP SUP and AIC are
available effective 17-Mar-05 and may be accessed by clicking on the
AIP Canada (ICAO) links below.
The current issue is the current effective publication
date (see
Publication Schedule for current date). That version will remain
on the site until its expiry. The next issue is the next effective
publication date (see Publication Schedule for next publication
dates) and will be posted 10 days prior to the effective date.
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