VFR traffic

Parking

General VFR traffic will normally be parked at Apron 3.

Local restrictions

Helsinki Control Zone is ATS airspace classification D with vertical limits SFC - 1300 FT.

Visual Reporting Point OGELI may be used only used for SAR flights.

Visual Reporting Points DEGER, NOKKA and RASTI shall not be used for any VFR traffic leaving or entering the Control Zone.

Departing VFR

🧑🏻‍✈ HELSINKI GROUND, OH-CME, CESSNA 172, APRON 3, INFORMATION MIKE, QNH 1011, REQUEST START-UP
🎧 O-ME, HELSINKI GROUND. START-UP APPROVED, RUNWAY 15, LEAVE CONTROL ZONE VIA LILJA, 1000 FT OR BELOW, SQUAWK 0355
🧑🏻‍✈ START-UP APPROVED, RUNWAY 15, LEAVE CONTROL ZONE VIA LILJA, 1000 FT OR BELOW, SQUAWK 0355, O-ME

Arriving VFR

🧑🏻‍✈ HELSINKI TOWER, OH-CME, CESSNA 172, RADIAL 360, 20 MILES FROM HELSINKI, 1000 FT, INFORMATION MIKE, QNH 1011 FOR LANDING
🎧 O-ME, HELSINKI TOWER, VIA TURFI JOIN RIGHT BASE LEG RUNWAY 22 LEFT, 1000 FT OR BELOW
🧑🏻‍✈ VIA TURFI JOIN RIGHT BASE LEG 1000 FT OR BELOW, O-ME

Traffic Circuit

🧑🏻‍✈ HELSINKI GROUND, OH-CME, CESSNA 172, REQUEST START-UP
🎧 O-ME, HELSINKI GROUND, START-UP APPROVED, CLEARED TRAFFIC CIRCUIT RUNWAY 15, 1000 FT OR BELOW, SQUAWK 0422
🧑🏻‍✈ START-UP APPROVED, CLEARED TRAFFIC CIRCUIT RUNWAY 15, 1000 FT OR BELOW, O-ME

Delaying VFR traffic

Flight Plan instructions

Flight planning is an essential phase of your flight. A good flight plan will give Air Traffic Control sufficient information regarding your intentions and reduces the need to ask intentions during the flight.

Traffic circuit

Traffic circuit is marked with TC in the ROUTE field.

TC can be further specified in FPL field-18 ('remarks field') as follows:

  1. Conducting one spot landing:
    • RMK/1SL
  2. Conducting a practiced forced landing after which the flight continues to two training areas:
    • RMK/PFL 2TA
  3. Conducting two spot landings after which the flight continues to a training area:
    • RMK/2SL TA
Most common abbreviations
FS Full Stop (Ladning)
LA Low Approach
TA Training Area
AP Approaches
TGL Touch and Go Landing
TC Traffic Circuit
SL Spot Landing
PFL Practiced Forced Landing
PFLR Practiced Forced Landing back to Runway

En-route flights

Example flight plan

VFR flight leaving Control Zone and re-entry for traffic circuit performing 2 touch-and-go landings, 2 spot landings and 1 full-stop landing:

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Helicopter flights

VFR helicopters may choose the take-off or landing location.

Take-off and landing locations
Location Within Maneuvering Area? Remarks
Runways YES
FATO H16/H34 YES Serving traffic to Apron 4
Helipad Y YES Serving traffic to Apron 3
FATO FH10 YES Medical helicopter FinnHEMS 10

Example phraseology:

🚁 HELSINKI TOWER, OH-HEH, ROBINSON 44, EAST OF HELSINKI, 1200 FT, ESTIMATING LILJA IN 4 MINUTES FOR LANDING, APRON 3
🎧 O-EH, HELSINKI TOWER, CLEARED HELSINKI CONTROL ZONE VIA LILJA, DIRECT HELIPAD Y, 1000 FT OR BELOW, QNH 1011
🚁 CLEARED HELSINKI CONTROL ZONE VIA LILJA, DIRECT HELIPAD Y, 1000 FT OR BELOW, QNH 1011, O-EH
🚁 O-EH, LILJA INBOUND
🎧 O-EH
🎧 O-EH, WIND VARIABLE 4 KNOTS, HELIPAD Y CLEARED TO LAND, CLEARED TO CROSS RUNWAY 33
🚁 HELIPAD Y CLEARED TO LAND, CLEARED TO CROSS RUNWAY 33, O-EH
🎧 O-EH, AIR-TAXI VIA DL TO APRON 3
🚁 AIR-TAXI VIA DL TO APRON 3, O-EH

Outside Maneuvering Area

When departing or landing outside of the Maneuvering Area, pilots are requested to report airborne or to report on ground. No take-off or landing clearance will be issued.

🎧 O-EH, WIND CALM, MAKE APPROACH TO APRON 7, REPORT ON GROUND, CLEARED TO CROSS RUNWAY 04L
🚁 MAKE APPROACH TO APRON 7, CLEARED TO CROSS RUNWAY 04L, WILCO, O-EH

Special VFR

VMC Conditions

Airspace class Minimum visibility Minimum cloud ceiling
D (Control Zone) 5 km BKN or OVC 1000 ft

When the visibility is less than 5 km and/or when the cloud ceiling is below 1000 ft, ATC may give clearance for Special VFR, and the minima may be reduced to:

Special VFR traffic is separated from all other traffic by ATC

Geographical Restrictions for Separation

ATC may restrict a VFR flight to remain outside of the IFR Approach Funnel in order to separate a Special VFR aircraft from other aircraft.

🎧 O-BC, leave control zone via Kitka, special VFR, after departure remain outside of IFR approach funnel.
O-BC, jätä lähialue Kitkan kautta, erityis-VFR, lähdön jälkeen pysy pois IFR-lähestymisen suojaalueelta.
🎧 O-BC, report when outside of IFR approach funnel.
O-BC, ilmoita kun pois IFR-lähestymisen suoja-alueelta.
🎧 O-BC, LEAVE CONTROL ZONE VIA LINTU, SPECIAL VFR, AFTER DEPARTURE REMAIN OUTSIDE OF IFR APPROACH FUNNEL
🎧 O-BC, REPORT WHEN OUTSIDE OF IFR APPROACH FUNNEL

ATC may give a warning when a possibility of IMC conditions is present, especially during a change from IFR to VFR.

🎧 O-BC, INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS REPORTED / FORECASTED IN THE VICINITY OF HELSINKI
👨‍✈️ ROGER, MAINTAINING IFR, O-BC




Revision #18
Created 30 July 2023 14:58:36 by Otto Tuhkunen (1339541)
Updated 17 October 2024 06:05:44 by Otto Tuhkunen (1339541)