VFR traffic

Work in progress

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.

Find the Visual Approach Chart HERE.

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, 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 plans

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Helicopter flights

Special VFR




Revision #10
Created 30 July 2023 14:58:36 by Otto Tuhkunen (1339541)
Updated 19 April 2024 11:09:58 by Otto Tuhkunen (1339541)