MILPORT AIRSPACE

- provide flight information service (FIS)
- coordination with regional aerodromes (RADs)
- provide IFR guidance when requested
- control civil testflights
- help out CMAC

Chief Military Air Traffic Controller

- coordination with Geneva and Zurich ACC and APP (e.g. for shortcuts)
- airspace delegation to civil ATC (MIZI Agreement)
- IFR guidance if requested
- IFR coordinations and vectoring for IGS (instrument guidance system) APP Sion
- help out MAM if workload permits

"Swiss Military Radar"

U31 / 126.825

"Military Air Traffic Controller"

used for missions that require additional attention from the ATC side, e.g. SAF flights to foreign destination (coordinations) or checkflights with special requests (supersonic through airway)

"Payerne Radar", V13/U13 (departures: UHF, arrivals: VHF)

responsible for military traffic in- and outbound Payerne through airway G5

GENEVA or ZURICH DELTA

responsible for VFR traffic requesting to enter airspace C and additionally:

- issuance and surveillance of entry clearance for VFR pilots into airspace C (Delta)
- handling of para-flights
- handling of flights in-/outbound Samedan (LSZS: Z-/Y-flights)
- issuance of joining clearances in the ZRH resp. GVA area
- flight information and alerting service
- back-up for ADDC (radar/radio breakdown)
- managing the LFN (low flight network, used by SAF and REGA)

Prohibited area

An airspace of defined dimensions, above the land or territorial waters of a State, within which the flight of aircraft is prohibited 

No permanent LS-P in Switzerland

Federal Council can declare such temporary areas 

will be published by NOTAM

Restricted area

An airspace of defined dimensions, above the land areas or territorial waters of a State, within which the flight of aircraft is restricted in accordance with certain specified conditions.

examples: LS-R6 Axalp, LS-R4 Forel, LS-R8 Dammastock

- military VFR AND civil CFR are NOT allowed to penetrate (except HEMS)
- if MIL and/or CIV IFR traffic are involved: apply IFR-separation minima according "Weisung für die Flugsicherung 04/2002", ATMM-CH and/or blue pages

Danger area

An airspace of defined dimensions within which activities dangerous to the flight of aircraft may exist at specified times.

different, published in DABS

- military traffic NOT allowed to penetrate without prior coordination (firing officer)
- civil VFR traffic is allowed to enter (extreme caution!)
- MIL and/or CIV IFR traffic -> apply IFR-separation minima according to ATMM-CH

DABS and NOTAM (AIP and NOMIL)

Daily Airspace Bulletin Switzerland

coordination service for firing activities and air traffic control
based in the Aeronautical Information Service office in Zurich
issues accurate daily charts on which all firing areas for the air force and army relevant to air traffic are recorded and marked

- no permanent prohibited areas in Switzerland
- for MIL traffic: danger areas means PROHIBITED (if no involved in exercise)
- civil traffic can cross danger areas
- restricted areas are prohibited for both civil and military flights
- consider all danger and restricted areas as being non-RVSM airspace

military:
below FL290 -> 2.5 NM / 500 ft
at or above FL290 -> 2.5 NM / 1'000 ft

civil:
below FL290 -> 5 NM / 1'000 ft
at or abve FL290 -> 5 NM / 2'000 ft

Helicopter Emergency Medical Services

HEMS operations shall not be hindered in their mission and shall have priority over the activities inside and LS-R.

Swiss National Park:
MIN altitude for fixed wing aircraft and helicopters = 1'500 ft AGL

Nuclear Power Plants:
circumnavigate by at least 1NM / 2km OR vertical:
MIN altitude for jets: 7'000 ft AGL
MIN altitude for helicopters, UAV and prop acft: 2'500 ft AGL

1. Axalp (Region Meiringen) - LS-R6
2. Forel (Region Payerne) - LS-R4
3. Wasserfallen (Region Emmen)

will be published and activated as Restricted Areas (not permanently active)
shown on DABS and NOTAM

Dammastock LS-R8(A)

- exercises are monitored by ADDC
- published up to FL 280, only used up to FL 210 (if higher, clearance from ADDC needed)

- Cloud Flight Procedure
- TSA for Gliders LS-T
- LS-R for Gliders LS-R

- replacing "cloud flying zones"
- a cloud flight procedure is defined as an IFR-flight
 

- ATC Clearance (Delta, FIC, ACC Sector)
- Two way radio comunication with ATC
- operating Mode S transponder

- CTR/TMA
- airspace class G
- LS-R for gliders
- prohibited / restricted / danger areas

LS-T

- replacing "glider areas"
- permanently in force
- exclusively for use by gliders, self-sustaining gliders, selflaunching gliders and tow-trains
- activations prescribed in local procedures between skyguide and local glider communities and published in AIP
 

LS-R

- replacing "glider zones"
- airspace class E
- gliders are allowed to operate closer to clouds (50 m vertical, 100 m horizontal) than standard VMC
- VFR traffic may operate with standard E rules
- generally permanently in force

- IFR flights in all those 3 areas are prohibited

- MIL VFR flights are prohibited within TSA for Gliders (LS-T)

"Militär - Zivil"

LoA SAF-Skyguide = agreement between the airforce and skyguide

- safe control of civil and military traffic
- minimize restrictions on either side
- strive for mutual and optimal running of the airspace

yes

ADDC responsible for separation

give more priorities to the airforce (e.g. WEF)

If a training area remains clear of military traffic for 30 minutes or more, the ADDC will delegate this airspace for civil use.

training areas: Center, West, East, Jura, Säntis, Préalpes, Oberland

Yes, ADDC has to expect the area to be clear of any civil traffic after 15 minutes of the call

- ACC ATCO has to inform ADDC if the new routing will penetrate active military airspace
- ADDC ATCO is NOT allowed to refuse such action
- if safety of traffic inside TRA can not be maintained, exercise will be terminated (CAD decided what to do next)