Israel's FIR_____________________
Israel's FIR is one of the most complicated and challenging Airspaces in the world, it serves 3 aviation types in a dense area Civil CVFR, Civil IFR and Military flights.
Because of the limited airspace a pilot will find himself dealing a lot with various ATC's in a short period of time
During his flight and controlling the airspace may offer a challenge for the air traffic controller while different Types of flights are performed on the same airspace.
CVFR and IFR routes are well separated and offers a challenge for those of you who specially like the CVFR flights.
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General Guidelines_______________________
When operating in Israel, please observe the following general IVAO Israel rules:
1) Frequency While ATC is not available, please make sure your Radio is tuned on 122.8.
Kindly broadcast in text your intentions to the fellow pilots in your area to avoid any collisions and to keep the hobby enjoyable for all.
2) Altitudes All altitudes are above sea level (ASL) in feet.
Transition Level: FL115
Transition Altitude: Inbound and outbound International flights Transition Altitude 10,500 feet.
IFR domestic flights will set Baro to LLBG QNH
3) Squawk codes
The following codes are allocated for use by pilots, without direction from ATC, for the purposes specified. Use these codes unless ATC
instructs otherwise.
a. 51XX - CVFR flight for Light aircraft within a small Landing Strip or light aircraft route.
b. 50XX / 52XX- IFR flights.
c. 64XX - International outgoing flights from Israel.
d. 42XX - International incoming flights to Israel.
e. 32XX - International LLLL FIR crossing flights.
f. 03XX - International flights through Jordan FIR.
4) Speed restrictions
Do not exeed 250 Knots indicated below 10,000 feet ASL. Below 3000 feet AGL and within 10 NM of a controlled airport do not exeed 200 KT unless authorized to do so in an air traffic control clearance. (3 exceptions are departure, special event, min safe speed).
5) QNH
Altimeter settings are in inches mercury and standard setting is 29.92
6) No available ATC
Intentions are to be broadcasted on the local traffic frequency (MF/UNICOM/ATF) which can be found on the local charts.
7) Charts
Charts for every airport in Israel are available on the "download resources/charts" from the quick link in the left main menu. We strongly
recommend you use them.
