• The Faroe Islands has one AFIS aerodrome – Vagar
Vagar Traffic Information Zone
Lateral limits:
A circle, 60 NM radius, center psn N61.57 – W006.37
upper limit: 7.500 ft
lower limit: MSL
Airspace class G*
Runway
• RWY length 1799 x 30 meters
The AFIS TWR
Working hours at Vagar AFIS
- Vagar AFIS opening hours daily various, but is approximately from 0700-2200 LT
- 1 morningshift, 1 eveningshift and at some days one dayshift (1000 – 1730LT)
Call duty at night, max. response time 1 hour
• Functions:
Aerodrome Flight Information Service
Flight Information Service
Alerting Service
Obtain clearances for IFR flights
Coordination and hand-over of air traffic
Weather reporting
Offshore operations inside and outside the Vagar Traffic Information Zone (TIZ)
Helicopter flights between 10 heliports in the Faroe Islands
Reporting service (AFTN messages)
Tasks in relation to SAR inside and outside Vagar TIZ
Initiate and issue NOTAM/SNOWTAM
Airport information systems
Heliports on the Faroe Islands
Airline Operators
Airline operator at Vagar Airport: ATLANTIC AIRWAYS and ASA
EKVG procedures
ILS/LOC 30
LLZ/DME 12
Cloud penetration procedure
RNP-AR (Atlantic Airways, non-publiced)
Required Navigation Performance – Authorization Required
Difference between standard instrument app. and RNP-AR app. (only Atlantic Airways)
In comparison, the RNP approach-Z for RWY 12 via Robur offers the incoming aircraft a more direct routing to RWY in use, and avoidance of turbulence
Windshear
Operations Yearly
IFR = 4000
VFR = 6000