GEN 3.1 AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION SERVICES

3.1.1 RESPONSIBLE SERVICES

The Air Traffic Service Division of the Civil Aviation Administration is responsible for AIS product, including AIP, AIP Amendment, AIP Supplement, and AIC. Taipei Flight Information Center and Taipei International NOTAM Office, which belong to Air Navigation and Weather Services, CAA, are responsible for NOTAM, Pre-flight Information Bulletin (PIB), Checklists.

3.1.1.1 Air Traffic Services Division, Civil Aviation Administration

Air Traffic Services Division, Civil Aviation Administration
Address: No.340, Dunhua N. Rd., Taipei City 10548, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
TEL: 886-2-23496118
FAX: 886-2-23496122
Email: ais@mail.caa.gov.tw
AFS: RCTPYAYX

3.1.1.2 Taipei Flight Information Center / Taipei International NOTAM Office (NOF)

The Taipei Flight Information Center and Taipei International NOTAM Office are collocated and with the same telephone and telefax numbers.
Post: Taipei Flight Information Center / Taipei International NOTAM Office (NOF)
Address: No.60, Yuanhang Rd., Dayuan District, Taoyuan City 33742, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
TEL: 886-3-3841487
FAX: 886-3-3841485
Email: fic@anws.gov.tw
AFS: RCTPZIZX (Taipei Flight Information Center)
AFS: RCTPYNYX (Taipei International NOTAM Office)

The service is provided in accordance with the provisions contained in ICAO Annex 15 - Aeronautical Information Services, differences are given at GEN 1.7.
 

3.1.2 AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

The entire territory of Republic of China and the airspace over the high seas encompassed by the Taipei Flight Information Region.
 

3.1.3 AERONAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS

3.1.3.1 The Aeronautical Information is provided in the form of the Aeronautical Information Products, including:

  • Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) and related amendment service;
  • AIP Supplements (AIP SUP);
  • NOTAM and Pre-flight Information Bulletins (PIB);
  • Aeronautical Information Circulars (AIC); and
  • Checklists.


NOTAM and the related monthly checklist are issued via the Aeronautical Fixed Service(AFS), while PIB are made available at aerodrome AIS units or airport offices. All other products please refer eAIP website (https://ais.caa.gov.tw).

3.1.3.2 Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP)

The AIP is intended primarily to satisfy international requirements for the exchange of aeronautical information of a lasting character essential to air navigation. AIP constitute the basic information source for permanent information and long duration temporary changes. The AIP is published with bilingual texts (English and Traditional Chinese). 

3.1.3.3 Amendment service to the AIP (AIP AMDT)

Amendments to the AIP are made by means of replacement sheets. Two types of AIP AMDT are produced:
  • regular AIP Amendment (AIP AMDT), published as necessary (ref. GEN 0.1), incorporates permanent changes into the AIP on the indicated publication date; and
  • AIRAC AIP Amendment (AIRAC AIP AMDT), issued in accordance with the AIRAC system and the acronym AIRAC, incorporates operationally significant permanent changes into the AIP on the indicated AIRAC effective date.


A brief description of the subjects affected by the amendment is given on the AIP Amendment cover sheet, followed by a list of page numbers which shall be inserted, replaced, or deleted. New information included on the reprinted AIP pages is annotated or identified by a vertical/horizontal line in the margin of the change/addition. Each AIP page and each AIP replacement page introduced by an amendment, including the amendment cover sheet, are dated. The date consists of the day, month (by name) and year of the publication date (regular AIP AMDT) or of the AIRAC effective date (AIRAC AIP AMDT) of the information. Each regular AIP AMDT and each AIRAC AIP AMDT are allocated separate serial numbers which are consecutive and based on the calendar year. The year, indicated by two digits, is a part of the serial number of the amendment.

3.1.3.4 Supplement to the AIP (AIP SUP)

Temporary changes of long duration (three months and longer) and information of short duration which consists of extensive text and/or graphics, supplementing the permanent information contained in the AIP, are published as AIP Supplements (AIP SUP). Operationally significant temporary changes to the AIP are published in accordance with the AIRAC system and its established effective dates and are identified clearly by the acronym AIRAC AIP SUP.

After published, AIP Supplements are posted on eAIP website and promulgated by NOTAM.

Each AIP Supplement will be allocated consecutive serial numbers based on the calendar year. The serial numbers start with 01 at 0000UTC on 1 January every year, i.e. AIP SUP 01/08, AIP SUP 02/08. An AIP Supplement is kept in the AIP as long as all or some of its contents remain valid. The period of validity of the information contained in the AIP Supplement will normally be given in the supplement itself. Alternatively, NOTAM may be used to indicate changes to the period of validity or cancellation of the supplement. A checklist of AIP supplements currently in force is issued every month; such information will be included in the monthly NOTAM Checklist sent via AFS.

3.1.3.5 NOTAM and Pre-flight Information Bulletins (PIB)

NOTAM contain information concerning the establishment, condition or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential for personnel concerned with flight operations. The text of each NOTAM contains the information in the order shown in the ICAO NOTAM format and is composed of the significant/uniform abbreviated phraseology assigned to the ICAO NOTAM Code complemented by ICAO abbreviations, indicators, identifiers, designators, call signs, frequencies, figures and plain language. NOTAMs are classified as follows:
  1. Series A: NOTAM containing the information of concern to international civil aviation and AIP amendment are given selected international distribution.
  2. Series C: NOTAM containing the information of concern to aircraft other than those engaged in international civil aviation are given national distribution only.
  3. Series U: NOTAM containing the information of concern to drone/unmanned aerial vehicle activities are given selected international distribution.
NOTAM containing information of direct operational which
  1. of short duration, or
  2. appropriate to AIP or its Supplements but immediate dissemination is required.
Each NOTAM is assigned a four-digit serial number, according to its series (Series A or Series C), and followed by a stroke and two digits indicating the year of issuance. The serial numbers start with 0001 at 0000UTC on 1st January every year.
NOTAM originating from Taipei FIR are exchanged between Taipei International NOTAM Office and other International NOTAM Offices and designated organizations as follows:
  1. Series A and Series U NOTAM


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Abu Dhabi ● ● Hong Kong ● ● Noumea ● ●
Amman ●   Incheon ● ● Oslo ●  
Amsterdam ● ● Jakarta ● ● Ottawa ● ●
Ankara ●   Jeddah ● ● Paris ●  
Astana ●   Johannesburg ● ● Phonm Penh ●  
Athinai ● ● Kabul ●   Port Moresby ● ●
Baghdad ●   Kadena   ● Praha ● ●
Bahrain ● ● Karachi ●   Pyongyang ● ●
Baku ●   Kiev ●   Qatar ● ●
Bangkok ● ● Kobenhavn ●   Reykjavik ●  
Beijing ● ● Kolkata ● ● Roma ● ●
Beirut ●   Kuala Lumpur ● ● Singapore ● ●
Belgrade ●   Lao ●   Sofia ●  
Bishkek ●   Ljubljana ●   Stockholm ●  
Bratislava ●   London ● ● Tallinn ●  
Brazzaville ●   Luxembourg   ● Tashkent ● ●
Brisbane ● ● Macao ● ● Tbilisi ●  
Brunei ● ● Madrid   ● Tehran ●  
Bruxelles ●   Mahe ● ● Tel-Aviv   ●
Bucuresti ●   Male ● ● Tirana ●  
Budapest ●   Manila ● ● Tokyo ● ●
Chennai ● ● Maseru ●   Turkmenistan ●  
Christ-church  ● ● Mauritius ● ● Ulaan Baatar ● ●
Colombo ● ● Minsk ●   Vientiane ●  
Damascus ●   Moskva ● ● Vilnius ●  
Dhaka ●   Mumbai ● ● Warszawa ●  
Dushanbe ●   Muscat ●   Washington ● ●
European AIS database ● ● Nadi ●   Wien ● ●
Frankfurt ●   Nairobi ● ● Windhoek ●  
Hanoi ● ● New Delhi ● ● Yangon ● ●
Helsinki ●   Nicosia ●   Zurich ● ●
  1. Series C NOTAM
    Series C NOTAM are distributed to national military and civil aviation units. In addition, NOTAM are sent to RODNYXYX


 
Pre-flight Information Bulletin (PIB) is a presentation of current NOTAM information of operational significance, prepared prior to flight. PIB is available at Taoyuan, Kaohsiung, Taipei Flight Information Stations (FIS) or via AES website (https://aiss.anws.gov.tw.)

3.1.3.6 Aeronautical Information Circulars(AIC)

The Aeronautical Information Circulars(AIC) contain:
  1. information on the long-term forecast of any major change in legislation, regulations, procedures or facilities.
  2. information of a purely explanatory or advisory nature liable to affect flight safety.
  3. information or notification of an explanatory or advisory nature concerning technical, legislative or purely administrative matters.


Each AIC shall be allocated a serial number, which should be consecutive and based on the calendar year. A checklist of AIC currently in force shall be included in the monthly NOTAM checklist sent via AFS.

3.1.3.7 Checklists

A checklist of valid NOTAM is issued as a NOTAM over the Aeronautical Fixed Service (AFS) at intervals of not more than one month. It also contains information about the number of the latest publications of AIP AMDT, AIP SUP and AIC.

3.1.3.8 Sale of publications

AIP paper copy and CD-ROM are not available for sale.
 

3.1.4 AIRAC SYSTEM

  1. Information concerning the basing establishment, withdrawal or significant changes of Air Traffic Service shall be distributed under the regulated system (AIRAC), upon a series of common effective dates at intervals of 28 days, including 29 January 1998.
  2. Implementation dates other than AIRAC effective dates shall not be used for pre-planned operationally significant changes requiring cartographic work and/or for updating of navigation databases.
  3. Information provided under the AIRAC system shall be published by the AIS unit at least 42 days in advance of the effective date.
  4. When an AIP Amendment or AIP Supplement is published in accordance with AIRAC procedures, NOTAM shall be originated giving a brief description of the contents, the effective date and the reference number to the amendments or supplement. This NOTAM shall come into force on the same effective dates as the amendment or supplement and shall remain valid in the pre-flight information bulletin for a period of fourteen days as a reminder to related personnel.
  5. If an AIRAC SUP cannot be produced due to lack of time, NOTAM will be issued. Such NOTAM will soon be followed by a non-AIRAC SUP.
  6. If no information was submitted at the AIRAC date, a NIL notification will be issued by NOTAM, not later than one AIRAC cycle before the AIRAC effective date concerned.
The table below indicated AIRAC effective dates for the coming years.
2022 2025 2026 2023 2027 2024 2028 2025
27 23 JAN 26 22 JAN 25 21 JAN 23 20 JAN
24 20 FEB 23 19 FEB 22 18 FEB 20 17 FEB
24 20 MAR 23 19 MAR 21 18 MAR 20 16 MAR
21 17 APR 20 16 APR 18 15 APR 17 13 APR
19 15 MAY 18 14 MAY 16 13 MAY 15 11 MAY
16 12 JUN 15 11 JUN 13 10 JUN 12 8 JUN
14 10 JUL 13 9 JUL 11 8 JUL 10 6 JUL
11 7 AUG 10 6 AUG 8 5 AUG 7 3 AUG
8 4 SEP 7 3 SEP 5 2 SEP 4 31 SEP AUG
6 2 OCT 5 1 OCT 3 30 OCT SEP 2 28 OCT SEP
3 30 NOV OCT 2 29 NOV OCT 31 28 OCT 30 26 OCT
1 27 DEC NOV 30 26 NOV 28 25 NOV 27 23 NOV
29 25 DEC 28 24 DEC 26 23 DEC 25 21 DEC
 

3.1.5 PRE-FLIGHT INFORMATION AND POST-FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICES

  1. Flight Information Stations at Taipei/Taiwan Taoyuan, Kaohsiung International Aerodrome and Taipei/Songshan Aerodrome provide the following Flight Information Services:
    1. Briefing for NOTAMs concerning airways, communication facilities, navigation aids, aerodromes, gun firing and military exercises. Present "Taipei FIR Navigation Warning Chart" and "Taipei FIR Aerodrome Chart/NOTAM."
    2. Daily Pre-flight Information Bulletins (PIB) are available for distribution at the Flight Information Station. Airlines could also obtain NOTAM, PIB and Taipei FIR Navigation Warning Chart via website https://aiss.anws.gov.tw
    3. Give weather briefing of current and anticipated en-route weather and terminal forecast of destination and alternate aerodromes. Airlines could also obtain weather information via website:
      https://aoaws.anws.gov.tw
    4. Forward to units concerned the Post Flight Pilot Reports, written by pilots who have comments on navigation aids, communication, meteorological, air traffic control, airport services or any other information of the serviceability of air navigation facilities that they have noted during the flight, for remedial measures when necessary.
  1. On arrival at Taipei/Taiwan Taoyuan International Aerodrome or Kaohsiung International Aerodrome, the crew members may deliver their record of meteorological observation made during the preceding stage of the flight to the Flight Information Station at the airport
 

3.1.6 ELECTRONIC TERRAIN AND OBSTACLE DATA

To be developed