The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Royal International Air Tattoo RAF Fairford) Regulations 2016
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2016/440 |
2016No. 440
CIVIL AVIATION
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Royal International Air Tattoo RAF Fairford) Regulations 2016
22ndMarch2016
6thJuly2016
The Secretary of State has decided that it is necessary in the public interest to restrict flying in the vicinity of Royal Air Force Fairford, Gloucestershire, by reason of the intended holding of flying displays associated with the Royal International Air Tattoo 2016 event.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 161 of the Air Navigation Order 2009( 1).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Royal International Air Tattoo RAF Fairford) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 6th July 2016.
Interpretation
2. In regulation 3 the times referred to are Co-ordinated Universal Time( 2).
Restricted airspace
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), between 0700 hours and 1900 hours on each day beginning with 6th July and ending on 10th July 2016 no aircraft is to fly below Flight Level 85 within the area bounded by—
(a) straight lines joining successively the following points—
(i) 514433N 0020502W,
(ii) 514733N 0014405W, and
(iii) 515006N 0012925W,
(b) the clockwise arc of a circle having a radius of 5.5 nautical miles whose centre is at 514513N 0013334W between 515006N 0012925W and 514737N 0012537W,
(c) straight lines joining successively the following points—
(i) 514737N 0012537W,
(ii) 514834N 0011958W,
(iii) 514445N 0011816W,
(iv) 513621N 0012737W, and
(v) 514124N 0021027W and
(d) the clockwise arc of a circle having a radius of 4.6 nautical miles whose centre is at 514005N 0020322W between 514124N 0021027W and 514433N 0020502W.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4), between 0700 hours and 1900 hours on each day beginning with 6th July and ending on 10th July 2016 no aircraft is to fly below Flight Level 65 within the area bounded by—
(a) straight lines joining successively the following points—
(i) 514124N 0021027W,
(ii) 513621N 0012737W,
(iii) 513600N 0012800W,
(iv) 513500N 0014600W, and
(v) 513530N 0020341W, and
(b) the clockwise arc of a circle having a radius of 4.6 nautical miles whose centre is at 514005N 0020322W between 513530N 0020341W and 514124N 0021027W.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), between 0800 hours and 1600 hours on 11th July 2016 no aircraft is to fly below Flight Level 65 within the area bounded by straight lines joining successively the following...
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