IVAO Canada

Edmonton Intl airport procedures

Procedures

Airspace

Edmonton is a class C airport.

The 7nm control zone (C) extending to 4600 ASL is surrounded by a Terminal Control Area (TCA) extending up to FL250.

The TCA is a class C transponder airspace below 12,500, and B then A above that. The TCA is split into two sectors, the north covering Edmonton City Centre airport and the south covering Edmonton International.

Click here to see the VFR Terminal chart for a close up of the Edmonton control zone.

Frequencies

Sector ID	Radio Callsign	Frequency	Airspace
CYEG_APP	Edmonton Arrivals	120.50	The Edmonton TCA, towards the arrivals half of the TCA
CYEG_DEP	Edmonton Departures	133.50	The Edmonton TCA, towards the departures half of the TCA
CYEG_TWR	Edmonton Tower	118.30	7nm CZ extending up to 4600 ASL and the extension with radius 12nm that extends from 3400 to 4600 ASL
CYEG_GND	Edmonton Ground	121.70	All twys and aprons, excluding uncontrolled taxiways R, S, T, and U
CYEG_DEL	Edmonton Clearance	124.10	None

Note: See the Edmonton TCU page for Terminal/Arrival/Departure procedures.

Noise abatement procedures

Noise abatement procedures exist at Edmonton at all times. Please see charts for complete noise abatement procedures. Bear in mind all times are local (UTC -07/-06 in summer)

Clearance

An agreement has been set up between the airport and the TCU allowing the Clearance controller to issue IFR clearances without requesting them from Terminal. In this arrangement the prefix "ATC clears" will be dropped, as the clearance is not being relayed. Also the phrase "Clearance on request" should not be used, as this implies that you are waiting for someone to give you the clearance. If you have to delay the clearance use something along the lines of "Standby, I'll call you" .

To co-ordinate the smooth flow of aircraft away from departing airport area all departing aircraft must comply with the following routing restrictions.

Route / Clear direct	Direction	Route / Clear direct	Direction
V21 / J486 CALLY	North	V302 / J486 YRM	South West
V350 / J576 RYLEY	East	DCT YZU	West
V21 / J510 DELBR	South	XD R6 YZH	North West

All IFR flights are to be cleared via the Edmonton 3 (E3) Standard Instrument departure

Squawk codes

Internal flights (flights remaining in the Edmonton FIR): 4260-4277
External flights (flights leaving the Edmonton FIR): 2160-2177
VFR Remaining within the Edmonton TCA: 1260-1277

Ground

Standard ground procedures apply. Note taxiways R, S, T and U are uncontrolled.

Tower

Runway configurations

There are no preferred rwy assignments at Edmonton, however take note that 20 does not have an ILS.

Departures

A permanent agreement is in place with the Edmonton TCU which places the responsibility of ensuring the initial separation and release of IFR traffic with the Tower. The required radar wake turbulence separation minima must be ensured by the Tower controller and is described in MANOPS section 533.2. Besides providing the radar/wake turbulence separation between departures, the Tower controller must ensure that the initial separation between aircraft does not decrease. Factors such as aircraft performance and pilot technique vary even in the real world so be wary when attempting to run departures with minimum spacing, especially when departing a jet behind a prop, even if their wake category are the same.

On Departure IFR traffic is handed to "Edmonton Departures" with the take-off clearance.

Arrivals

Though it is a responsibility of the Arrival controller to provide the appropriate separation between successive arrivals on final approach, responsibility for spacing between arriving aircraft is transferred to the Tower automatically once the aircraft crosses the Final Approach Fix (FAF).
With the use of radar the Tower assumes control of arrivals at the FAF regardless of the weather conditions. See MANOPS section 362.5 for the proper control transfer procedures.

If using IvAi in conjunction with FS to operate a visual tower viewpoint you may decrease the 3 nm separation of aircraft on final provided both aircraft are in sight. Aircraft conducting visual approaches in accordance with MANOPS section 566 and 567 are responsible for maintaining their own separation.

On Arrival traffic will be handed off to Tower once established on the approach, at or slightly before the FAF.

VFR traffic

Arrivals
VFR traffic will be transferred to tower prior to entering the control zone.

Departures
Assign a maximum altitude of 4,000 feet to all VFR departures. A higher altitude may be requested from Terminal.