ESAF

Services Within the Khartoum

FIR Over South Sudan Airspace

CCT
AUG 31, 2023

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 OVERVIEW

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 Context
• 2011: South Sudan Independence
• 2012: South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority Act
• 2016: Montreal ANC 39th Assembly
• A preliminary transition plan to be monitored by
ICAO was agreed to establish a new Flight
Information Region (FIR) under the operational
responsibility of South Sudan
• Hi Level MOU for temporary Airspace Delegation
from South Sudan to Sudan signed
• ARTICLE IV: “For the purposes of this agreement
the delegating state is South Sudan, and the state
accepting the delegation is Sudan.”
• ARTICLE VI: Sudan agrees to “…Provide within
the delegated airspace air traffic services,….”
 Accomplishments
• CONOPS ATM/CNS - complete
• Created First AIP - published (www.scaa.gov.ss)
• Juba TMA and airspace - defined
• ATCO Medicals - complete
• ATCO English Language Proficiency - complete
• VHF Radios (TMA) - installed
• VHF/HF Radios (FIR) - installed
• Full Airport/Rwy Survey - complete
• RNP IAP RWY 13/31 - published
• SID/STAR RWY 13/31 - published
• Training on ALL changes - complete
• Safety Panels on ALL changes - complete
 Accomplishments
• Training Manual created - complete
• Safety Policy created - complete
• Safety Manual created - complete
• Fatigue Risk Management Policy created - complete
• TWR/APP/ACC SOP/LOPs - complete
• Cloud-based management system-established:
• ATC Pilot Incident Reporting
• Mandatory Occurrence Reporting
• ATCO Training Records/OJTI/Evaluations
• Document Management System IAW ICAO
• ATCO FIR Training in Khartoum - complete
• ATNS NAFISAT contract signed - installation scheduled
• ATIS/MET/AMHS Systems - installation scheduled
PBN Procedures
RNP IAP RWY 13/31 Implemented

AIRAC 2209
08 SEP 2022
CCO SID RWY 13/31 Implemented

AIRAC 2304
20 APR 2023
CDO STAR RWY 13/31 Implemented

AIRAC 2304
20 APR 2023
 Safety
and
Compliance
Completed Safety Management:

• Safety Policy
• SMS Manual
• FRMS Policy
• SRM Panels
• Incident Reporting/Investigation

Scheduled:

• Voluntary Occurrence Reporting

• Safety Promotion
• Continue SMS Implementation
SRM Process
Mandatory Occurrence and ATC Incident Reports

www.sscaa.gov.ss
(www.sscaa.co)
 Cloud-
based
AIP
www.sscaa.gov.ss
(www.sscaa.co)
Electronic
Training
&
Tracking
Forms
Centralized
Archives
Procedures
Surveys
SRM
Reports
Manuals
LOA/LOP/SOP
Training, IAP, and Safety Maintenance
5-year Training, IAP, and Safety Contract Signed:
• Quarterly:
✓ ATCO refresher and ICAO change training
✓ Safety Management Support:
• Implementation of SMS
• Safety audits
• 5-year refresh of:
✓ RNP IAP
✓ SID
✓ STAR
• Juba airport survey option:
• Runway
• Obstacle Terrain
Equipment
SSATCF - TWR/APP, New Radios, Consoles, and ATIS/MET
SSATCF - ACC, New Radios, Consoles, Recorders, ADS-B
New VHF Radios at WAU
VHF Route Coverage with HF Backup
 THE PLAN FORWARD

Service Improvement Within the

Khartoum FIR Over South Sudan
(KFOSS) Airspace
 Airspace Status
• Khartoum not providing air traffic services within Khartoum FIR
Over South Sudan (KFOSS) airspace
• ICAO Contingency Plan implemented 21 MAY 2023
• South Sudan meeting with ICAO in Nairobi 14 AUG 2023
• South Sudan plan modified in response to ICAO suggestions

Current Airspace Status:

• Reduced Safety
• Reduced Capacity
• Reduced Efficiency
• No Service
 Current Contingency
Air Traffic Services None SAFETY -
Airspace Class G CAPACITY -
Number of Routes 1 each way (2 total) EFFICIENCY -
Route Direction Single Direction SERVICE -
Separation 20 minutes in trail
Communication General Pilot Broadcast
Emergency Situations Broadcast and Hope
Service Expansion None
 Airspace Improvement
• South Sudan to provide air traffic services within
airspace over South Sudan. (KFOSS)
✓Improved Safety
✓Improved Capacity
✓Improved Efficiency
✓Improved Service

✴ Opportunity to avoid the “big leap” FIR establishment.

✴ 4 phase structured step-by-step change process.
 South Sudan KFOSS Airspace Improvement
SAFETY ✓
CAPACITY ✓
Step-by-step plan for improvement of KFOSS contingency airspace EFFICIENCY ✓
✓ Phase 1 SERVICE ✓
• South Sudan to provide limited communication/co-ordination service
✓ Phase 2
• South Sudan to provide ATC separation services
• Reinstate Class A RVSM in KFOSS airspace
• CR1 and CR2 upgraded to bi-directional routes
• Gradual reduce in trail separation from 20 MIT to 10 MIT
• Reporting/Change-over waypoints added via standard AIRAC cycle
✓ Phase 3
• Additional routes and services added (AMHS/NOTAM/LOP/SAR Agreements/etc.)
✓ Phase 4
• South Sudan FIR establishment
• Termination of contingency airspace over South Sudan
Airspace Over South Sudan Transition
SAFETY ✓
CAPACITY ✓
EFFICIENCY ✓
Move from: SERVICE ✓

• Currently No Services in KFOSS

• to Provide Class A, ATC Services
• to Expand Airspace and Services
 Phase 1 Specifics for KFOSS
• Updated Contingency via NOTAM SAFETY ✓
• South Sudan provide limited Air Traffic Service in KFOSS airspace
CAPACITY ✓
EFFICIENCY ✓
• Air Traffic Services include for each aircraft transiting KFOSS: SERVICE ✓
✓Adjacent FIR coordination
• Addis Ababa
• N’Djamena/Brazzaville
✓Radio contact with aircraft
‣ “JUBA CENTER”
‣ VHF Communications
‣ 127.9 MHz
‣ HF backup
‣ 11300 KHz
✓24/7 operation
✓Still HSSS FIR
• no NOTAM change
✓No separation change
 Phase 1 KFOSS Communications
SAFETY ✓
• Direct Pilot-Controller Communications (Juba Center) CAPACITY ✓
• Surrounding FIR coordination EFFICIENCY ✓
SERVICE ✓
• VHF Communications (127.9 MHz)
✓ Coverage
✓ HF Backup
 Phase 2 Specifics for KFOSS
• Class A Airspace, ATC Separation Services provided
SAFETY ✓
• Bi-directional routes implemented CAPACITY ✓
• Reporting/Change-over points for routes (DASAG, JJ900, JJ950) EFFICIENCY ✓
JJ900 (N 8d12m26s/ E 33d07m24s); JJ950 (N 8d30m00s/ E 28d19m25s) SERVICE ✓
WESTBOUND EASTBOUND
CR1 CR2 CR1 CR2
FL410
FL400
FL390
FL380
FL370
FL360
FL350
FL340
FL330
FL320
FL310
FL300
FL290
FL280
 Phase 2 Bi-Directional Routes
SAFETY ✓
• CR1 - CR2 Separation: • 20 Minutes In Trail (MIT) CAPACITY ✓
✓Westbound ✓Reducing to 10 MIT EFFICIENCY ✓
๏ PANS-ATM 5.4.1.2. • Strategic Lateral Offset (1-2NM) SERVICE ✓
๏ More than 15 degrees
๏ More than 15 NM
✓Eastbound
๏ PANS-ATM 5.3.2.
EASTBOUND
CR1 CR2
FL410 FL410
FL390 FL390
FL370 FL370
FL350 FL350
FL330 FL330
FL310 FL310
FL290 FL290
 Phase 3 Specifics for KFOSS
• Additional route added (B535) SAFETY ✓
• Additional altitudes added for arrival into Juba CAPACITY ✓
✓ DAGAP-TAPOS FL280 EFFICIENCY ✓
• NAFISAT/AMHS system online SERVICE ✓
• METARS installed
• NOTAM service online
WESTBOUND EASTBOUND
CR1 BT535 CR2 CR1 BR535 CR2
FL410
FL400
FL390
FL380
FL370
FL360
FL350
FL340
FL330
FL320
FL310
FL300
FL290
FL280
 Phase 4 Specifics for KFOSS
SAFETY ✓
• South Sudan FIR establishment CAPACITY ✓
• Termination of contingency airspace over South Sudan EFFICIENCY ✓
SERVICE ✓
• Future continuing improvements:
✓P322 active
✓VHF installed in Malakal
✓Additional SID/STAR/IAP
✓ADS-B - Situational awareness
 Airspace Transition Process
• Special Letter Of Agreement with:

• SSATCF
• Addis Ababa
• N’Djamena /
• Brazzaville

• Prepared and ready

 Airspace Transition Process
• 8 - SSCAA ATCO enroute training in Khartoum completed
✓Staffing Analysis ICAO doc 9426 ATS Planning Manual (24/7 coverage)
• Addis Ababa ATCO may provide initial supplement for
phase 1/2
• Continue ongoing ATCO training
‣ Kenya ATCO ACC training
‣ Quarterly improvement training
• 5 year maintenance contract signed
• Continuing airspace improvements
• Additional LOP’s
 Airspace Transition Process
• Suggested NOTAM ready:
ON BEHALF OF SUDAN CAA
ON XX/XX/XXXX AT 00:00 UTC, AIRSPACE WITHIN THE KHARTOUM FIR OVER THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN
ABOVE FL245 WILL REVERT TO CONTROL BY SOUTH SUDAN. THE SOUTH SUDAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
FACILITY WILL INITIALLY ONLY PROVIDE LIMITED FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICES WITHIN THIS AIRSPACE VIA
JUBA CENTER ON FREQUENCY 127.900 MHZ. STANDARD FREQUENCY CHANGE PROCEDURES WILL BE
ACCOMPLISHED TO/FROM SURROUNDING FIRS.
AIRSPACE WITHIN THE KHARTOUM FIR OVER SOUTH SUDAN ABOVE FL240 IS CLASS G.
PREVIOUS CONTINGENCY ROUTES CONTINUE:
CR1: BRO-DCT-KAFIA WESTBOUND USING EVEN NUMBERED FLIGHT LEVELS FROM FL280 TO FL400,
CR2: EASTBOUND USING ODD NUMBERED FLIGHT LEVELS FROM FL290 TO FL410,
STRATEGIC LATERAL OFFSET PROCEDURES REMAIN IN EFFECT, ALL PILOT SHALL OPERATE AN OFFSET
TRACK 1-2NM RIGHT OF COURSE.
FLIGHTS SHALL NOT CHANGE CRUISING LEVEL EXCEPT IN AN EMERGENCY.
EMERGENCY DESCENTS SHALL TURN AT LEAST 30 DEGREES RIGHT OF COURSE AND ADVISE ATC AS SOON
AS PRACTICAL.
AIRSPACE WITHIN THE KHARTOUM FIR OVER SOUTH SUDAN IS RVSM, NON-RVSM OPERATIONS ARE NOT
PERMITTED.
MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT: WWW.SSCAA.GOV.SS
Conclusion
 Forward Towards FIR Implementation
SAFETY ✓
Opportunity: CAPACITY ✓
• Phased approach to full FIR establishment EFFICIENCY ✓
SERVICE ✓
• Step by step process - risk reduction
• Initial transfer of upper airspace service provision
• Continuous improvement to Safety, Capacity, Efficiency, Service
• Additional equipment installed
• Safe, structured path to full FIR Implementation

★ Right circumstances
★ Right people
★ Right time
✓ Phase 1 start - initial step as soon as possible
✓ Phase 2 start - AIRAC 2312, 30 November 2023
 Thank You
Presentation available for download at: www.sscaa.gov.ss and www.sscaa.co