VFR Procedures
VFR Zone Leaving Clearance
Callsign, (cleared to)* leave the Manchester control
zone to the ......... via the .......... VRP, runway ......., not
above altitude 1500 feet, Manchester QNH.........
Squawk EGCC LOCAL.
The Standard departure routing from 23R/23L is
Macclesfield and 05R/05L is Thelwall.
VFR Zone Entering Clearance
Callsign, (cleared to)* enter the Manchester control
zone via the............. VRP, not above altitude 1500 feet,
Manchester QNH......... Squawk EGCC LOCAL.
To Join the Circuit
Callsign, join left/right ......... for runway ..., and report
final, number....
VFR Circuit Clearance
Callsign, Hold Position, after departure cleared Left
hand VFR Circuit, not above height 1500 feet, on
QFE....... Squawk 7010.
VFR Zone Transit
Callsign, route direct........... Not above altitude 1500
feet VFR, Manchester QNH.......... Squawk EGCC LOCAL.
Callsign, (Cleared to)* transit the Manchester control
zone, after departure route direct ......... not above
altitude 1500ft, Manchester QNH........squawk EGCC
LOCAL.
*You only say “Cleared to” if Radar or London is online
and coordination has taken place.
Aerodrome Information
Station
EGCC_S_APP
EGCC_N_APP
EGCC_F_APP
EGCC_S_TWR
EGCC_N_TWR
EGCC_GND
EGCC_DEL
EGCC_ATIS
Callsign
Manchester Radar (INT S)
Manchester Radar (INT N)
Manchester Director (DIR)
Manchester South Tower(AIR 2)
Manchester North Tower(AIR 1)
Manchester Ground (GMC)
Manchester Delivery (GMP)
Manchester ATIS
Aerodrome Reference Point
Location
Elevation
Transition Alt
QFE
Lat: 532114N Long: 0021630W Midpoint of Runway05L/23R
7.5 nm SW of Manchester
257 ft.
5000ft
QNH minus 9 Hectopascals
Type
ILS 05L
ILS 23R
ILS 05R
VOR/DME
Ident
I-MM
I-MN
I-MC
MCT
Frequency
109.50MHz
109.50MHz
111.55MHz
113.55MHz
Frequency
118.570MHz
135.000MHz
121.350MHz
119.400MHz
118.620MHz
121.850MHz
121.700MHz
121.970MHz
Remarks
CAT III 3° glideslope
CAT III 3° glideslope
CAT I 3° glideslope
The Low Level Route
The maximum altitude through the low level route is 1300ft.
This means that if any VFR is going to leave the zone and pass
through it then you give them a max altitude of 1300ft rather
than 1500ft.
Handoff Procedures
MAN_W_CTR (“Scottish”) 128.050
WAL | MONTY | NOKIN
MAN_E_CTR (“Scottish”) 133.800
SANBA | LISTO | POL | DESIG
MAN_CTR (“Scottish”) 118.770
(Bandboxed position)
LON_N_CTR (“London”) 133.700
(Encompasses both MAN_E/W)
LON_CTR (“London”) 123.900
(Bandboxed position)
EGCC_S_APP (INTS) - "Manchester Radar" 118.570MHz.
Responsibilities
• IFR arrivals via DAYNE;
• All missed approaches;
• VFR traffic around the CTR and in the Low Level Route.
EGCC_F_APP (DIRECTOR) - "Manchester Director" 121.350Mhz.
Responsibilities
•
•
•
the final approach sequencing of Manchester inbound traffic;
IFR arrivals, downwind and descent to intercept altitude;
Merging all arrival streams on to the ILS with correct separation.
EGCC_N_APP (INTN) - "Manchester Radar" 135.000MHz. Responsibilities
•
IFR arrivals via ROSUN and MIRSI.
Runway Selection
If the wind speed is Less Than 5 knots, 23
configurations are used regardless of the wind
direction.
If the wind speed is Greater Than 5 knots and the
direction is between 135/335, 23 configurations are
used.
The 5 knot rule only applies to DRY runways.
When the runway is WET, we use the runway closest to
the wind.
Standard Instrument
Departures (SID)
NORTH
EAST
SOUTH
SOUTHWEST
WEST
23R
POL5R
SONEX1R
SANBA1R/
LISTO2R
KUXEM1R/MO
NTY1R
LIVSU1R
R indicates 23R
Y indicates 23L
S indicates 05L
Z indicates 05R
23L
POL1Y
SONEX1Y
SANBA1Y/
LISTO2Y
KUXEM1Y/MONT
Y1Y
LIVSU1Y
05L
POL4S
DESIG1S
LISTO2S
05R
POL1Z
DESIG1Z
LISTO2Z
ASMIM1S/MONT ASMIM1Z/MONT
Y1S
Y1Z
ASMIM1S
ASMIM1Z
POL (Pole Hill) is a VOR to the north
DESIG is a fix to the east
SONEX is a fix to the east
SANBA is a fix to the south
LISTO is a fix to the south
KUXEM is a fix to the south-west
MONTY is a fix to the south-west
ASMIM is a fix to the west
LIVSU is a fix to the west
Standard Instrument
Departure Restrictions
The SANBA departures are to be used by JET AIRCRAFT ONLY.
ONLY If the
aircraft is prop driven, or one of the jet exceptions given on the
LISTO2R/2YY chart, it shall be cleared on the LISTO2R/2YY departure.
Notice also that there are no SANBA departures for 05 Operations.
All aircraft routing via SANBA when 05s are in use shall be cleared on
the respective LISTO departure.
When using 05, aircraft that would normally take a SANBA departure
on 23 operations should file SANBA,, and shall be cleared on a LISTO
departure. This is for real
real-world flight-planning reasons. For flights
into the London TMA (EGLL, EGKK, EGLC, etc.), cruising levels may
not be greater than FL190.
Stand Allocation
A3
AEGEAN
Aer Lingus
EI
Air Blue
PA
Air France
AF
Air Malta
KM
Alba Star
JQ
American Airlines
AA
Belavia
BRU
bmi regional
BM
British Airways
BA
Brussels Airlines
SN
Delta Air Lines
DL
easyJet
EZY
Egyptair
MS
Emirates
EK
Etihad
EY
Finnair
AY
First Choice
TOM
Flybe
BE
Freebird
FHY
Germania
ST
Germanwings
4U
Hermes
HRM
Iberia Regional Air Nostrum
IB
Icelandair
FI
Jet2.com
LS
KLM
KL
Lufthansa
LH
Monarch Airlines
ZB
Monarch Airlines Charter
MON
Norwegian Air Shuttle
DY
Nouvelair
BJ
Pakistan Int Airlines
PK
Pegasus Airlines
PC
Qatar
QR
Ryanair
FR
SAS Scandinavian
SK
Sata International
Singapore Airlines
SQ
SWISS
LX
TAP Portugal
TP
Thomas Cook
TCX
Thomson Holidays
TOM
Tunisair
TU
Turkish Airlines
TK
United
UA
US Airways
US
Virgin Atlantic Airways
VS
Virgin Atlantic Airways (Heathrow flights ONLY) VS
1
1
2
3
2
1
3
2
3
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
2
3
1
1
3
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
Helicopter and Circuit
Information
Helicopter Operations
Helicopters always use the runway for take-off and
landing. Once vacating the runway they should be
taxied/hover taxied to either ROMPA/TATON or to the
Ocean Sky apron.
Circuits
Circuits are usually carried out on the left runway (the
departure runway), which ensures that a VFR aircraft
never needs to cross the approach path of an active
arrivals runway. When using 23 dual operations VFR
circuit traffic should be landed on runway 23R.
VFR Circuit
Once Airborne
Callsign, report downwind with intentions.
Once Downwind with intentions reported
Callsign, roger report final runway...you are number...
Once Final
Callsign, runway... cleared touch and go surface wind...
Runway
Upwind
Final
Crosswind
Base
Downwind
IFR Circuits
Coordination= Callsign, is a........ Requesting IFR circuits
Callsign, you are cleared for IFR circuits, after
departure execute the standard missed approach
procedure, runway.... and squawk EGCC LOCAL.
- Once Air-Bourne hand off.
Orbits
Callsign, enter right hand orbits at the end of the
downwind leg until advised.
Callsign, enter right hand orbits over current position
until advised.
Traffic Information
Traffic is a ....... on ......... with the traffic in sight
runway ... cleared for takeoff surface wind.......
Callsign, traffic is a ...... ....... on a ..... mile final, runway
..... report the traffic in sight.
Callsign, you are number 2 to that traffic, report final
...., recommended distance ... miles.
Missed Approach Procedures
Callsign, go around I say again go around acknowledge.
Callsign, fly standard missed approach runway...
23R- at ILS DME0 turn right 360 degrees, climb 3500
23L- runway heading, climb 3500
05L- runway heading climb 3500
05R- at ILS DME0 turn right heading 190 degrees, climb
3500
Intermediate Level METARS
EGCC 022020z 20012KT 160V220 R23R/0800N 3500 +RA -SN BCBR
OVC002 SCT010 BKN015CB 02/M01 Q965 TEMPO 1000 RERA NOSIG
=
Manchester, date 02, time 20:20z, wind 200° at 12KT, wind between
160° and 220°, visibility 3.5km, RVR 23R/800 metres no trend, heavy
rain, light snow, patches of mist, overcast 200ft, scattered 1000ft,
broken 1500ft cumulonimbus cloud, temperature 2°c / dew point 1°c, QNH 965hp, Temporarily 1km, recent rain, no significant
changes.
TAF
TAF EGCC 291700Z 2918/3024 07010KT 9999 SCT025
PROB30
TEMPO 3002/3010 BKN014
BECMG 3016/3019 13005KT
=
Manchester, date 29, time 17:00z, valid 29th 18:00z between 30th
24:00z, surface wind 070° at 10KT, visibility 10km or more, Scattered
cloud 2500ft, 30% probability that Temporarily between 30th 02:00z
and 30th 10:00z there will be Broken at 1400ft, Becoming between
30th 16:00z and 30th 19:00z it will be 130° at 5KT.
Coordination
There are two methods of achieving co-ordination:
1. Tactical Co-ordination - the co-ordination of individual aircraft to which the
co-ordinating controllers are providing, or are about to provide, an ATS. It is
achieved either verbally (face-to-face or via a telephone line) or silently using
an electronic data communications system.
2. Standing Co-ordination - co-ordination which is implemented automatically,
on a permanent basis, without communication between the controllers
involved. It is affected in accordance with a written agreement between the
units or sectors involved (Letter of Agreement or as detailed in the vMATS Part
2).
Altimetry
The QNH & QFE are PRESSURE SETTINGS which display:
• QNH displays altitude above sea level=257ft
• QFE displays height above the aerodrome=0ft
The QFE at Manchester is the QNH-9.
This is because each hector Pascal is around 29ft so if you
divide the aerodrome elevation by 29 whatever you get you
take it off the QNH and you get the QFE.
For example, EGCC is 257ft so 257/29= 9 therefore QNH9=QFE
Wake Separation
Requirements
Arrival Separation
Departure Separation