EFHK Pilot Briefing Version 1.2.1 Last updated 04.06.2021 FOR SIMULATION PURPOSES ONLY, DO NOT USE FOR REAL LIFE PURPOSES Contents BEFORE YOU READ THIS GUIDE .....................................................................................................................3 Helsinki Airport .................................................................................................................................................4 General information .........................................................................................................................................5 ATS Positions...............................................................................................................................................5 Preferential runway system ........................................................................................................................5 Departure ..........................................................................................................................................................6 Planning ........................................................................................................................................................6 IFR clearance ...............................................................................................................................................6 Push-back .....................................................................................................................................................7 Taxi ...............................................................................................................................................................7 Takeoff and climb ........................................................................................................................................8 Arrival ............................................................................................................................................................. 10 Planning ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 Phraseology .............................................................................................................................................. 11 Taxi ............................................................................................................................................................ 11 VFR traffic ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 Traffic circuits ........................................................................................................................................... 13 Flight plan .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Phraseology examples ......................................................................................................................... 13 Entering and exiting the Control Zone (CTR) .......................................................................................... 15 Flight plan .............................................................................................................................................. 15 Phraseology Examples......................................................................................................................... 15 Flying in the Terminal Maneuvering Area (TMA) ................................................................................... 17 Phraseology examples ......................................................................................................................... 17 Flying through the TMA ........................................................................................................................ 17 Flying to the TMA ................................................................................................................................. 18 Descent into uncontrolled airspace .................................................................................................... 19 Arriving into CTR via TMA .................................................................................................................... 20 Page 2 of 21 BEFORE YOU READ THIS GUIDE Hello, Please read the whole guide so you comply with local procedures. THE MOST ESSENTIAL POINTS IN THIS DOCUMENT, AT LEAST READ THROUGH THESE POINTS BEFORE FLYING IN EFHK: IFR Clearance: UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED, AIRCRAFT CLEARED VIA SID SHALL CLIMB TO 4000 FT. Departure procedures: AFTER TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT SHALL REMAIN ON TOWER FREQUENCY UNTIL PASSING 1500 FT, THEN CONTACT HELSINKI RADAR 119.100 OR 129.850, DEPENDING ON YOUR SID ROUTE. NO HANDOFF WILL BE GIVEN. Arrivals: DO NOT TURN TOWARDS THE RESPECTIVE INITIAL APPROACH FIX WITHOUT ATC CLEARANCE. Landing: AFTER LANDING ON 22L/04R, VACATE THE RUNWAY VIA ZH OR LATER UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED BY ATC. Landing: AIRCRAFT LANDING ON RWY 04R/22L OR 15/33 SHALL CONTACT HELSINKI GROUND 121.800 MHZ IMMEDIATELY AFTER VACATING THE RUNWAY FOR TAXI CLEARANCE. NO HANDOFF WILL BE GIVEN. Charts updated by Finnish real aviation officials: https://www.ais.fi/ais/aip/en/index.htm Have fun! Page 3 of 21 Helsinki Airport Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (IATA: HEL, ICAO: EFHK; Finnish: Helsinki-Vantaan lentoasema, Swedish: Helsingfors-Vanda flygplats), or simply Helsinki Airport, is the main international airport of the city of Helsinki, its surrounding metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region. The airport is located in the neighboring city of Vantaa, about 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Tikkurila, the administrative center of Vantaa and 9.2 NM (17.0 km; 10.6 mi) north of Helsinki city center. The airport is operated by state-owned Finavia. The airport is by far the busiest in Finland (with 20 times the traffic of the next- busiest, Oulu) and the fourth busiest in the Nordic countries in terms of passenger numbers. About 90% of Finland's international air traffic passes through Helsinki Airport. The airport handled 21.8 million passengers in 2019, including 18.9 million international passengers and 2.9 million domestic passengers. On average, the airport handles around 350 departures a day. The airport is the main hub for Finnair, the flag carrier of Finland, and its subsidiary Nordic Regional Airlines. It is also a hub for CityJet (on behalf of SAS) and an operating base for Jet Time, Norwegian Air Shuttle, SunClass Airlines and TUI fly Nordic. Helsinki Airport has around 50 regularly-operating airlines. The airport has around 80 scheduled destinations to other parts of Europe and 21 direct long-haul routes to Asia, the Middle East, and North America. There are also 35 charter destinations including numerous long-haul charter destinations. Currently, Helsinki Airport has two terminals with a total of 50 gates with jet bridges and 80 remote aircraft parking stands. Source: Wikipedia: Helsinki Airport Page 4 of 21 General information ATS Positions HELSINKI Clearance delivery, ground movement on EFHK_DEL 118.125 GROUND APN 1S, APN 9 HELSINKI Ground movement on other aprons and EFHK_GND 121.800 GROUND taxiways HELSINKI EFHK_E_TWR 118.600 RWY 04R/22L, RWY 15/33 TOWER HELSINKI EFHK_W_TWR 118.850 RWY 04L/22R TOWER HELSINKI EFHK_E_APP 119.100 East sector RADAR HELSINKI EFHK_W_APP 129.850 West sector RADAR HELSINKI EFHK_R_APP 119.900 East sector, final director ARRIVAL HELSINKI EFHK_A_APP 124.325 West sector, final director ARRIVAL D-ATIS available on 135.070 Preferential runway system The preferential runway order is as follows: Preference order 1 2 3 4 5 6 Arrival RWY 15 RWY 22L RWY 04L RWY 04R RWY 22R RWY 33 Departure RWY 22R RWY 22R RWY 04R RWY 33 RWY 04L RWY 15 As a general rule, the first available preferential runway will be used until the crosswind component on a dry runway exceeds 20 KT and/or the tailwind component exceeds 5 KT. If the runway is contaminated, the respective restrictions are 15 KT and 5 KT. Page 5 of 21 Departure Planning Departing traffic shall plan their departure via ADIVO, ARVEP, IDEPI, KOIVU, KUVEM, NEPEK, NUNTO, RENKU, TEVRU or VALOX. RENKU is only available and mandatory for departures to EETN or EEEI. Maximum cruise level for RENKU departures is FL100. Pilots are requested to not include a SID in their flight plan as this will be assigned by ATC. IFR flights departing from EFHK and entering the free route airspace shall use these connecting routes: EFHK TMA Boundary Point EFHK Departure Connecting Point Flight Plan NUNTO REKDO NUNTO Y369 REKDO DCT NUNTO OLPED NUNTO Y367 OLPED DCT KUVEM USITU KUVEM Y366 USITU DCT ADIVO POGOK ADIVO Y365 POGOK DCT NEPEK NISVI NEPEK Y361 NISVI DCT TEVRU USUPO TEVRU Y75 USUPO DCT IDEPI ADOPO IDEPI Y232 ADOPO DCT IDEPI ROKVI IDEPI DCT ROKVI DCT ARVEP RATMU ARVEP T82 RATMU DCT NEPEK EVLIT NEPEK Y357 EVLIT DCT NEPEK UXADA NEPEK Y375 UXADA DCT IFR clearance IFR clearance is requested using DCL and sent to identifier EFHK or EFIN, depending on which station is covering Helsinki. Frequency 118.125 shall be monitored when requesting clearance via DCL. If unable DCL, clearance is requested using voice procedures on HELSINKI GROUND (EFHK_DEL) frequency 118.125 if online. On initial contact, state type of aircraft and received ATIS transmission including identification letter and QNH. Page 6 of 21 If a different runway than the runway-in-use