Hawarden Airport Proposal to Adopt GNSS Approaches and amend Conventional Instrument Flight Procedures at Hawarden Airport Sponsor Consultation ISSUE 1.0 Date 2nd November 2017 Serco UK & Europe Enterprise House 11 Bartley Wood Business Park Bartley Way, Hook Hampshire RG27 9XB United Kingdom Document Copyright© 2017 Serco Group This document is the property of Airbus Operations Ltd HAW-E HSE PRO-F04 ACP Sponsor Consultation Page 1 of 58 Issue 1 Consultation Document DOCUMENT APPROVAL This document has been prepared, authorised and approved by the individuals listed in the following table: Authority Name and Signature Responsibility Date Manager Air Mark Downes Author Traffic Services 2nd November 2017 Head of Aviation Matt Wilshaw-Rhead Reviewer Safety & nd Compliance 2 November 2017 Senior Air Mark Spedding Approver Traffic Control Officer 2nd November 2017 Head of Paul Bastock Approver Aerodrome Management 2nd November 2017 HAW-E HSE PRO-F04 ACP Sponsor Consultation Page 2 of 58 Issue 1 Consultation Document DOCUMENT STATUS ISSUE RECORD Issue Date Comments 1.0 Initial Issue AMENDMENT RECORD Page Change Issue Description of Change Date Number Number Number DISTRIBUTION LIST Copy No Recipient / Location 01 Hawarden Airport Air Traffic Services Unit 02 CAA SARG Kingsway 03 HAW-E HSE PRO-F04 ACP Sponsor Consultation Page 3 of 58 Issue 1 Consultation Document CONTENTS Process Overview ......................................................................................................................... 7 List of Abbreviations .................................................................................................................... 9 Background Information ............................................................................................................. 10 1. About this consultation ....................................................................................................... 10 1.1 What is this consultation about? ...................................................................................... 10 1.2 Why is this consultation being undertaken? .................................................................... 10 1.3 Who is being consulted? ................................................................................................. 11 1.4 Conduct of the consultation ............................................................................................. 11 1.5 Consultation period and response method ...................................................................... 12 1.6 Results of the consultation .............................................................................................. 12 1.7 What this consultation is not about .................................................................................. 12 1.8 Sponsor representative for the consultation .................................................................... 13 1.9 CAA oversight ................................................................................................................. 13 1.10 Confidentiality ................................................................................................................. 13 2. Hawarden Airport ................................................................................................................. 14 2.1 History ............................................................................................................................ 14 2.2 Future ............................................................................................................................. 15 3. Current Situation .................................................................................................................. 16 3.1 Hawarden ATC ............................................................................................................... 16 3.2 Navigation infrastructure ................................................................................................. 16 3.3 Statistics ......................................................................................................................... 17 3.4 Airspace activity in the vicinity of Hawarden Airport ........................................................ 18 3.5 Conventional IFP Review ................................................................................................ 18 4. Proposed GNSS Approaches and Amendments (to conventional IFPS) ......................... 19 5. Impact of Changes and Non-Aviation Stakeholders .......................................................... 21 5.1 Aviation Stakeholders ..................................................................................................... 21 5.2 Non-Aviation Stakeholders .............................................................................................. 21 6 Summary .............................................................................................................................. 22 Airspace Change Proposal ......................................................................................................... 23 7. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 23 7.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................... 23 7.2 Approach procedure design parameters ......................................................................... 23 7.3 Approach Procedure design objectives ........................................................................... 23 8. Existing Operational Constraints and Concerns/Considerations .................................... 24 HAW-E HSE PRO-F04 ACP Sponsor Consultation Page 4 of 58 Issue 1 Consultation Document 9. Future Operational Considerations .................................................................................... 24 9.1 Northern Terminal Control Area re-design ...................................................................... 24 9.2 Beluga XL ....................................................................................................................... 24 10. Approach Procedure Development Process ...................................................................... 25 10.1 Initial procedure development ........................................................................................ 25 10.2 Operational requirements to be met ................................................................................ 25 10.3 Early stakeholder engagement ........................................................................................ 25 10.4 Focus groups .................................................................................................................. 26 10.5 Post-focus group design reviews .................................................................................... 26 11 Design Proposal for Hawarden GNSS procedures ............................................................ 27 11.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................... 27 12 Operation of the Proposed GNSS procedures ................................................................... 29 12.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 29 12.2 Overview ......................................................................................................................... 29 12.3 Integration of VFR and other airspace activity ................................................................. 29 13 Impact on Airspace Users ................................................................................................... 30 13.1 A300-600 Super Transporter operations (ATI) ................................................................ 30 13.2 Airline operators .............................................................................................................. 30 13.3 Other Hawarden Airport operators .................................................................................. 30 13.4 Gliders ............................................................................................................................ 30 13.5 Miscellaneous airspace activity ....................................................................................... 31 13.6 Choke points ................................................................................................................... 31 14 Environmental Considerations ........................................................................................... 32 14.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 32 14.2 In the vicinity of Hawarden Airport ................................................................................... 32 14.3 Further away from Hawarden Airport .............................................................................. 32 14.4 Arriving traffic .................................................................................................................. 32 14.5 Distribution of GA activity ................................................................................................ 35 14.6 Climate change ..............................................................................................................