General Aviation Community

Information useful to the General Aviation Community includes:

• Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) website
• Civil Aviation Authority – General Aviation Home Page on the CAA site
• UKGA – General Aviation’s Home in the UK
• GAAC – The General Aviation Awareness Council
• AOPA – Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association
• UK Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) Static information, updated every 28 days, containing information of lasting (permanent) character essential to air navigation.
• UK AIP Supplements (SUP) Temporary changes to the AIP, usually of long duration, containing comprehensive text and/or graphics.
• Aeronautical Information Circulars (AIC) Notices relating to safety, navigation, technical, administrative or legal matters.
• NOTAM Notices concerning the condition or change to any facility, service or procedure notified within the AIP. NOTAM are available in the form of Pre-Flight Information Bulletins (PIB) using a live database.
• Pre-flight Information Bulletins (PIBS).  These bulletins are available as contingency should the AIS website become unserviceable.
• UK Foreign IAIP Library Access to foreign aeronautical information, available to interested parties for flight planning purposes.
• AIS Information Line on tel: 0500 354802 or +44(0)20 8750 3939

Meteorological Links

• The Met Office – General Aviation Briefing Services
• NOAA National Weather Service – US Meteorological Services
• Pilot Friend – Aviation Weather

Flight Planning Links

• AFPEX – Assisted Flight Plan Exchange
• Civil Aviation Authority CAP 694 – The UK Flight Planning Guide (PDF)
• CFMU Network Operations Portal (Requires Adobe Flash 10)
• Form CA48 – Flight Plan Form
• Sky Demon Light – Free pre-flight planning tool

NATS’ Performance

• Operational performance
• Company report and accounts 2010

The Airline Group

The Airline Group, which owns 42 per cent of NATS, comprises:

• British Airways
• Virgin Atlantic
• Bmi
• EasyJet
• Monarch Airlines
• Thomas Cook
• Tui Travel

Of general interest

Airports where NATS provides a service. The following links are for airports where NATS provides an air traffic control service. All other airports or aerodromes take their air traffic control service from another company.

• BAA Airports (http://www.baa.com/) :
  • London Heathrow
  • London Stansted
  • Glasgow
  • Edinburgh
  • Southampton
  • Aberdeen

• Gatwick Airport
• London City Airport
• London Luton Airport
• Manchester Airport
• Birmingham Airport
• Bristol Airport
• Cardiff Airport
• Belfast International Airport
• Farnborough Airport

Miscellaneous:

• Airlines - a useful listing of airline websites.
• Civil Aviation Authority – regulates NATS and is responsible for airspace policy.
• Flying Matters – seeks to balance the debate about aviation.
• Sustainable Aviation – reflects how the aviation industry is addressing environmental concerns.
• Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) – the global voice of air navigation service providers.
• Eurocontrol – for information about air traffic control across Europe.
• International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations which codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation.