Pursuant to subsection 5.9(2) of the Aeronautics Act and after having taken into account that the exemption is both in the public interest and is not likely to adversely affect aviation safety, I hereby exempt NAV CANADA, the holder of an ATS Operations Certificate, and NAV CANADA air traffic controllers, holders of air traffic controller licenses (hereinafter ‘NAV CANADA air traffic controllers’) at the Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Ontario, Canada from the requirement of paragraph 6.2.2 (c) (iii) of Chapter 3 – Standard 821 - Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards, made pursuant to paragraphs 801.01(2)(a) and 801.08(b) of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs), subject to the following conditions.
The particulars of relevant CARs and Standard 821 provisions are detailed in the Appendix A attached to this exemption.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this exemption is to allow NAV CANADA and NAV CANADA air traffic controllers at the Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Ontario, Canada to authorize reduced angular divergence of air traffic control separation from 30 degrees to 10 degrees, as it pertains to departures and arrivals on parallel runways. The rationale for the reduction of angular divergence at Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport is one of the elements of the overall noise abatement program at Toronto Airport.
APPLICATION
This exemption applies to NAV CANADA and to NAV CANADA air traffic controllers at the Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Ontario, Canada when issuing air traffic control clearances or instructions, as it pertains to departing aircraft and arriving aircraft on parallel runways, and only to aircraft departing from and arriving on the following runway combinations: runways 05 and 06L, runways 23 and 24R, runways 05 and 06R and runways 23 and 24L.
CONDITIONS
For NAV CANADA as the holder of an ATS Operations Certificate, this exemption is subject to the following conditions:
- This exemption shall apply only to arrivals and/or departures at Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport using the following runway configurations:
- 23/24R;
- 23/24L;
- 05/06L; or
- 05/06R.
- NAV CANADA shall train all Toronto Tower and Toronto Terminal controllers in the application of 10 degree divergence between a missed approach aircraft and a departure from the other parallel runway during independent parallel runway operations at Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport;
- NAV CANADA shall advise all airlines, via AIC or other means, that alternate missed approach instructions will be issued in the event of a missed approach at Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport;
- NAV CANADA shall ensure that the Toronto Tower Unit Operations Manual states that controllers must coordinate the turn of the aircraft before turning aircraft into the other Tower Controller’s airspace; and
- NAV CANADA shall provide a copy of this exemption to all air traffic controllers operating at Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport.
For NAV CANADA air traffic controllers, the exemption is subject to the following conditions:
- NAV CANADA air traffic controllers at Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport shall apply drift correction to the departure and missed approach aircraft when a missed approach occurs;
- NAV CANADA air traffic controllers at Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport shall issue alternate missed approach instructions as soon as possible preferably when an arrival is at or just inside the Final Approach Fix (FAF);
- NAV CANADA air traffic controllers at Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport shall reissue alternate missed approach or departure instructions if the controller sees that the aircraft is not doing as the aircraft has been instructed;
- NAV CANADA air traffic controllers at Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport shall ensure that Toronto NARDS mapping/overlay displays the projected runway centrelines;
- NAV CANADA air traffic controllers at Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport shall ensure that Toronto NARDS range is set at a maximum of 15NM;
- NAV CANADA air traffic controllers at Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport shall issue alternate missed approach instructions to arrivals at Toronto Lester B International Airport as per the Tower-ACC Agreement when Billy Bishop Airport is using Runway 08.
CANCELLATION
The exemption from paragraph 6.2.2 (c) (iii) of Chapter 3 – Standard 821 Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards, made pursuant to paragraphs 801.01(2)(a) and 801.08(b) of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs), issued by the Director General Civil Aviation on June 9, 2014, on behalf of the Minister of Transport, is hereby cancelled because it is the opinion of the Minister that it is no longer in the public interest or is likely to adversely affect aviation safety.
VALIDITY
The present exemption is in effect, until the earliest of the following:
- June 9, 2019 at 23:59 EDT;
- The date on which any of the conditions set out in this exemption is breached; or
- on which this exemption is cancelled, in writing, by the Minister of Transport, where she is of the opinion that it is no longer in the public interest, or that it is likely to adversely affect aviation safety.
Dated at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada this 16th day of October 2014 on behalf of the Minister of Transport.
“Original signed by”
Martin J. Eley
Director General
Civil Aviation
Transport Canada
APPENDIX A
Relevant provisions of the CARs
801.01
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(2) No air traffic controller shall issue an air traffic control clearance or an air traffic control instruction except
- In the case of domestic airspace, in accordance with the Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards; and
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Provision of Air Traffic Services in Accordance with ATS Site Manual
801.08 No holder of an ATS operations certificate shall provide air traffic services at an operational location unless the services are provided in accordance with
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- In the case of air traffic control services, the Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards.
Relevant provisions of standard 821 - Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards.
Chapter 3
6.0 Radar Departures
6.2.2 The following conditions shall be met when a departing aircraft is authorized to take-off from a runway that is parallel to a runway being used by an arriving aircraft:
- The runway thresholds are even, and the runway centre lines are 2,500 feet or more apart (centre line to centre line); or
- The runway thresholds are staggered and:
- If the arriving aircraft is approaching the nearer runway, the required distance between runway centre lines may be 100 feet less than 2,500 feet for each 500 feet that the thresholds are staggered.
- If the arriving aircraft is approaching the farther runway, the required distance between runway centre lines must be 100 feet more than 2,500 feet for each 500 feet that the thresholds are staggered.
- In addition to (a) and (b), the following conditions shall also be met:
- The aircraft are informed that simultaneous operations are in effect,
- The aircraft are landing in the same direction being used for take-off and are making either straight-in or visual approaches which are being monitored on radar,
- The departing aircraft are assigned headings that diverge immediately after take-off by 30 degrees or more from the missed approach of the arriving aircraft,
- Radar identification of the departing aircraft will be established within one mile of the runway,
- a maximum of 60 miles is displayed on the radar display,
- neither a departing aircraft nor a missed approach aircraft is cleared nor permitted to turn toward the flight path of the other, unless another form of separation has been achieved.
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