AIRSPACE: BIK
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: West of Sydney

NATURE: TIBA (Closed/No Service)

LOCAL DATE: 23 Aug 2008
DURATION: 1 Hour or less

NOTAM No: C5187/08
NOTAM TEXT BELOW:
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C5187/08 NOTAMN A) YMMM B) 0808230700 C) 0808230730 E) ATS IN THE MELBOURNE FIR ARE SUBJECT TO CONTINGENCY DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGE MELBOURNE CENTRE 129.8 (EASTERN NEW SOUTH WALES). CONTINGENCY MAP AVAILABLE AT: HTTP://WWW.AIRSERVICESAUSTRALIA.COM/NOTAMMAPS/ECSMLSYBIK.PDF APPROX AREA: 45 NM WEST SY, SOUTH ALONG ARC 45 NM SY, 45 NM SOUTH-WEST SY, 70 NM SOUTH-WEST SY, NORTH ALONG ARC 70 NM SY, 70 NM WEST SY, 45 NM WEST SY. VERTICAL LIMITS: A085 - FL600. ANY TWR, TCU AND MILITARY AREAS WITHIN THE ABOVE AIRSPACE CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS PER ERSA UNLESS SPECIFIED OTHERWISE. MAJOR ATS ROUTES: H319 BTN 70 NM SY AND TARAL Y59 BTN 70 NM SY AND 45 NM SY W113 BTN BIK AND 45 NM SY ALL ROUTES VIA BIK WITHIN 40 NM BIK OUTSIDE 45 NM SY ATC SER ARE NOT AVBL IN PUBLISHED CLASS A, C AND E AIRSPACE. DIRECTED TRAFFIC ADVISORY INFO SER IS NOT AVBL IN PUBLISHED CLASS E. VHF FIS AND SAR ALERTING ARE NOT AVBL ON THE FREQUENCIES LISTED ABOVE. FLIGHT INFOR MATION IS AVAILABLE FROM PILOT BRIEFING AND FLIGHTWATCH ON VHF AND/OR HF. FLIGHT INFORMATION MAY ALSO BE AVAILABLE FROM ADJACENT ATC UNITS. ADS/CPDLC LOGON: YMMM SER NOT AVBL THIS AIRSPACE. PILOTS MAY REMAIN LOGGED ON BUT POSITION REPORTS MUST BE BROADCAST ON THE APPROPRIATE FREQUENCY. FLW PROC APPLY: TRAFFIC INFO BCST PROC (TIBA) AS DETAILED IN AIP GEN 3.3 AND ICAO ANNEX 11 SHALL BE USED. TIBA FREQUENCIES: AT OR ABOVE FL200 128.95MHZ. BELOW FL200 126.35MHZ, EXCEPT IN PUBLISHED DOMESTIC CLASS G AIRSPACE WHERE THE FIA FREQUENCY SHALL BE USED. TCAS AND TRANSPONDER EQUPT MUST BE SELECTED AT ALL TIMES. PILOTS CONSIDERING OPR IN PUBLISHED CLASS A, C OR E AIRSPACE SHOULD CTC THE MELBOURNE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR ON TEL +613 92357597 FOR FURTHER INFO.

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