Departing Traffic

Flight Planning: Route(s)

Pilots can find valid routes for most flights departing from Ras Al Khaimah on SimBrief by choosing the "Preferred Route" option. Our operations department updates the "Preferred Route" on SimBrief with every AIRAC cycle, ensuring compliance with Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) regulations in the Middle East and Eurocontrol IFPS validation.

Flight Planning: Standard Instrument Departure (SID)

Controllers will assign a Standard Instrument Departure (SID) based on the first waypoint in your flight plan, guiding you out of the Fujairah Terminal Maneuvering Area (TMA). Refer to the table below to see which SID you can expect. If your waypoint isn't listed in the table, ensure your AIRAC cycle is up to date. If your AIRAC is outdated, please inform the controller promptly so we can arrange an omnidirectional departure for you.

SID 11R	Initial Climb	SID 29L	Initial Climb
IMPED3F	6000ft	IMPED1R	6000ft
NOLSU3F	6000ft	IMPED1S	6000ft
KASIS2	6000ft	NOLSU1R	6000ft
RAV1F	6000ft	RAV1R	6000ft
UMAMI3F	6000ft	UMAMI1R	6000ft
GABKO4F	7000ft	UMAMI1S	6000ft
SERSA4F	7000ft	GABKO1R	7000ft
VAVIM2F	7000ft	SERSA1R	7000ft
TONVO4F	8000ft	VAVIM1R	7000ft
		VAVIM1S	7000ft
		TONVO1R	8000ft

Getting your clearance

Departing aircraft shall contact Fujairah Ground 10 minutes prior to start-up and pass the following information:

Aircraft Callsign
Aircraft Type
Parking Stand
Destination
Standard Instrument Departure (and departure speed if unable to comply with SID minimum speed restrictions)
Current Departure ATIS Information

Voice Clearance

In Fujairah, voice clearances will be provided. These will be brief, covering only your Standard Instrument Departure (SID), initial climb, and squawk code. Ensure you have the latest departure ATIS information before proceeding.

Example

Pilot: "Fujairah Ground, good evening, IGO99X, Airbus A320, stand 5, requesting IFR Clearance to Mumbai, with information F on board."

Controller: "IGO99X, information F correct, cleared to Mumbai via the TONVO4F departure, maintain altitude 8000ft, squawk 0542."

Pilot: "Cleared to Mumbai, TONVO4F departure, maintain altitude 8000ft, squawk 0542, IGO99X."

Controller: "IGO99X, readback is correct, QNH 1004, report ready for push and start"

Push & Start

Once you have secured your IFR Clearance, pilots may request push and start clearance whenever they are ready. The ground controller may provide various types of pushback instructions. Pilots must ensure they can comply with these instructions; if unable, they must inform the ground controller.

Pushback clearances will specify a direction to face, such as West or East, and a particular taxiway to push onto.

Example

Controller: IGO95C, Fujairah Ground, pushback approved, facing south.

Pilot: Pushback approved, facing south, IGO95C.

Warning

If pilots are unable to commence pushback within 2-3 minutes, the pushback clearance may be revoked.

Taxi

Pilots must comply with all taxi instructions, including holds. Taxi instructions are given based on various factors such as aircraft type and traffic.

Info

Controllers regularly make use of intermediate holding points to optimise traffic flow. These can be found on the Taxi and Parking charts.

Example

Controller: IGO94C, Taxi H, hold D.

Standard Intersection Departures

For the purposes of takeoff performance planning the standard departure taxiways are:

29L: T1
11R: M1

Crews should base their performance calculations on departure from standard departure points from the notified runway in use if there is no restriction to payload.

ATC may tactically use a different departure point nearer the runway end based on the traffic situation.

Take-off

Minimum Runway Occupancy

On receipt of a line-up clearance pilots shall ensure, complying with safety and standard operating procedures, that they are able to line-up on the runway as soon as the preceding aircraft has commenced take-off roll.

Wherever possible, pilots are encouraged to conduct a rolling takeoff to minimise runway occupancy time.