• Ref.: AN 11/19.1, AN 11/19.2-16/66 30 June 2016
• Icao Pans Ops Doc 8168 Volume 1
• Pans-ops Doc 8168 Volume I Icao

PANS-OPS is an air traffic control acronym which stands forProcedures for Air NavigationServices – Aircraft OPerationS. PANS-OPS are rules for designing instrument approach and departure procedures. Such procedures are used to allow aircraft to land and take off when instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) impose instrument flight rules (IFR).

ICAO rules[edit]

The First Edition of Volume III is the ultimate guide on operational procedures. It is highly recommended for flight operations personnel and flight crew. Previously part of Doc 8168, Volume I, this new volume focuses exclusively on aircraft operation procedure topics that can assist crews in ensuring the highest level of safety during flight. International Civil Aviation Organization Doc 8168 OPS/611 Procedures for Air Navigation Services Aircraft Operations This edition incorporates all amendments approved by the Council prior to 23 April 2014 and supersedes, on 13 November 2014, all previous editions of Doc 8168, Volume II. Volume II Construction of Visual and Instrument Flight. Air Traffic Services Course Outline. This advanced course provides you with the competencies to perform the duties of a procedure designer. It covers the theory and applications of the specifications contained in ICAO Doc 8168 PANS-OPS (Procedures for Air Navigation Services) in line with recommendations from the Instrument Flight Procedures Panel.

The Flight Safety section of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is responsible for PANS-OPS,^[1] which outlines the principles for airspace protection and procedure design to which all ICAO signatory states must adhere. The regulatory material surrounding PANS-OPS may vary from country to country.

Handling of obstacles[edit]

Chapter 4 of Annex 14 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation '[establishes] a series of obstacle limitation surfaces that define the limits to which objects may project into the airspace' surrounding an aerodrome.^[2] PANS-OPS defines 'protection surfaces' which are imaginary surfaces in space that guarantee an aircraft a certain minimum obstacle clearance, similar to the purpose of obstacle limitation surfaces (OLS) in Annex 14. These surfaces may be used as a tool for local governments in assessing building development. Where buildings may (under certain circumstances) be permitted to penetrate the OLS, they cannot be permitted to penetrate any PANS-OPS surface, because the purpose of these surfaces is to guarantee pilots operating under IMC a descent path free of obstacles for a given approach.

Other PANS[edit]

• PANS-ATM: Procedures for Air Navigation Services – Air Traffic Management (ICAO Doc. 4444)^[3]
• PANS-TRG: Procedures for Air Navigation Services – Training (ICAO Doc. 9868)^[4]
• PANS-AD (PANS-Aerodrome, ICAO Doc 9981)
• PANS-OPS (Aircraft operations, ICAO Doc 8168)
• PANS-ABC (Abbreviations and codes, ICAO Doc 8400)
• PANS-AIM (Aeronautical information management, ICAO Doc 10066)

History, Pans-Ops software[edit]

In 1989 the very first commercially available off the shelf instrument procedure design software conforming to ICAO document 8168 Pans-Ops was programmed.^{[citation needed]} This software was first demonstrated at Bailbrook College in Bath, England in 1992 to a procedure design course. Prior to this all procedure design was done with pencil, tracing paper and a calculator. The software was programmed on a 386 IBM laptop computer and written in the “LISP” programming language.

References[edit]

1. ^'Annexes and PANS'. International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
2. ^Annex 14 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation – Aerodromes, Volume I: Aerodrome Design and Operations (7th ed.). July 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
3. ^Procedures for Air Navigation Services, Air Traffic Management (16th ed.). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
4. ^Procedures for Air Navigation Services, Training (2nd ed.). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

External links[edit]

• Procedures for Air Navigation Services, Aircraft Operations, Volume I: Flight Procedures (5th ed.). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
• Procedures for Air Navigation Services, Aircraft Operations, Volume II: Construction of Visual and Instrument Flight Procedures (6th ed.). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

Ref.: AN 11/19.1, AN 11/19.2-16/66 30 June 2016

PANS-OPS is an air traffic control acronym which stands forProcedures for Air NavigationServices – Aircraft OPerationS. PANS-OPS are rules for designing instrument approach and departure procedures. Such procedures are used to allow aircraft to land and take off when instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) impose instrument flight rules (IFR).

ICAO rules[edit]

The Flight Safety section of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is responsible for PANS-OPS,^[1] which outlines the principles for airspace protection and procedure design to which all ICAO signatory states must adhere. The regulatory material surrounding PANS-OPS may vary from country to country.

Icao Pans Ops Doc 8168 Volume 1

Handling of obstacles[edit]

Chapter 4 of Annex 14 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation '[establishes] a series of obstacle limitation surfaces that define the limits to which objects may project into the airspace' surrounding an aerodrome.^[2] PANS-OPS defines 'protection surfaces' which are imaginary surfaces in space that guarantee an aircraft a certain minimum obstacle clearance, similar to the purpose of obstacle limitation surfaces (OLS) in Annex 14. These surfaces may be used as a tool for local governments in assessing building development. Where buildings may (under certain circumstances) be permitted to penetrate the OLS, they cannot be permitted to penetrate any PANS-OPS surface, because the purpose of these surfaces is to guarantee pilots operating under IMC a descent path free of obstacles for a given approach.

Other PANS[edit]

• PANS-ATM: Procedures for Air Navigation Services – Air Traffic Management (ICAO Doc. 4444)^[3]
• PANS-TRG: Procedures for Air Navigation Services – Training (ICAO Doc. 9868)^[4]
• PANS-AD (PANS-Aerodrome, ICAO Doc 9981)
• PANS-OPS (Aircraft operations, ICAO Doc 8168)
• PANS-ABC (Abbreviations and codes, ICAO Doc 8400)
• PANS-AIM (Aeronautical information management, ICAO Doc 10066)

History, Pans-Ops software[edit]

In 1989 the very first commercially available off the shelf instrument procedure design software conforming to ICAO document 8168 Pans-Ops was programmed.^{[citation needed]} This software was first demonstrated at Bailbrook College in Bath, England in 1992 to a procedure design course. Prior to this all procedure design was done with pencil, tracing paper and a calculator. The software was programmed on a 386 IBM laptop computer and written in the “LISP” programming language.

References[edit]

1. ^'Annexes and PANS'. International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
2. ^Annex 14 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation – Aerodromes, Volume I: Aerodrome Design and Operations (7th ed.). July 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
3. ^Procedures for Air Navigation Services, Air Traffic Management (16th ed.). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
4. ^Procedures for Air Navigation Services, Training (2nd ed.). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

External links[edit]

• Procedures for Air Navigation Services, Aircraft Operations, Volume I: Flight Procedures (5th ed.). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
• Procedures for Air Navigation Services, Aircraft Operations, Volume II: Construction of Visual and Instrument Flight Procedures (6th ed.). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

Pans-ops Doc 8168 Volume I Icao