Civil Aviation - Canada Airspace: An Emergency Management Perspective

Owned by Lawrence Chong (Unlicensed)
May 12, 2020
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Presented by: Ryan Griffin, Contingency Operations Officer, Aviation Operations Centre

Date: May 11, 2020

Organizer: Lawrence Chong

Attendees: Mark Frost, Bill Xu, Jiehua Yii, Diego Cesa de Meira, Alvaro Faria dos Santos

Topics of Presentation:

  • Emergency Management Operation Overview

  • Canada Airspace Classes, Structures, Types, Uses and Restriction

  • How airspace is regulated under Canadian Aviation Regulation (CARs: Division I subpart 601)

  • Canadian Designated Airspace Handbook publication (CDAH-TP1820)

  • Aviation Operation Centre (AVOPS), co-located with SITCEN operations.

  • Temporary restriction of Airspace and NOTAM

  • Utilizing TC Smart Maps for visualization in Emergency Management.

Video Recording (MS Team)s: https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/67b9d313-9975-4b43-9e57-dd4449067e18

Mapping Tool Used: TC Smart Maps

Applications Used:

NOTAM Configuration Tool - An Excel VBA application for NOTAM data entry

GIS Layers:

  • Canada Airport

  • 3D/2D Canada Airspace

  • 3D Airport OLS/AZR

  • CADORS

  • TSB Occurrence Report

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