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Amberley / Oakey TCU

Positions

Name Callsign Frequency Login ID
Amberley TCU Amberley Approach 126.200 AMB_APP
Oakey TCU Oakey Approach 125.400 OK_APP

AMB APP is expected to extend to OK APP (and vice versa) when they are offline. No frequency cross coupling is required.

Airspace

AMB TCU

AMB APP owns the airspace contained within:

  • R625A (A015-A085)
  • R625B (A025-A085)
  • R625C (A045-A085)
  • R625D (A085-F210)

AMB TCU Airspace Diagram

AMB TCU Airspace Diagram

AMB ADC owns the Class C airspace in the AM CTR from SFC to A015.

OK TCU

OK APP owns the airspace contained within:

  • R654A (SFC-A065)
  • R654B (SFC-A065)
  • R654C (A065-F125)
  • R654D (A065-F125)

OK TCU Airspace Diagram

OK TCU Airspace Diagram

OK ADC owns the Class C airspace within 5 DME of the OK VOR from SFC to A025.

Coded Clearances (Fast Jets)

High performance military jet aircraft with planned operations in offshore SUA, or intending to depart to the east, will be assigned a Coded Clearance departure. These aircraft may arrive back to YAMB via the same corridor. These Coded Clearances provide a standardised corridor avoiding civilian traffic in the adjacent airspace.

Tip

Descriptions of the coded clearances are available in the FIHA AD2 Supps.

Departures

Aircraft will depart the circuit visually and track overhead YAMB to begin tracking for their initial waypoint. Aircraft cleared the BYRON1 must turn to the west on departure, and may set course for their inital waypoint within 10TAC AMB, remaining within the lateral limits of the AMB CTR in order to meet the inital constraint at COWIE.

AMB ACD will clear relevant departures via the appropriate coded clearance departure, update the FDR route field with the respective tracking points, and write the departure name in the Global Ops Field.

The routes are shown below:

Departure Initial Constraint Route
Northern 3 F190 by BINUP BINUP MURJO BOBED LESKO MOSSI, or
BINUP MURJO BOBED LESKO ADNUK
Central 3 F190 by BINUP BINUP MURJO BOBED VIRGE
Byron 1 F190 by COWIE COWIE KIWEE ZANET LOTMA SEMAJ

Important

Ensure that aircraft meet the F190 requirement by the first waypoint to ensure separation assurance is maintained with civil aircraft in the adjacent airspace.

Arrivals

Aircraft will be cleared for the coded clearance by INL/NSA, with the procedure terminating at the AM TMA airspace boundary.

Civil Training Area

Civil operators (including Australian Air Force Cadets) conduct flying operations within the South Western Training Area (SWTA), located between the 10DME and 20DME arcs to the southwest of the AMB CTR. The SWTA is divided in half by the Rosewood-Mt Walker-Aratula Road into SWTA Alpha (north) and SWTA Bravo (south). The training area is classified Class G airspace but some pilots may request to climb into CTA to facilitate flight training (such as stall practice).

Tip

Consider restricting an aircraft operating in the CTA above the SWTA to either SWTA Alpha or Bravo where doing so would provide lateral segregation from other traffic operating in the AMB CTA.

Outbound Aircraft

Aircraft outbound from YAMB for the SWTA will exit the CTR at A025 via the following waypoints:

Duty Runway Routing
15 MTWK
33 CLVT
04 or 22 As required

Inbound Aircraft

Inbound aircraft will contact AMB TCU when ready to return to YAMB. They shall be cleared via the following waypoints, at either A015 or A025 (as desired):

Duty Runway Routing
15 CLVT
33 MTWK
04 or 22 As required

Transfer these aircraft to ADC approaching the boundary.

Phraseology

ASTR203: "Amberley Approach, ASTR203, 13nm southwest, A015, inbound, received Golf, request clearance"
AMB TCU: "ASTR203, Amberley Aproach, cleared to YAMB via MTWK, maintain A015"
ASTR203: "Cleared to YAMB via MTWK, maintain A015, ASTR203"

AMB TCU: "ASTR203, contact Amberley Tower, 118.3"
ASTR203: "118.3, ASTR203"

Coordination

AMB/OK ADC

Airspace

AMB ADC owns the Class C airspace in the AMB CTR within 10nm of the YAMB ARP from SFC to A015.

OK ADC owns the airspace within 5 DME of the OK VOR from SFC to A025.

Departures

'Next' coordination is required from AMB ADC to AMB TCU for all aircraft.

The Standard Assignable Level from AMB ADC to AMB TCU is:
a) The Lower of F180 or RFL for Aircraft assigned via Procedural or RNAV SID.
b) F190 for Aircraft assigned a Coded Departure.

Phraseology

AMB ADC -> AMB TCU: "Next, STAL56, runway 33"
AMB TCU -> AMB ADC: "STAL56, unrestricted"
AMB ADC -> AMB TCU: "STAL56"

INL / BN TCU

Departures

All aircraft from AMB/OK TCU to INL(All) and BN TCU require Heads-up coordination prior to the boundary, however, as soon as practical (when is the aircraft becomes airborne) is prefered.

The Standard Assignable Level from AMB ADC to AMB TCU is:
a) The Lower of F180 or RFL for Aircraft assigned via Procedural or RNAV SID.
b) F190 for Aircraft assigned a Coded Departure.

The Standard Assignable from OK ADC to OK TCU is the lower of F120 or RFL.

Phraseology

AMB TCU -> BN TCU: "via BN, DRGN02"
BN TCU -> AMB TCU: "DRGN02, F180"

Phraseology

BUCK03 is assigned the BYRON 1 coded departure.
AMB TCU -> NSA: "via COWIE, BUCK3."
NSA -> AMB TCU: "BUCK03, F190"

Arrivals/Overfliers

All aircraft transiting from GOL/DOS/BUR to AMB TCU and OK TCU must be heads-up coordinated prior to 20nm from the boundary and aircraft from BN TCU to AMB TCU only prior to the boundary. Operations within AMB TCU are fairly ad-hoc, so there are no standard assignable levels. GOL/DOS/BUR and AMB TCU/OK TCU controller must agree on a suitable level during coordination.

Phraseology

GOL -> AMB TCU: "via HUUGO, PUMA11, will be assigned A090"
AMB TCU -> GOL: "PUMA11, A090"

Charts

Reference

Additional charts to the AIP may be found in the RAAF TERMA document, available towards the bottom of RAAF AIP page