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East Sale (YMES)

Positions

Name Callsign Frequency Login ID
East Sale ADC East Sale Tower 118.300 ES_TWR
East Sale SMC East Sale Ground 127.250 ES_GND
East Sale ACD East Sale Delivery 134.100 ES_DEL
East Sale ATIS 125.40 YMES_ATIS

Airspace

ES ADC owns no airspace. Release may be available from ES APP for circuits.

Flight Category

  • Resuming VFR:
  • Recovering military aircraft must automatically revert to VFR at the following points:
    • At the initial point when recovering via military stream landing pattern (initial and pitch).
    • At Hi-Key.
    • Following a touch and go, go-around, or visual overshoot when a local IFR aircraft has indicated an intention to join the circuit.

Runway Modes

Single runway operations only.

Circuit Procedures

The East Sale Circuit Area (ESL CIRA) is active at all times when R360A is active.

Circuit operations occur within a 5NM radius of ESL ARP, at the following altitudes:

Type Normal Altitude Low Level Altitude
Day Night
Non Jet A010 A004 Circling Minima
Jet A015 A006 Circling Minima

Circuit Direction

Runway Direction
09 Left
22 Left
04 Right
27 Right

Circuit Saturation

ATC should declare the circuit saturated when aircraft exceeds the below table. When the circuit is saturated further circuits will be unavailable until numbers are within tolerance of the table. This number may be reduced by ATC due to complexity of operations and prevailing weather in order to ensure safety.

Time ESL Day ESL Night WSL Day WSL Night
Day 6 5 5 5

Low Approach

  • By day, pilots of local aircraft may request a low approach.
  • Pilots are responsible for ensuring that no collision risk exists and that there is suitable spacing to continue the approach and for the potential/subsequent go-around.

Standard Taxi Routes

Runway Outbound Route Inbound Route
Runway 27 E2 or Eastern Check Bays D2
Runway 09 D2 or Western Check Bays E2
Runway 22 E2 or Eastern Check Bays J
Runway 04 J D2

ESL TAXI INBOUND

ESL TAXI INBOUND

ESL TAXI OUTBOUND

ESL TAXI OUTBOUND

Helicopter Operations

  • Helicopter Circuits:
  • When RWY09/27 is being used for fixed-wing circuit training, it is preferred that helicopters utilise threshold runway 04 (runway 09/27 direction) for landing and take-off to increase segregation between final approach and upwind segments.
  • When helicopters require use of TWY A (Pad Alpha) for circuit training, base turns should be sequenced to avoid conflict during the final approach segment.

Lanes

The 16 individual training areas within the ESL military airspace are separated by 4 outbound lanes. These lanes are used by aircraft transiting to/from exterior training areas or for entry and exit of ESL military airspace. Lanes are defined by GNSS waypoints situated at 12, 35, and 50 NM from YMES AD.

Outbound Lanes

Lane Direction 12NM GNSS Waypoint 35NM GNSS Waypoint 50NM GNSS Waypoint Bearing
Northern LEKEM GONEB LANOS 359
Eastern VEMDA KADRU TAVET 090
Southern SABAX LUTUK NOLOX 180
Western DUGAD LERKO DUNNE 270
  • Vertical Dimensions:
    Lanes extend from SFC or the base of restricted airspace to F160.

Example Departure Clearance via Lane

Aircraft departing ESL military airspace may be instructed to track via a lane at or below F160.

Example

BRCT21 is departing East Sale via the Eastern Lane at FL110 to Orbost (YORB). The departure clearance would be issued as follows: ES SMC -> BRCT21: "BRCT21 CLEARED TO YORB, VIA EASTERN LANE, FPR, FL110, SQUAWK 1234, DEPARTURES 123.3"

If BRCT21 was departing at or above FL160, then departure clearance is as normal.

Level Assignment

  • F160 or RFL whichever is lower for fixed-wing aircraft.
  • A040 or RFL whichever is lower for rotary-wing aircraft.

Coordination

Auto Release

Auto release is not utilised at East Sale. 'Next' coordination is required from ES ADC to ES TCU for all aircraft.

Example

ES ADC -> ES TCU: "Next, ASY01, runway 09"
ES TCU -> ES ADC: "ASY01, Assigned Heading Left 030, unrestricted"
ES ADC -> ES TCU: "Left Heading 030, ASY01"

Helicopters departing from helicopter spots will be treated as if departing from the duty runway.

Example

PSDN14 is a VFR helicopter departing from the threshold of RWY04 (in the direction of runway 27)
ES ADC -> ES TCU: "Next, PSDN14, runway 27"
ES TCU -> ES ADC: "PSDN14, right turn, unrestricted"
ES ADC -> ES TCU: "Right turn, PSDN14"