Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange: Airspace for the United Kingdom - ASSelect
ASSelect - A Program to Extract a User Specified UK Airspace File
ASSelect Change History - changes effective up to 20th July 2017
ASSelect is a Program to Extract a User Specified UK Airspace File from a
master file. It is published on the Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange.
The program and master airspace files were created courtesy of Geoff Brown.
Currently maintained by Alan Sparrow, airspace@freeflight.org.uk
21 July 2017 Changes effective 20 July 2017
Data
*BENSON MATZ. Vertical limits correct (thanks Micheal H).
*BOGNOR REGIS. Change from unlicensed AD to glider site.
*RATs added (Red Arrows displays only until end of August). Thanks
*to George Knight for the data.
*
Program
*Version 3.1. Update contact details
*
*Documentation
*Update with RAT additions
*
*Thanks
*Thanks to George Knight for his stint as ASSelect maintainer and for
*his invaluable help assisting me with the hand over.
*
09 June 2017 Changes effective 22 June 2017
Data
*Names of obstacles updated to be meaningful.
*NSGA-1 replaced by NSGA-1 SCOTLAND and NSGA-1A BORDERS, the area covered
*is reduced - not all of mainland north of N55 is included.
*Danger areas D145 Hullavington, D146 Yantlet and D409 Catterick withdrawn.
*NORTH LUFFENHAM gliding site added - radius notified as 2nm.
*Aldermaston & Burghfield restricted areas not included if fences LOA selected.
*D113B Castlemartin upper limit raised.
*D115A Manorbier upper limit raised.
Notes:
* From April '17 flight in non-transponder areas NSGA 1 & 1A is subject to a
NOTAM being issued the day before. See AIC Yellow 005/2017.
02 May 2017 Changes effective 25 May 2017
Notes:
Most of the work for the April and May changes has been
done by Alan Sparrow - many thanks for his contribution.
Data
* Cotswold CTA. Add new CTA regions and delete the existing airways
absorbed by it: L9-2, L9-3, N14-1, N14-2, N14-3, P2, N864-2, N864-3,
N864-4 and N864-5
* RILES LoA. Now partly in the Cotswold CTA, so split RAGLAN and
MADLEY boxes into separate LoAs
* Portsmouth CTA-5. Raise base to FL55
* SPADEADAM and TRAG-A. Minor coordinate corrections
* P18/M150/Y99. Minor coordinate corrections to match surrounding CTA
* Y70-1. Rename to North Sea CTA-1
* L602, N562, Y70, Y96, Y968. Now RNAV routes (move to ENR 3.3)
* P16/P17/P18/Y70/Y250. Rename, was P18/M150/Y99 (B)
* LOA Y70/Y250. Rename was LOA P18-X
* Y70/Y250. Rename was P18/M150/Y99 A
* Valley Stub. Correction to centre coordinates
* Leeds East. Change to licensed aerodrome
* Radius around Sandy Heath RTM reduced to 0.5 nm.
* Cranwell elevation changed to 222'.
Obstacles:
This part of the airspace file has not been reviewed for some time. The
relevant section of the AIP consists of a spreadsheet with over 7,100 entries
as at April 2017. Most (5,945) are wind-powered generators and of the 1,164
remaining 271 are offshore. To provide a balance between cluttering up
the file with clearly visible and low-level obstacles the following filtering
has been applied.
* All offshore obstacles excluded.
* All wind-powered generators excluded.
* Obstacles in Northern Ireland, Central London and Manchester excluded.
* Obstacles with tops < 600' above surface excluded.
* Only highest of a cluster of obstacles shown.
* Forth bridges excluded
This reduces number of obstacles in the airspace file to 58. (April '17),
prior to this review there were 24 obstacles listed.
The titles of the obstacles are the NATS reference numbers in the form
"UK0171O101F", hopefully more meaningful names will be available from NATS shortly.
Obstacles where height unknown assumed to be 499' high.
02 May 2017 Changes effective 27 April 2017
Data
* Chipping LoA. Update coordinates of L612/N57 with values from ENR 3.1.
Also update the LoA coordinates to match.
* Camphill LoA. Update coordinates of N601 to match change to LOA made
last month.
* Brize Competition LoA. Added.
* Nuclear Exemptions LoA. Reinstated Aldermaston and Burghfield data,
removed Harwell.
* Peterborough Conington ATZ. Corrected spelling.
* Ternhill ATZ & MATZ. Updated centre coordinates to match AIP.
* Kinloss/Lossiemouth MATZ. Small corrections to MATZ/stub intersections.
* Wittering MATZ. Small corrections to MATZ/stub intersections.
21 March 2017 Changes effective 30 March 2017
Data
* Lee-on Solent ATZ revised with minor changes
* Fleetlands ATZ / CTA revised.
* Solent Collaberative Airspace trial ended October 16 so removed.
* Hullavington - gliding site removed.
* Cae Mawr Tyddyn Hen, Caernarfon. Microlight site added.
* Netherthorpe altitude changed.
* Minor tweak to Southend ILS feathers.
* Portsmouth CTAs 6, 17 & 18 have published base of FL55 but are ALT5500
during daylight hours when SOLENT CTA active. File changed to ALT5500
since this reflects reality for gliding.
* Camphill LOA - minor corrections to 2 coordinates to match AIP definitions.
* Worthing CTA-7 added by request to include BGA TP Selsey Bill. Portion
of L151/N859 with same coordinates starting at FL75 removed.
* Note
Portion of L620 base FL55 east of Solent CTA, encompassing Glidden & Colemore
Common, on 1/2 mill chart Mar 2017 has a base of 5500 Alt during daylight hours
(per chart note 32) so is within the LTMA. On 27th April it is expected
to be removed.
02 March 2017
Data
* Portsmouth CTA 3 to 13, 15 & 16 added. They replaced airways:
N514-1, N514-3, N514-4, L620-3, L620/Q41, L620-4, Q41-1,
Q41-2, Q41-3, Q41-4 and Q41-5. Some altitudes now flight
levels. Effective late April but will be on half million
Southern England charts dated 2nd March 2017.
02 February 2017
Data
* Corrected Newquay ILS feathers W0050260 to W0050300
* Corrected Strathallan #FILTERTAG LIMIT parameter N561760 to N561800
* Cosford elevation updated.
* Pembury upper limits changed
* Kinloss & Lossiemouth Radio Frequency
* Hawarden RMZ added - effective 2nd March.
* Swanton Morley updated
* Foston added
05 January 2017
Program
* ASSelect Program V 3.0 has been recompiled using EmbarcaderoŽ Delphi 10.1 Berlin
Version 24.0.24468.8770 with minor changes to the text on the Welcome form. This Delphi
creates a larger executable. 2.3 MB vs 514 kB.
Data
* Scottish TMA designations changed.
* Scampton frequency changed.
* Culdrose ATZ increased to 2.5 nm radius - effective 2nd Mar '17
Thanks
*Geoff Brown who has been doing such an excellent job in making airspace files available to us
for some time, having taken the task on when Peter Desmond and Rory O'Connor finished their
stints, has retired from gliding since there is not a club near his new home. He has,
however, left us a good legacy and persuaded me to take it on for a while. However, I do
not see it as a long term solution; we really need a volunteer the right side of 70! Many
thanks to Geoff for all his hard work.
George Knight
January 2017
Airspace.GJK@virginmedia.com
08 December 2016
Data
* D203 OCNL removed
* Wyton tweaked and converted to MIL
* Chirk elevation tweaked
* Relabelled N580 and L602 airways
* EGNM frequency changed
* Lee On Solent ATZ instated, Fleetlands tweaked
* Lakenheath Fen added
10 November 2016
Data
* Leeds East ARP tweaked, ATZ added
* SHERBURN-IN-ELMET ATZ modified
13 October 2016
Data
* Various P and R zones removed
* Add country wide TMZ at FL105
* Add Blue Barn Farm
15 September 2016
Program
* Data file separated from the program
Data
* Southern airway to Ireland re-labelled STRUMBLE CTA 1
* WORTHING 4, 6 and 7 introduced - but Off-shore
* Several instances of '60 seconds' corrected
* Valley, Mona and Wittering MATZs tweaked
* Peterborough GVS tweaked
18 August 2016
Data
* Linton-on-Ouse, Topcliffe AATZ tweaked (MATZs unaltered)
* L26 relabelled L60
21 July 2016
Data
* PARA sites frequencies updated
* Solent Collabarative Area added (under RAs)
* Humberside ILS tweaked
* Add Bognor Regis unlicenced
26 May 2016 - Extra
* Amendments to : Humberside ARP, lots of military ARPs
* Add : Leeds East
26 May 2016
Data
* Hawarden ATZ radius corrected to 2.5nm (Roger Barber)
* Brize and Henlow parachute zones removed (Roger Barber)
* Amend Spanhoe based on web data and maps (George Knight)
* Solent CTA 6 & 7 merged to 6, 8 & 9 renumbered to 7 & 8
* Benson ARP moved
* Saint Athan freq changed
The CAA / NATS AIP amendment web site isn't working properly (again) this
month so I've had to analyse the pdf of the changes. I'll catch up later
with anything I've missed. Last month's did eventually work and nothing
extra was found.
28 April 2016
Data
* Nuclear exemptions enabled
* Southend RWY designations changed (ILS feathers in the LOA)
The CAA / NATS AIP amendment web site isnt working properly this month
so I've had to analyse the pdf of the changes. I'll catch up later with
anything I've missed.
10 April 2016
Program
* Add Radio Advisory grouping
Data
* Add Glasgow Stornoway Route 'Radio Advisory Area'
* Move Cambridge LoA to Cambridge 'Radio Advisory Zone'
* Add NSGA Areas
* Burn GC height raised to 3000 AGL
31 March 2016
Program
* Enable 4 character codes for OpenAir mapping (e.g.'MATZ')
Data
* Add Brown Shutter Farm and Cottage Farm (Unlicensed)
* Remove LUTON DUNSTABLE CHILTERN LoA
* P18 LoA reissued (no changes)
* Alter some ATZ freq. to 'Initial Contact' freq.
* Valley ARP shifted, Swansea (Mil) gliding removed,
* Cross Hayes gliding removed
* VFR Obstacle database reviewed (Rugby RTM removed)
* Cambridge - ILS feathers now appear within the LoA zone
03 March 2016
Data
* Chivenor and Great Yarmouth ATZ removed
* (Chivenor gliding still active)
04 February 2016
Program
* Add a Colour Option for the OpenAir Output mode
Data
* Add Cambridge Letter of Agreement
* Rehashing of LTMA-8, 13, 15, 22 & 25 and
* Clacton CTAs, Portsmouth CTAs, Worthing CTAs,
* UPAVON upper limit raised to 3000 AGL
07 January 2016
Data
* Add ILS Feathers for : Humberside 02, Warton 25
* Removed ILS Feathers for : Blackpool (over water, in Warton ATZ), Hawarden 22 (in Manchester CTR), Barrow (over water)
* Add R219 and R220
* Turweston loses its ATZ
10 December 2015
Data
* P18 LoA amended to include CTAs
* Blackbushe and Farnborough, M3 boundary inserted
* Add St Merryn (unlicenced)
* Add Southend Letter of Agreement
* Kinloss / Lossiemouth frequency changed
* Coventry ATZ now Class G
* Add Sittles farm and Tiffenden (unlicenced)
* Remove Lower Upham and Roughay (unlicenced) - in So'ton CTR
12 November 2015
Data
* R610A adjusted near Thurso
* EGKH ARP tweaked
* Add Stoney Lane and Swanborough Farm (unlicenced)
17 September 2015
Data
* Nuclear Exemptions masked
* Upavon gliding site tweaked
* Wittering Gliding removed
* EGSH Norwich TOPS dropped from FL50 to 4000ALT
20 August 2015
No relevant changes
23 July 2015
Data
* Amend N562 lower limits between 560834N 0042256W (FOYLE) and 564200N 0041459W (INBAS)
* Amend Wittering frequency
25 June 2015
Program
* Add Spatial Options to enable output file to be trimmed geographically.
Data
* Remove Wyton ATZ
* Add Lee-on-Solent (no ATZ)
28 May 2015
Data
* D113A and D405A removed as they are both offshore
* White Waltham elevation tweaked
30 April 2015
Program
* Added SeeYou as an output type, where if 'TYPE=OTHER', and 'CLASS=G',
then set 'CLASS='
* Add option of removing all Gliding Clubs to reduce file size where necessary
* Fix bug on re-reading 'ILS omitted' from INI file
* Fix bug where ILS feathers were being lifted to Class D with the ATZ instead
of being left as Class G if so selected
Data
* Camphill LoA was also updated in the last issue
* Chivenor ILS corrected (was attached to Coventry)
* Corrections to D128, Oaksey Park and Brimpton
* A few disused and Heliport nonatz airfields were slipping
through in Class G and D modes, these have been blocked.
* Syerston freq. changed
2 April 2015:
Program
* Added ILS Feather filtering
* Fixed bug where the Home Club Selection wasn't propagated properly to
subsequent runs.
* Improved compability with Windows 8
* Allowed OpenAir output Class to take any 3 character value
Data
* The new Southend Class D is enabled
* Added IAP (ILS plus GNSS) feathers.
* Added Nuclear Exemption zones as LoA for comps.
* Reviewed and corrected the Class for a few ATZs
* Added Booker LoA
* Corrected White Waltham, Lee-on-Solent, added Watnall, removed Hucknall
05 March 2015:
Data
* Reviewed 'Training and Unusual Activity' Airfields
* Edinburgh LoA updated (Area 06/24 removed, STGC inserted)
* St Athan modified (though it's in the Cardiff CTR)
* D131 removed.
* The new Southend Class D is in the file but set to INCLUDE=NO at present
It'll be enabled in the 02 April 2015 version and the RMZ removed.
05 February 2015:
Data
* Y311 and Y312 reviewed
* Airfields reviewed, added those with an EG code but no AIP entry
(info from various web sites and publications) - 38 in total
with assistance from George Knight.
* Barrow/Walney Island ATZ moved.
* Drumshade (G) removed
11 December 2014:
Data
* For 2014 09 18 - no pertinent changes
* For 2014 10 16 - ATZs removed Clacton, Manston, Perranport,
Panshanger. Add CUDDESDON, LLANBEDR
L980 and N514 extended
EGPG Cumbernauld freq changed
Durham Tees parachuting added, Yeovil tweaked
* For 2014 11 13 AIAA and ATA Valley changed, not recorded here
Minor changes to various ARPs
* For 2014 12 11 Airway L10 triangles removed (level transitions follow
Daventry CTA boundaries), new Class E and TMZ sections added (inc GUSSI box).
All AIRWAYS reviewed - Camphill LOA tweaked to match (a few square yds)
N615 becomes L612 and T256, N57/L612 FL85+, N57/L612 FL125+ and
N57/L612/P17/P18 rejigged from south of Glasgow TMA to north of Skipton.
Program
* enable the users home club to be given a different 'TYPE', thereby
preventing persistent airspace warnings when local soaring / trying to
scrape away from a winch launch.
28 August 2014: 21 August 2014
* Remove Church Fenton ATZ and MATZ
* Added additional London TMZs but set to not INCLUDE as they are offshore
* Old Warden ARP height changed
* Exeter ARP position changed to a higher resolution than we can make use of
* Danger areas with OCNL higher limits reworked to show all limits
19 July 2014: 24 July 2014 (18 July 2014 for the RMZ)
Data -
* Adjust DAV CTA-5 to go around L10-1 and L10-2 (they were being masked
in TaskNav).
* LPOOL-CTA2 split into CTA2 and CTA4 - resulting in a 500' slice of new
Class G between 3000 (CTA4) and FL35(L975-A)!!!
* Add Southend RMZ as a TMZ - 3 sections for each height band
02 June 2014: 26 June 2014
Data -
* Some points had values of 60sec - corrected.
* The use of the degree symbol in the comments was causing problems.
16 May 2014: 29 May 2014 Release c
Data -
* Blank Line in data removed
Program -
* Bug fix, ignore blank lines in data
13 May 2014: 29 May 2014 Release b
Data -
* L10 section by Cranfield added
06 May 2014: 29 May 2014 Release
Data -
* Bedford - licenced airfield BUT no ATZ, so reclassified into the NON-ATZ section.
* All NON-ATZ airfields set to CLASS=G
* New TMZ offshore the Humber (added but set to INCLUDE=NO)
* Microlight strips checked and corrected
* Correction to lower limit of R610B
Program -
* OpenAir mapping can now be user defined. The first time OpenAir is selected as
an output the program uses the default mapping and then dumps that to a file.
On subsequent runs that file is read. The user can modify the file to whatever
they want. If the file is corrupted the default mapping is used.
04 Apr 2014: 01 May 2014 Release
Data
* AIP BARROW / WALNEY ISLAND ATZ corrected (the ARP moved, the ATZ and
gliding club didn't).
* Birmingham Elevation changed (only relevant if you override the default
exclusion of an ATZ in a CTR).
Prog -
* Bug fixes
09 Mar 2014: 03 April 2014 Release
Data - AIP BARROW / WALNEY ISLAND ATZ tweaked
Prog -
* OpenAir output option added. This uses an inbuilt mapping for TNP
TYPE and CLASS to OpenAir AC. In the future I hope this will use
a user provided mapping file. I don't use OpenAir, so I need users
to let me know if the current mapping can be improved.
* The option to raise all Class G ATZs to Class D added (only pertinent
to the full TNP output format).
09 Feb 2014: 06 March 2014 Release
Manchester LoA, L975 and LEEDS crossing areas withdrawn. Area
Camphill BU sub-divided into height band breaks at FL120 & FL150
Agreement now with Prestwick (Local knowledge)
Correction to TRURO
AIP ENR 2.2 Halton corrected (to what was originally in this file)
Regrouping of military and civilian gliding clubs
The 'no comments' output option has been modified to be more suitable for 'Glide Navigator II' users
24 Jan 2014: 06 February 2014 Release
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