Purpose and Scope
These pages contain the AIXM coding guidelines for the minimum and conditional data items of the AIP data set for the Runway & the FATO subjects.
PANS-AIM defines Runway as follows:
A defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft. (Annex 14)
PANS-AIM defines FATO as follows:
Final approach and take-off area. A defined area over which the final phase of the approach manoeuvre to hover or landing is completed and from which the take-off manoeuvre is commenced. Where the FATO is to be used by helicopters operated in performance class 1, the defined area includes the rejected take-off area available.
In an AIP corresponding Runway/FATO information is published in the following sections:
- AD 2.12 Runway physical characteristics
AD 2.13 Declared distances
- AD 2.16 Helicopter landing area
AD 3.12 Heliport data
- AD 3.13 Declared distances