Sunday, 15 April 2007

High density continental airspace with closely spaced ATS routes (especially when under radar surveillance) might not be suitable for offsets of up to two nautical miles without additional considerations. Pilots are therefore advised to carefully check whether offset tracking has been authorised in a particular airspace.

The new strategic lateral offset procedure has already been authorized for the North Atlantic (NAT) region. Some other ICAO regions are currently finalising administrative arrangements.

October 2004

05SAB006_Strategic_Lateral_Offset_Tracking_Oct04.pdf