GEN 3.1.1.1   AIM/AIS Service

URL: https://aim.crocontrol.hr (AIM Portal)

Operating hours: MON-FRI 0630-1430 (0530-1330)

GEN 3.1.1.2   Aeronautical Publications Department

Operating hours: MON-FRI 0630-1430 (0530-1330)

GEN 3.1.3.1   Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP)

The AIP is the basic aviation document intended primarily to satisfy international requirements for the exchange of permanent aeronautical information and long duration temporary changes, essential to air navigation.

Croatian eAIP on DVD and on AIM Portal contains AIP, AIP Amendments, AIP Supplements and AICs.

GEN 0.4 (Checklist of AIP pages) is not available in HTML, but only in PDF of the eAIP.

Back pages of ENR 6.1, ENR 6.2 and of all Aerodrome Obstacle Charts are completely blank, without any markings and text.

GEN 3.1.3.3   Supplement to the AIP (AIP SUP)

Temporary changes of long duration (three months and longer) and information of short duration which consists of extensive text and/or graphics, supplementing the permanent information contained in the AIP, are published as AIP Supplements (AIP SUP). Operationally significant temporary changes to the AIP are published in accordance with the AIRAC system and its established effective dates and are identified clearly by the acronym AIRAC AIP SUP.

AIP Supplements are separated by information subject (General - GEN, En-route - ENR and Aerodromes - AD) and are placed accordingly at the beginning of each AIP Part. Each AIP Supplement is allocated a serial number which is consecutive and based on the calendar year.AIP supplements that contain AIRAC information, follow the AIRAC system in terms of distribution 42 days in advance of the respective AIRAC effective date.

An AIP Supplement is kept in the AIP as long as all or some of its contents remain valid. The period of validity of the information contained in the AIP Supplement will normally be given in the supplement itself. Alternatively, NOTAM may be used to indicate changes to the period of validity or cancellation of the supplement.

List of valid AIP Supplements is available on AIM Portal. The list is updated on the first possible administrative work day, upon issuance or cancellation of an AIP SUP.

GEN 3.1.3.4   NOTAM and Pre-flight Information Bulletins (PIB)

NOTAM contain information concerning the establishment, condition or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential for personnel concerned with flight operations. The text of each NOTAM contains the information in the order shown in the ICAO NOTAM Format and is composed of the signification/uniform abbreviated phraseology assigned to the ICAO NOTAM Code complemented by ICAO abbreviations, indicators, identifiers, designators, call signs, frequencies, figures and plain language. NOTAMs are originated and issued for Zagreb FIR and are distributed in five series identified by the letters A, B, C, M and S.

• Series A - International distribution

  General rules, en-route navigation and communication facilities, airspace reservations and navigation warnings, information concerning major international aerodromes: DUBROVNIK/Rudjer Boskovic, OSIJEK/Klisa, PULA/Pula, RIJEKA/ Krk I., SPLIT/Saint Jerome, ZADAR/Zemunik and ZAGREB/ Franjo Tuđman.

• Series B - Limited international distribution

  Information on navigation warnings other than those classified for Series A and M, and information concerning other international IFR and international VFR aerodromes.

• Series C - National distribution

  Information concerning national VFR aerodromes.

• Series M - International distribution

  Aeronautical information concerning Military activities (identical to the distribution of the NOTAM series A).

• Series S (SNOWTAM)

  Information providing a surface condition report notifying the presence or cessation of hazardous conditions due to snow, ice, slush, frost, standing water or water associated with snow, slush, ice or frost on the movement area. As from 12 AUG 2021, SNOWTAMs are prepared in accordance with ICAO PANS-AIM (Doc 10066), Appendix 4, and with CIR (EU) 2017/373, as amended and complemented, and they are issued for the individual aerodrome, with separate serial numbers.

Pre-flight Information Bulletins (PIB), containing a recapitulation of current NOTAM, SNOWTAM and other information of urgent character for the operator/flight crews, are available at Central ARO Split.

Pre-flight briefing is also available via selfbriefing: https://ib.crocontrol.hr

There are selfbriefing terminals established at every international airport. The central Helpdesk for selfbriefing (Central ARO Split) is AVBL H24.
Central ARO Split contact is provided in AIP Croatia, under GEN 3.3.6 (ATS units address list).

The extend of the information contained in the PIB is indicated under GEN 3.1.5 of this subsection.

GEN 3.1.3.5   Aeronautical Information Circulars (AIC)

The Aeronautical Information Circulars (AIC) contain information on the long-term forecast of any major change in legislation, regulations, procedures or facilities; information of a purely explanatory or advisory nature liable to affect flight safety; and information or notification of an explanatory or advisory nature concerning technical, legislative or purely administrative matters. AICs are divided by subject and are issued in two series (A and B).

AIC Series A contains information affecting international civil aviation and is given international distribution, while AIC Series B contains information affecting national aviation only and is given national distribution.

Each AIC is numbered consecutively within each series o n a calendar year basis. The year, indicated by three digits, is a part of the serial number of the AIC, e.g. AIC A 001/2004; AIC B 001/2004. The effective date of an aeronautical information circular is pointed out in the header, except when the effective date does not correspond with the publication date and is therefore emphasized in front of the circular title. A checklist of AIC currently in force is issued as an AIC minimum once a year.

GEN 3.1.3.6   Checklist and list of valid NOTAM

A checklist of valid NOTAM is issued monthly via AFS. It contains numbers of valid NOTAM, information about the number of the latest issued (AIRAC) AIP AMDT, (AIRAC) AIP SUP, AIC, VFR Manual AMDT, VFR Manual SUP as well as the numbers of the elements issued under the AIRAC that will become effective and checklist of valid AIC and SUP (AIP IFR and VFR Manual SUP).

GEN 3.1.3.7   VFR Manual

VFR Manual contains general rules and procedures which shall be applied during VFR flight; information about relevant services available to users; detailed information about aerodromes, and VFR Chart with recommended VFR routes 1:500 000.

This publication is updated by the way of amendments at least once a year, while changes to the VFR Chart between two editions are published as a “List of hand amendments to the VFR Manual and VFR Chart” through a VFR amendment.

Temporary changes of long duration (three months and longer) and information of short duration which consists of extensive text and/or graphics, supplementing the permanent information contained in the VFR Manual and are related to VFR flights, are published as VFR Manual Supplements (VFR SUP).

VFR Manual is available as a printed version, on CD-ROM and as a digital version on AIM Portal.

GEN 3.1.6.1   Available data sets

Currently not provided.

GEN 3.1.6.2   Contact details of how data sets may be obtained

Currently not provided.