Hillend (non-xc flights)
Please read the general provisions first.
Designation : HILLEND
Lateral limits :
Formal delimitation - Hillend is
that part of the Edinburgh Control Zone enclosed by a circle of radius 1 nm
centred on 55:52:59 N 003:13:19 W (NT236662),
the summit of Caerketton Hill above Hillend Ski Centre.
Plain English - not over the bypass, not further than Dreghorn Jct. to NW, not further than Lothianburn junction to NE, not further than A703 to E, not further than Boghall Farm to SE, not further than Castle Law Hill to SW, not further than Capelaw Summit to W.
Vertical limits :
SFC - 3000 ft Edinburgh QNH when runway 06 operational (usual in NE wind).
SFC – 2000 ft Edinburgh QNH when runway 24
operational (usual in W wind).
ATC advise altitude clearance during the telephone call to activate the zone.
(Default request clearance to 3000 ft Edinburgh QNH.)
Maps:
Pentland Hills
Please read
the general provisions first.
Designation : Pentland Hills Paragliding Zone
Lateral limits :
Formal delimitation - Pentland Hills Paragliding Zone is that part of the Edinburgh Control Zone
extending from;
55:53:44 N 003:14:31 W
thence clockwise by the arc of a circle of radius 1 nm
centred on 55:52:59 N 003:13:19 W to
55:52:30 N 003:11:45 W -
55:47:08 N 003:19:27 W
Thence clockwise by the arc of a circle of radius 10 nm
centred on 55:57:00 N 003:22:21 W to
55:47:41 N 003:28:48 W -
55:53:44 N 003:14:31 W
Plain English - a 1nm radius semi-circle to the NE around summit of Caerketton Hill. (Same visual guides as for Hillend Paragliding Zone). A widening corridor leading to the SW down the Pentland Hills ridge with a straight-line boundary on the SE side of the hills parallel to the A702 to the point just past Carlops where the CTR ends. The northern boundary is a straight line just to the lee of the Pentland summits to the point where the CTR ends (Stay above or to the SE of the summits).
Vertical limits :
SFC - 3000 ft Edinburgh QNH when runway 06 operational.
SFC - 2000 ft Edinburgh QNH when runway 24
operational.
ATC to advise altitude clearance during the telephone call activate the zone.
Default request clearance to 3000 ft Edinburgh QNH.
Maps :
Airspace Map
OS Map