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 visual guide – 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