0.1.1 Publishing Authority
0.1.1.1 Sheikh Zayed Air Navigation Centre AIM Department is certified to publish the UAE Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) under the authority of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the United Arab Emirates.
0.1.1.2 Information contained within the AIP relating to matters for which other Authorities are responsible is normally published, when received based on signed agreements. They are advised if any editorial changes are required to be done by Sheikh Zayed Air Navigation Centre AIM Department.
0.1.2 Applicable ICAO documents
0.1.2.1 ICAO documents applicable to this AIP are:
Annex 4: Aeronautical Charts
Annex 15: Aeronautical Information Services
Doc 8126: Aeronautical Information Services Manual
Doc 8168: PANS - Aircraft Operations
Doc 8400: PANS - ICAO Abbreviations and Codes
Doc 8697: Aeronautical Chart Manual
Doc 10066: PANS - Aeronautical Information Management
0.1.2.2 Other applicable ICAO documents are referred and mentioned wherever required.
0.1.4 AIP Structure and amendment interval
0.1.4.1 The AIP has been structured in accordance with the Standards and Recommended Practices of Annex 15 to the Chicago Convention.
0.1.4.2 The format specified in Appendix 2 of Doc 10066 PANS-AIM is followed throughout this AIP except that the AIP does not normally duplicate information published either within itself or elsewhere. Information published elsewhere is duplicated only when required for ready reference and when it is not subject to change. In cases where the format requires duplication reference is made to where the information can be found.
0.1.4.3 The amendment service mainly follows the AIRAC cycle, but all AIRAC cycles are not published. The planned AIRAC amendment dates for the year are advised in advance by means of an AIC.
0.1.5 Copyright policy
0.1.5.1 Access to UAE Aeronautical Information Publications (AIP and Aeronautical Charts) grants the permission to download and store a transient copy for the purpose of viewing, planning and decision making. The information may be extracted and used for aviation related activities. Accessing the UAE AIP constitutes the user’s acceptance that no parts of the AIP and Aeronautical Charts may be reproduced or transmitted in its original format, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording.
The permission to access the aeronautical information hereby granted does not include the right to:
- Modify the information content, meaning and interpretation
- Frame or utilise framing techniques to enclose the contents in part or full into another website
- Use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” from the webpages
- Use software robots, spiders, crawlers, or similar data gathering and extraction tools, or take any other action directly on the website that may impose an unreasonable burden or load on GCAA website.