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This Part prescribes rules for the designation and classification of—
(1) airspace within the territorial limits of New Zealand; and
(2) airspace for which New Zealand has accepted responsibility under international civil aviation agreements.
(a) Under this Part the Director may designate—
(1) any portion of airspace within the Auckland Oceanic Flight Information Region and the New Zealand Flight Information Region as any one or more of the following:
(i) a sector if the Director considers such a designation is necessary to facilitate the provision of an air traffic service within that flight information region:
(ii) controlled and associated airspace in accordance with Subpart B:
(iii) special use airspace in accordance with Subpart D:
(iv) transponder mandatory airspace in accordance with Subpart E.
(2) visual reporting points, area QNH zones, mountainous zones, and other miscellaneous designations in accordance with Subpart F.
(b) The Director must classify airspace that is designated as controlled airspace under paragraph (a)(1)(ii) in accordance with Subpart C.
(c) The Director may classify a portion of airspace that is not designated as controlled airspace under paragraph (a)(1)(ii) as Class F in accordance with Subpart C.
(d) Any portion of airspace within a flight information region that is not designated as controlled airspace under paragraph (a)(1)(ii) is uncontrolled airspace and is classified as Class G airspace unless it is classified as Class F airspace under paragraph (c).
(a) The lateral limits of airspace designated under this Part must be defined by—
(1) geographical co-ordinates in degrees, minutes, and seconds; and
(2) any one or more of the following:
(i) prominent geographical line features:
(ii) a circle or any part of a circle of specified radius around a geographical co-ordinate:
(iii) a great circle between 2 points:
(iv) a parallel of latitude.
(b) The vertical limits of airspace designated under this Part must be defined by heights, altitudes, or flight levels.
(c) Unless otherwise specified, the expression to a height includes that height.
(a) Any person with a bona fide interest in airspace may apply to the Director for a designation or classification of airspace under this Part.
(b) An applicant for an airspace designation or classification must provide the following details:
(1) the name and contact details of the applicant:
(2) the type of designation or classification required:
(3) the reason for the designation or classification:
(4) the dimensions or other boundary information for the airspace that is required:
(5) the period for which the designation or classification is required:
(6) the contact details of any applicable administering authority or using agency:
(7) any other applicable information required by the Director.
(c) Except for urgent requests that are associated with Police operations, search and rescue operations, security, or other emergency situations, an application for an airspace designation or classification must be submitted to the Director not less than 90 days before the date on which the designation or classification is to come into force unless a shorter period is acceptable to the Director.
(a) Before making a designation or classification under this Part, the Director must consult with such persons, organisations, and representative groups within the aviation industry and elsewhere, Government departments, and Crown agencies as the Director in each case considers appropriate, having regard to the requirements of—
(1) Subpart B (controlled airspace); and
(2) Subpart C (classification of airspace); and
(3) Subpart D (special use airspace); and
(4) Subpart E (transponder mandatory airspace); and
(5) Subpart F (reporting points, area QNH zones, mountainous zones, and other miscellaneous designations).
(b) For each designation or classification of airspace made under this Part, the Director must specify—
(1) the period that the designation or classification is active; or
(2) the method by which the designation or classification is made active.
(c) Designations and classifications of airspace, and designations of reporting points, area QNH zones, and mountainous zones that are made under this Part do not come into force until those designations and classifications are notified and published in accordance with paragraphs (d) and (e).
(d) Except as provided in paragraph (g), the Director must ensure that each of the following is notified in the Gazette:
(1) a designation of airspace:
(2) a classification of airspace:
(3) a designation of a reporting point:
(4) a designation of an area QNH zone:
(5) a designation of a mountainous zone.
(e) The Director must ensure that the details of each designation and classification of airspace, and each designation of a reporting point, area QNH zone, and mountainous zone are—
(1) published in an AIP Supplement or by NOTAM; and
(2) entered in the New Zealand Air Navigation Register.
(f) The Gazette notice required under paragraph (d) must specify the date on which the designation and the classification, as the case may be, comes into force.
(g) Designations and classifications that will be effective for a period of not more than 6 months need not be notified in the Gazette.
At least every 5 years, the Director must review each current airspace designation and classification to verify the continuing need for the airspace designation or classification.
(a) If the Director is satisfied that a designation, or a classification, that has been made under this Part is no longer needed or is no longer appropriate, the Director may withdraw the designation or alter the classification.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (d), the withdrawal of an airspace designation or the change of an airspace classification made under paragraph (a) does not come into force—
(1) until that withdrawal or change is notified in the Gazette; and
(2) the details are published in an AIP Supplement or by NOTAM; and
(3) the details in the New Zealand Air Navigation Register are amended.
(c) The Gazette notice required under paragraph (b)(1) must specify the date that the withdrawal of an airspace designation or the change of an airspace classification comes into force.
(d) Paragraph (b)(1) does not apply to an airspace designation or an airspace classification that has been in force for a period of not more than 6 months.
(a) The Director must establish and maintain a register called the New Zealand Air Navigation Register.
(b) The Director must ensure that the New Zealand Air Navigation Register contains the following information:
(1) a current description of each portion of airspace that is designated under this Part:
(2) a current description of the boundary information of each portion of airspace that is classified by the Director as class F airspace under this Part:
(3) current information, including the name or designator and coordinates of each visual reporting point designated under this Part:
(4) the details required by Part 95 for each current instrument flight procedure:
(5) the details for every right-hand aerodrome traffic circuit for which a determination has been issued under Part 93.
