Delivery

Stuttgart Delivery is responsible for enroute and startup clearances for all departing IFR aircraft. VFR aircraft have to call Delivery for departure information. For all departures (IFR and VFR) Stuttgart Delivery is the first station to contact,contact, except for police helicopters, which may also contact Ground initially.

Enroute Clearance

TheDelivery shall ensure that the initial climb outis ofset Stuttgart(always 5000ft) and the correct SID is alwayscoded 5000ft!

Startup: When startup clearance cannot be given immediately orinto the pilotflightplan. isAdditionally, notDelivery ready for startup within the next 5 minutes during high traffic situations, the pilot needshas to staymake onsure Deliverythat frequencyall untilSID herestrictions receivesare startupadhered clearance. If an expected startup time (TSAT) exists, the pilot should be informed about it. This procedure might be necessary during events with a lot of outbound traffic.to.

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If both Arrivals are staffed, Delivery needs to inform all south departures (via ROTWE, SUL, KUNOD, ABTAL)and ABTAL) to contact 119.200 immediately afterwhen departureairborne withas part of the enroute clearance. For all other departures the ATIS remark remains valid and no additional information is required.

ATC: DLH123, revised airborne frequency 119.200.

Alternatively, to avoid confusion for the pilots, the departure frequency can be completely removed from the ATIS. In this case, Delivery has to inform all pilots about their respective departure frequency.

Local IFR:IFR

Local IFR flights are possible via TEDGO and STG but need to be coordinated and require a startup release by Arrival (STG) or Feeder,Director (DSAT), if online. When FeederDirector is online, local departures need to be advised with the enroute clearance to contact 119.850 immediately after departure.

ATC: DLH123, revised airborne frequency 119.850.

Departures intendingplanning to flyperform localIFR IFRtraining at EDTYSchwäbisch Hall (EDTY) also require a startup release by Arrival (STG).

SID Restrictions

To ensure an efficient operation within the upper and lower airspace several restrictions should be met. To solve an invalid route, the pilot usually has to file a completely new route (valid routes for many destinations can be found on grd.aero-nav.com).

K-SIDs

Departures with SIDdesignator K require special aircraft navigation capabilities and climb restrictions is availableare here.

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Euroscope:assigned Deliveryif shallspecifically ensurerequested thatby the initial climb is set and the correct SID is coded into the flightplan (very important for Center!)pilot. When issuing startup the corresponding ground state "SUG" (Startup Given) and the clearance received flag need to be set.

Opposite Departure

If pilots are not able to fullfillfulfill the required climb restrictions for their SID or to save taxi time and shorten the departure (especially during 25 operations for outboundoutbounds flying to the east), opposite departures against the operating direction are possible. These departures always have to be coordinated with Tower and Arrival, and need a startup and departure release by Arrival and are only considered upon explicit pilot request.

An outbound requesting an opposite departure should first be cleared for runway 25 and told to also prepare the appropriate 07 departure.

ATC: Lufthansa 123, cleared to Frankfurt, ETASA4B departure, flight planned route, climb via SID to altitude 5000ft, squawk 1000. Additionally prepare ETASA2H departure out of runway 07, final runway decision when ready to taxi.

The final decision on which runway the aircraft will depart out of will be made when the aircraft requests taxi (when it is clearer whether an opposite departure will be possible). This will also not require a startup release by Arrival, but the decision for the 07 departure has to be coordinated with Tower and Arrival.

For an opposite departure to be possible, there usually has to be a gap of at least 10 minutes between two arrivals. If therethe isoutbound will shortly request taxi, but you are unsure whether an opposite departure will be possible, Arrival can be asked for a constant"latest flowairborne oftime", arrivalsthe whichlatest wouldpossible result in an delaytime for oppositethe departures,aircraft to depart against the procedureoperating shalldirection. notThis information can then be used.forwarded Thereto isthe onlypilot oneand runwayif inthey use,are thusable onlyto onedepart runwaybefore directionthis shalltime, a clearance for a 07 departure can be displayed in the ATISissued.
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Datalink Clearance (PDC/DCL)DCL/PDC)

At Stuttgart Airport we offer Datalink Clearance to the pilots via the Hoppie System and the Topsky Plugin. The airport code EDDS should be used (already preselected).used.

AnWhen using vACDM, the DCL/PDC message template REQ STARTUP ON FREQ ACCORDING TSAT + TOBT should be used. The following is an example of the DCL message theusing pilotthis will receive can be seen below. It's important that the current ATIS Designator will be entered via the remarks. By default startup always needs to be approved separately.template.

CLD 2042 220117230615 EDDS PDC 026 SAS461LDLH8AL CLRD TO EKCHEDDF OFF 25 VIA OKIBA4BETASA4B CLIMB 5000 SQUAWK 2037 ADT MDI1000 NEXT FREQ 121.900 ATIS HR REQUESTREPORT TOBT AT VACDM.VATGER.DE AND REQ STARTUP ACC TSAT ON 121.900

Additional InformationStartup

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SIDRunway RestrictionsCapacity

DueTo ensure smooth operations and an acceptable level of workload for following stations, Delivery has to amake lotsure ofthe differentstartup routerate planningis tools,regulated someto nonthe validcurrent routesairport outcapacity. The following table shows the maximum capacity of Stuttgart exist. To ensure an efficient operation within the upper and lower airspace several restrictions should be met if workload permits. To solve the issue, usually a completely new route has to be filed! Therefore grd.aero-nav.com can be used. All restrictions can be found in the table below.airport.

might have to be adjusted downwards in case of high complexity (e.g. high level of differing aircraft performances for inbound and/or outbound traffic) or a high amount of VFR movements.

During normal operations with roughly the same amount of inbound and outbound traffic, the traffic should be regulated towards 24 departures and 24 arrivals per hour.

Outbound Taxi Times

The average time between startup approval and takeoff clearance is 5-10 minutes during 07 operations and 15-20 minutes during 25 operations. More accurate times are available through use of the vACDM plugin.