EDDL - Approach

Düsseldorf Approach is primarily responsible for all arrivals and departures at Düsseldorf Airport EDDL and Mönchengladbach Airport EDLN. If sector Bottrop (BOT) is not staffed separately, its tasks are also taken over by Arrival, which means that arrivals and departures to/from Niederrhein-Weeze EDLV and Geilenkirchen ETNG also are within the area of responsibility.

Arrival Sector Overview

The following two charts show the vertical and horizontal extent of the entire arrival and departure sector as well as the D-CTR and the lowered C airspace. In addition, the following neighbouring sectors border on Düsseldorf Arrival and the Bottrop sector:

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Sector Düsseldorf Arrival incl. Sector Bottrop
Airspace around Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf Approach (DLA)

Düsseldorf Approach (DLA) is the primary station and is mainly responsible for the Düsseldorf TMA.

In general, the arriving aircraft should use the transitions, directs or vectors. STARs should not be used as they all lead to DUS VOR close to the airport as initial approach fix. 

During a constant arrival stream into Düsseldorf on northern and southern downwind, Approach should hand over traffic with 6 NM or greater spacing per downwind to enable Feeder to create an efficient final.

The arrival controller is responsible for clearing the procedures, but can also delegate this to the centre controller by agreement (exception: PISAP/LMA arrivals).


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Sector Düsseldorf Arrival (DLA)

Winter-MVA: The 3200 ft AMSL MVA area south of the final runway 23L can be used down to -10 °C with summer MVA (3000 ft AMSL). The 2200 ft AMSL range around the airport can be used down to 0°C with summer MVA (2000 ft AMSL).

Dortmund Area

The area shown in red in the diagram is between GND and FL65 and is permanently under the responsibility of PADL for inbound and outbound flights from Dortmund EDLW. Düsseldorf Arrival must keep all its aircraft above FL70. For use with own aircraft below this altitude, an individual release from PADL is always required for each aircraft.

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Dortmund Area | GND - FL65

Feeder - Düsseldorf Arrival (former Director) (DLAT)

Düsseldorf Arrival can be split into two units to distribute the workload along two controllers with a lot of traffic. DLAT takes on the tasks of the feeder, while DLA handles the tasks of the so-called pickup. Both operate within the same airspace, so there are no fixed transfer conditions. However, certain aspects should be taken into consideration:

Sector Bottrop (BOT)

Sector Bottrop is responsible for the lower airspace approximately north of Düsseldorf and a small part above the arrival sector. In addition to arrivals and departures for Niederrhein-Weete (EDLV) and the Geilenkirchen military airfield (ETNG), its tasks primarily include through flights to and from Düsseldorf.

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Border Langen Radar Sector Bottrop (BOT)

If the Bottrop sector is not staffed separately, it is taken over by Düsseldorf Approach by default.  

Flights through BOT: In addition to the flights to and from Düsseldorf, there are also flights in lower airspace and to destinations in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The respective transfer altitudes are published in the respective LoA. Flights to Münster/Osnabrück (EDDG) via BAMSU must be cleared for the BAMSU#J arrival before the transfer to the HMM sector takes place.

Düsseldorf Departure (DLD)

Düsseldorf Departure is responsible for departures out of Düsseldorf EDDL and Mönchengladbach EDLN. According to the departure procedures, pilots have to contact Departure when passing 2000ft AMSL.

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Departure Sector 05 Operations
Departure Sector 23 Operations

Frisbee Radar (TNGA)

The military approach sector Frisbee Radar is responsible for all departures from Geilenkirchen's (ETNG) runway 09 and approaches to Geilenkirchen's runway 27.

The transfer conditions for all approaches to runway 27 must be coordinated individually with Frisbee Radar. Departures from runway 09 flying an SID will be handed over at the sector boundary at 3000ft at the latest, unless otherwise coordinated; for departures on an OID, the handover conditions will be coordinated individually by Frisbee Radar. Frisbee Radar always has to obtain a release by BOT for all departures.

etng_frisbee_tnga.pngCharts for military airfields are available within the german Military-AIP.

Potential Conflicts

05-Operations

23-Operations

Holdings

Holding below can be used up to FL70 if required. In case this holdings are required, traffic should hold by Approach and only the lowest inbound should be send to the Feeder. These holdings should be used only with caution as they are directly on the downwind sector.

Enroute-Holdings

As the above-mentioned holdings partly block the arrival sector and make working more difficult, published enroute holdings are preferably used for Düsseldorf.

Crosscoupling of Approach Frequencies

Düsseldorf Approach (EDDL_APP) cross-couples all other EDDL_X_APP frequencies via XC in Audio for VATSIM. This enables us to always use the correct departure frequency (published on the charts) when the approach/departure is staffed.

When EDLN is staffed, the controllers there must always be informed of the active operating direction in EDDL.


Revision #3
Created 28 November 2024 18:57:12 by 1288197
Updated 7 December 2024 05:00:10 by 1433041