Ground

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Nürnberg Ground is responsible for IFR and start-up clearance as well as all taxiing traffic at the airport.

Departures

Endpoint	SID	RWY	Initial Climb	After Take-Off	Remark
BOLSI	1C	10	FL70	contact München Radar 129.525	RNAV1 required.
	1G	28
ERETO	1C	10
	1G	28
RODIS	1C	10
	1G	28
SUKAD	1C	10			RNAV1 required.
	1G	28
SULUS	1C	10			RNAV1 required. Only available for flights intending to proceed SULUS L604.
	1G	28
ERL Erlangen	2C	10		remain with Nürnberg Tower 118.305	RNAV1 required. For local IFR training flights at EDDN, prop-type aicraft up to 5.7 t MTOW only. Contact München Radar when advised by Tower.
	2G	28
NUB Nürnberg	1A	10	6000 ft	contact München Radar 129.525	For non-RNAV1 equipped aircraft only. For RNAV1-equipped aircraft by ATC only.
	1B	28

Departures on SIDs are generally released in Nürnberg, i.e. route clearance can be given without further request. Departures via vectors must be coordinated with the APP controller.

Squawk 1000 must not be assigned in Nürnberg due to the lack of mode S recievers in the vicinity of the airport. Instead a individual transponder code shall be given using the „Get SSR“ function of the squawk generator.

Datalink Clearance (PDC/DCL)

Datalink clearances are offered in Nürnberg. The station code is EDDN.

Helicopter Traffic

The helipads are within the area of responsibility of Nürnberg Ground. Helicopters are to be handled like normal fixed-wing aircraft, except clearances should say "air-taxi" instead of "taxi".

Helicopter movements are permitted on all apron areas and established taxiways.

Local rescue helicopters may use taxiway F for take-off and landing in operating direction 10 and 28. It can be used for helicopters with a rotor blade of up to 20 m in both directions (usable length 1000 m). Access to TWY F from Pads 1–3 is available via the "hoverway". Nürnberg Ground instructs air-taxi to TWY F via the hoverway and hands traffic off without delay to Nürnberg Tower.

Nürnberg has four helipads of which two have fixed assignments to locally based rescue helicopters.
Visiting helicopters often also park on normal aircraft positions including aprons U1 and U2 depending on the duration of the stay.

Helipad details

Helipads	Size	Remarks
H1	16.7 x 16.7 m	Reserved for CHX88 (Christoph 88, DRF)
H2	14.5 x 14.5 m	-
H3	16.7 x 16.7 m	Reserved for CHX27 (Christoph 27, DRF)
H4	16.7 x 16.7 m	-

Caution: The latest AIP charts show the numbering of H1-H3 in the opposite direction than all other sources/sceneries/aerial imagery. The information here refers to the sim data which has H1 as the most easterly helipad which is also the numbering the controllers will use.

Limited taxiways

• Taxiways M1, M2, M3, M4, N2 and N4 are available for aircraft up to ICAO Code Letter C (wingspan under 36 metres, e.g. B737/A320), uplarger toaircraft Code Letter F withneed Follow-Me (not simulated on VATSIM)
• TaxiwayTaxiways B, C, E,  J and N2 isare only available for aircraft up to ICAO Code Letter C
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• Taxiways D and M1 are only available for aircraft up to pavementICAO strengthCode Letter D
  
• Taxiway N2 is to be used exclusively for incoming traffic for parking positions 30 - 35 (no taxi behind parked aircraft!)
• Taxiway N4 is to be used exclusively for incoming traffic for parking positions 40 - 44
• AircraftOnly aircraft up to ICAO Code Letter B (wingspan less than 24 metres) can taxi on all taxiways in the general aviation apron areas (S3, S4 and T2)
• Incoming traffic taxiing on taxiway C CANNOT be sent to the right onto taxiway F

Parking positions

The parking position is normally assigned by the GroundRadarPlugin.
Some parking positions can be used in two directions (4x and 8x); for those the direction of the parking is indicated with a little arrow facing north or south in the lists and tags; see below to apply the correct paths and procedures.

Airliner

• Positionsand cargo up to wingspan 36 m (ICAO type code letter B, C, e.g. up to A32x, B73x):

Most parking positions at the airport are limited to a wingspan of 36 m and are used mainly depending on the duration of the parking as well as whether a jetway is wanted. Short turnarounds tend to use the terminal positons 9-16 or the remote stands 30-35 and 4-6, while overnight parking is done on positions 40-44 or 30-35. Cargo aircraft use stands 1-6 and 26-28 with the latter often kept in reserve to allow parking of larger type aircraft. Stand 1 is mostly used by turboprop cargo due to its reduced length.
Sequence of use of positions 30-35 and 40-44 is very important as taxi behind parked aircraft via N2 or N4 is usually not possible.
Stand details (type code letter C)

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Stands	Usage
01 - 06	Cargo, airlines
10 - 13	Airlines; jetway positions
09, 13 - 16	Airlines; non-jetway positions
26 - 28	Cargo, mil. transport; facing north, taxi-out
30 - 35	Airlines; facing south, taxi-out, access via N2, blocks N2
40 - 44	Airlines (overnight parking), military; facing south, taxi-out, access via N4, can block N4
82, 84, 86	Large biz jets, small airlines, wingspan 24-29 m; facing south, pushback, access/exit via M4 only

Airliner and cargo aircraft with wingspan higher than 36 m (ICAO type code letter D, E, F):
Nürnberg only is certified for type code C aircraft, so anything larger has to be operated under special conditions which is called "Higher Code Letter Aircraft" (HCLA) procedure (according ADR.OPS.B.090) and allows also code letter D, E and even some F (B748 and C5).
Pilots are asked to refrain from operating any aircraft with wingspan >65 m (e.g. A388, AN225) at Nürnberg without prior coordination as those will only disrupt operations and cannot be dealt with in a senseful manner - we can't remove the mobile lightmasts nor clear large parts of the main apron just to enable the operation of a single over-sized aircraft.
Positions available for type code D (36-43/52 m) and E (52-65 m) aircraft can easily be identified by the suffixes D and E. Officially these aircraft need taxi guidance by follow me which is not simulated on VATSIM. Taxiway N4 will be blocked by parked aircraft on stands 40-44, so always use the farthest available position to the west first. Find more details for handling of HCLA in the forum.

Stand details and taxiway restrictions (type code letter D, E, F)

Taxiway restrictions for type code letter D (wingspan 36-52 m, excluding MD11):
Do not use taxiways B, C, E, J and N2!
Crossing of taxiway J between M3 and N4/M4 via dedicated lines is permitted.

Stands	Wingspan	Direction	Entry	Exit	Blocking
26D	< 43 m	facing north	taxi-in via M1	taxi-out via A	26, 27, 27E / Taxiway M1
28D					27, 27E, 28 / Taxiway M1
40D	< 52 m	facing south	taxi-in via N4	taxi-out via M4	40, 40E, 41 / Taxiway N4
41D					40E, 41, 42 / Taxiway N4
43D	< 52 m	facing south	taxi-in via N4	taxi-out via M4	42, 43 / Taxiway N4
		facing north	tow-in from M4	pushback to M4

Taxiway restrictions for type code letter E (wingspan > 52 m, including MD11):
Do not use taxiways B, C, D, E, J, M1 and N2!
Crossing of taxiway J between M3 and N4/M4 via dedicated lines is permitted.

Stands	Wingspan	Direction	Entry	Exit	Blocking
27E	< 65 m +B748/C5	facing north-east	taxi via M2	taxi-out via A	26, 26D, 27, 28, 28D / Taxiway M1
40E	< 65 m	facing south	taxi via N4	taxi-out via M4	40, 40D, 41, 41D / Taxiway N4

• General aviation and aircraft up to wingspan 24 m (ICAO type code letter A and B):
  The general aviation aprons are accessed via the Entry GAT where in reality a follow me will pick up the aircraft and lead it to an unmarked stand. Most smaller bizjets park at Apron G2 and G2A, smaller GA aircraft park on aprons U1 and U2.
  The aprons and hangars of Aerodienst and FAI who both have their homebase and maintenance facilities at Nürnberg are also in this area. For GA aircraft up to MPW of 2000 kg the grass parking area G3 is available.

• Positions
Stand and apron details (GA, type code letter A, B)
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Positions
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Callsign
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Stands / Aprons	Usage
01 - 03	Cargo
26 - 28	Cargo, mil. transport; facing north, taxi-out
30 - 35	Airlines; facing south, taxi-out, access via N2, can block N2
81 - 86	Biz jets, private aircraft; facing northnorth, Positionstaxi-out, 01access -via 04S4
82, -84, 2886	Large Callsignbiz jets, small airlines, wingspan 24-29 m; facing south, pushback, access/exit via M4 only
Apron G2, G2A	Unmarked parking area for biz jets and private aircraft, mostly short term
Apron G3	Unmarked grass parking area for private aircraft up to MPW 2000 kg
Apron U1, U2	Unmarked parking area for biz jets and private aircraft, longer term
FAI Apron	Hangars and apron of FAI (biz jets, ambulance flights); access via R11
ADN (AerodienstApron	Hangars -and The hangarapron of Aerodienst Nürnberg(biz isjets, locatedambulance inflights, themaintenance); southern part of the airport (behind hangars 3 + 4) at apron R9 and can be reachedaccess via S3,H
(FAI Aviation Group) - The FAI hangar and apron R11 are located east of S4

De-icing

Aircraft de-De-icing is alwaysexclusively carried out at all parking positionsdone on thestands mainwith apronsengines atoff Nürnbergand Airport.pilots shall have completed it prior requesting start-up clearance.