¶ Asunción FIR/UIR
¶ 1 General Information
¶ 1.1 Geographical Information
| Country | Paraguay |
| Timezone | UTC-03:00 |
| Local AIP | AIP PARAGUAY (dinac.gov.py) |
| Local NOTAM | http://www.dinac.gov.py/v3/index.php/ais/documentacion-integrada/itemlist/category/75-lnv-lsita-de-notam-validos |
¶ 1.2 Units of Measurement
| For measurement of: | Units used: |
|---|---|
| Distance used in navigation, position reporting, etc - generally in excess of 2 NM | Nautical Mile (NM) |
| Relatively short distances such as those relating to aerodromes (e.g., runway lengths) | Metres (m) |
| Altitudes, elevations and heights | Feet (ft) |
| Horizontal speed including wind speed | Knots (kt) |
| Vertical speed | Feet per minute (ft/min) |
| Wind direction for landing and taking off | Degrees Magnetic (°) |
| Wind direction except for landing and taking off | Degrees True (°) |
| Visibility, incl. runway visual range | Kilometres or metres (km or m) |
| Altimeter setting | Hectopascal (hPa) |
| Temperature | Degrees Celsius (°) |
| Weight | Kilogram (Kg) |
| Time | Hours (HR) and minutes (min) |
¶ 2 General Rules and Procedures
¶ 2.1 Visual Flight Rules
General
VFR flights shall be conducted so that the aircraft is flown in conditions of visibility and distance from clouds equal or greater than those specified in the table below:
| Designation | Within Control Area, Control Zone or Information Zone | Outside Control Area, Control Zone or Information Zone | ||||
| Altitude | 3000 m (10,000 ft) above mean sea level | |||||
| At or Above | Below | At or Above | Below | 900 m ( 3000 ft) above the surface or below | ||
| Flight Visibility | 8000 m | 5000 m | 8000 m | 1500 m | Clear of Cloud | |
| Distance from Cloud | Horizontal | 1500 m | 1500 m | 1500 m | 1500 m | Clear of Cloud Surface in sight |
| Vertical | Upward 300 m (1000 ft) Downward 300 m (1000 ft) | Upward 300 m (1000 ft) Downward 300 m (1000 ft) | Upward 300 m (1000 ft) Downward 300 m (1000 ft) | Upward 300 m (1000 ft) Downward 300 m (1000 ft) | ||
| Special VFR requires a horizontal visibility equal to 3000 meters or greater. Cloud ceiling at least 800 meters AGL or higher. | ||||||
¶ 2.2 Instrument Flight Rules
All IFR flights must submit a Flight Plan. IFR flight plans must contain an adequate route to the destination, with the aim of increasing airspace capacity.
Routes shall include SIDs and Transitions if applicable in order to facilitate ATS service.
Initial STAR commencement fix shall also be included.
¶ 2.3 ATS Surveillance Services and Procedures
Within Asunción FIR, radar surveillance is provided:
- Within a 250 NM radius centered on VAS VOR and
- Asunción TMA
SSR Aircraft identification as prescribed by ICAO.
Pilots of aircraft leaving the 250 NM surveillance covered area shall be informed about Radar service termination and be transferred to the conventional/procedural portion of the airspace clear of conflict according to non-surveillance separation rules.
Remaining airspace is non-surveillance and conventional separation rules apply.
¶ 2.4 Altimeter Setting Procedures
TA=3000 ft
TL=By ATC ATC should always create a 1000 feets transition layer so a TL of 40 will be standard, but this may vary based on QNH.
¶ 2.5 RVSM
Reduced vertical separation minima apply within Asunción FIR between FL290 and FL400 for approved aircraft/operators.
In general terms, flights without RVSM approval are not allowed to fly above FL290, but the competent authority reserves the right to issue a special permit.
¶ 2.6 Semicircular Rules
IFR flight should respect semi-circular rule: odd flight level for flights heading east (from magnetic course 000° to 179°) and even flight level for flights heading west (from magnetic course 180° to 359°)
¶ 2.7 SSR Code Allocations
SSR codes for domestic operations:
- Domestic: 1400 to 1477 and 1600 to 1677.
- International: 5400 to 5477 and 7100 to 7147.
In practice many flights operate using the standard 2000/1200 codes for non-surveillance areas.
¶ 2.6 Transfers to Adjacent FIRs
IFR traffic flying at the same FL shall be handed over longitudinally spaced by at least 10 minutes. This separation must be constant (aircraft speeds restrained) or increasing (succeeding aircraft is slower).
Traffic shall be handed over as soon as practical and minimum 5 minutes before the limits of airspace.
Unless the receiving ATC unit issues a clearance modifying the route, altitude or speed, the transferring sector remains responsible for separation. The accepting unit will not modify the route, altitude or speed until the traffic is inside his Area of Responsibility, unless transferring unit releases it. Flights deviating for any of the conditions laid below are subject to an approval request.
¶ 3. Airspace
¶ 3.1 Description
FIS and alerting services will be provided throughout the territory of Paraguay from the ground up.
ATC service is limited to the CTA and UTA (Upper Control Area):
- Asunción CTA is defined as the set of lower airways plus local controlled airspaces, such as TMAs and CTRs.
- Asunción UTA (Upper Control Area) is made up by the high-altitude airways.
Lower / Upper separation is established at FL245.
¶ 3.2 Airspace Limitations
Asunción ACC is limited to providing ATC services to a maximum of 11 simultaneous aircraft.
Asunción TMA is limited to providing ATC services to a maximum of 8 simultaneous aircraft.
There is no limit for information and alerting services.
¶ 3.3 ATC Units
| Name | Airspace | Boundaries | Airspace Classif. | Frequency (Radar?) | IVAO Connection ID |
| Asunción ACC | CTA, UTA | Paraguayan Territory* | 128.4 (R) | SGFA_CTR | |
| Asunción Approach | TMA, CTR | 50NM centered on VAS VOR | B 1000ft - FL195 | 119.7 (R) | SGAS_APP |
| Asunción Tower | ATZ | GND - 2000ft | 118.1 | SGAS_TWR | |
| Asunción Ground | 121.9 | SGAS_GND | |||
| Concepción Radio | FIZ | G | 118.4 | SGCO-I-TWR | |
| Encarnación AFIS | FIZ | G | 123.5 | SGEN-I-TWR | |
| Guaraní Approach | D | 120.6 | SGES_APP | ||
| Guaraní Tower | D | 118.1 | SGES_TWR | ||
| Itaipu-Herandarias Tower | FIZ | G | 118.5 | SGIB_I-TWR | |
| Mariscal Radio | FIZ | G | 118.8 | SGME-I-TWR |
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¶ 4. Aerodromes
¶ 4.1 International
¶ 4.1.1 SGAS- Asunción Silvio Pettisori
To see a description of the airport click here
Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (IATA: ASU, ICAO: SGAS) is an international airport in Luque, Paraguay, which serves Paraguay's capital city, Asunción, and indirectly serves the nearby city of Clorinda, Formosa in Argentina. It is the main international hub for LATAM Paraguay and Paranair.
Pettirossi handled 1.24 million passengers in 2019, making it the busiest airport in the country.
- Asunción airport has a single runway 02/20 (3352mx45m). The preferred runway for departures and arrivals is the runway 20 and it should always be used, unless the wind conditions, braking action or the pilot's request, indicate that 02 should be used.
- Intersection C is approved for departure runway 02 and intersection D is approved for departure runway 20.
- Whenever the aircraft is equipped with RNAV, these types of departures will be instructed.
- The airport has ground, tower and approach position.
- SGAS_APP controls the entire TMA from 1000AG to flight level 195FL. traffic climbing will tbe ransfered to Control instructed for flight level 190 and in descent Asunción Control will instruct the traffics in descent for flight level 200FL.
- SGAS_TWR controls CTR from the ground to 2000 AGL. IFR traffic will be transferred on departure, and on arrival approach transfer them to the tower once established in the ILS or in the final course of the approach that they are performing.
- Transition Altitude is set at 3.000ft, and Transition Level by ATC.
¶ 4.1.1 SGES- guaraní-Minga Guazu
The Guarani airport is the second most important in Paraguay.
It currently has a regular flight to Asunción and Doctor Fuster in Paraguay as well, although it occasionally operates charter flights to Brazil.
| RUNWAY | Dimensions | TORA | Surface | Approach |
| 05 | 3389m | 3389m | Asphalt | RNAV+VOR+NDB |
| 23 | 3389m | 3389m | Asphalt | ILS+RNAV+VOR+NDB |
¶ 4.2 National