Regulations

IVAO Academy includes basic regulation knowledge. Other background documents will provide you a more in depth knowledge of some specific regulation aspects.

1 French regulation documents

 Service de l'Information Aéronautique (SIA)
The SIA is the central service of the Air Navigation Service Directorate for the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) ; it is responsible for providing aeronautical information services necessary for safety, regularity and efficiency of national and international air navigation within the French areas of responsibility.

All available documents are made in PDF format and are only available in French:

 VFR Guide
This guide put together all the necessary information with regard to VFR general aviation (aircraft use, radio communications, meteorology, rules of the air, limitations, etc)

 Legislation concerning procedures and lowest permissible operational minima
regulations regarding departure, hold and arrival IFR procedures and operational minima

 Air traffic regulation (RCA)
 Civil aviation code
 Air traffic services
 Procedures for air traffic organisms
 Air transport regulation covers the instructions for the utilisation of aircraft in commercial air transport

Other synthesizing information you can find on the SIA site are:

 Visual flight rules
 Instrument flight rules
 ATS airspace classification
 Holding, approch and departure procedures
 Aeronautical Information Manual GEN-ENR-AD in force

2 International regulation documents (ICAO)

The aeronautical information services are defined at the international level in regulations laid down by the ICAO.

ICAO Documentation 4444 :  Air traffic management

ICAO Documentation 8168 :  Aircraft Operations

3 US regulations & policy

Documents are available on the web site"Air Traffic Publications" page of the Federal Aviation Administration. The most useful publications with regard to IVAO use are:

 L'AIM (Aeronautical Information Manual) and HTML format ;
The Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) available as a PDF and HTML document ; this manual is designed to provide the aviation community with basic flight information and ATC procedures for use in the United States. It contains the fundamentals required in order to fly in the United States and other items of interest to pilots (airspace classification and regulations, ATC procedures, use of airports, radio aids, factors affecting flight safety, aeronautical charts) ; note that the AIM is the main documentary source for IVAO high level theoretical exams
 Le document " Air Traffic Control" et au HTML format ;
ATC procedures are described in the Air Traffic Control paper (PDF, HTML) which describes air traffic control procedures and phraseology for use by persons providing air traffic control services
 The Pilot/controller glossary (P/CG) is an addendum to the Aeronautical Information Manual.

4 Other countries regulation

Rules, regulations and aeronautical information of other countries are available on : sitessome foreign AIS; some of them require you register (free registration). In particular, we recommend you refer to the UK Civil Aviation Authority site; which is an inexhaustible source of documents ; we particularly like to draw your attention on the Manual of Air Traffic Services and the Radiotelephony manual).