Jurisdiction

The area of jurisdiction of FIC Banja Luka is the lateral Flight Information Region – FIR Sarajevo, and vertically the area from the ground up to 9500 ft above mean sea level outside the area of the airports and closing controlled areas (GND - 9500 ft AMSL outside CTRs and TMAs). This is uncontrolled airspace or according to the classification of the airspace by the International Civil Aviation Organisation  (ICAO),  class of „G“ airspace.

During the provision of flight information services, pilot on VFR (Visual Flight Rules) flight has responsibility for:

• Caring and methodical preparation of the flight
• Listening to available radio broadcasts
• Establishing of the radio communications, if he considers that it is necessary for the safe conduct of the flight
• Answering on the call sign of the aircraft, airport arrival and departure times, positions, levels and
• Planned route when establishing radio communication
• Listening to the frequency
• Brief Reports
• Reporting of intended altitude changes
• Reporting of leaving controlled airspace
• Reporting of the intended entry into controlled airspace
• Reporting of leaving the frequency, if the communication was established

Pilot, who maintains radio communication with the Flight Information Center, shall request the inclusion of transponders on the specific code and / or mode. Pilot shall not be considered that the aircraft will be controlled or separated from other traffic.

Name of the Flight Information Centre is FIC Banja Luka (FIC - Flight Information Center), and call sign of the station in radiotelephony is  Banja Luka Information. The service will be available in the period from 15 March to 15 October , from 7am to 7pm, and from October 16th to March 14th, from 9am to 3pm local time (CET). Information about FIS can be found in AIC A01 / 14.