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Documentation of aid for the processing of applications for authorisation in the area of aeronautical servitudes or clarification of the data of the applications submitted.

Four forms of form are made available to users as assistance in the processing of applications for authorisation, depending on the need or not for a licence or authorisation by the competent administration in urban matters (city planning, etc.), and on the way to present the site. For the latter, the location can be specified by:

  • a postal address (e.g. for works, installations or plantations). If you want to specify more than one location by one address, use the additional sheet. Otherwise, it is not necessary to use the additional sheet
  • geographical coordinates, in the case of telephony towers, antennas, power lines or wind farms or very extensive buildings in the plant. If you want to specify more than four locations using geographic coordinates, use the additional sheet. Otherwise, it is not necessary to use the additional sheet.

The forms have optional sheets that will be filled in only if you want to specify more locations than the main sheet allows.

The application forms available are as follows:

If you need a licence or authorisation by the planning authority (city hall, etc.), there are two options depending on the location specification:

  • In case of need of a licence or authorisation by the competent administration in urban matters (city planning, etc.), there are two options depending on the specification of the site:
  •  If there is no need for a licence or authorisation by the competent urban planning authority (city planning, etc.), there are two options depending on the location specification:

 Also, to facilitate and expedite the processing of wind farms, power lines, groups of antennas, etc., in which the number of locations to be specified by means of serumerosa coordinates, a template is made available in Excel format that must be sent filled in and attached to the form.

If in the Excel table, when selecting “Province” and “Municipality”, in the field “Affection” the name of an airport or installation will appear, this means that the municipality is affected by aeronautical easements, so the processing will be done according to the section “Aeronautical servitude authorisation procedure”.

In cases where the documentation provided is considered insufficient to carry out the evaluation, EASA will issue a communication in order to clarify the doubts raised or to provide the documentation again.

To meet the request for improvement of the application, one of the above forms may be used to clarify the data of the application submitted, (e.g. coordinates, height values, ground level values, plans or any additional documentation)

 

Communication of definitive obstacle data with a height of 100 m or more

Below is the procedure to communicate to AESA the final coordinates and elevation of an installation (wind farm, building, antenna, etc.), previously authorised in terms of aeronautical servitudes as well as the file to be used for sending the coordinate and elevation data.
For files authorised by EASA before August 2018, the new procedure may be followed or the template included in the last point may be used and the procedure detailed in the authorisation decision itself can be followed.

 

Signage and lighting

Signalling and lighting of wind farms:
The signalling and lighting of wind farms must be carried out in accordance with the guidelines given in the Wind Farm Signaling and Lighting Guide, drawn up by EASA. 
In those wind farms for which a resolution has been issued indicating a signal and lighting other than those described in the guide, it is considered that retroactivity is not mandatory but voluntary, to allow to solve the specific conflicts that may have arisen in terms of conditions with the environment.

Signage and lighting of obstacles:
The signs and lighting of obstacles (except wind farms that have their own guide) must be carried out in accordance with the guidelines given in the Guide to Indication and Lighting of Obstacles, drawn up by EASA.
In any case, the identification and illumination of all those obstacles associated with a file of aeronautical servitudes must be carried out as indicated in the corresponding decision issued by EASA.

Safety and shielding studies

Aeronautical safety or shielding studies submitted to EASA in connection with authorisations for aeronautical servitudes shall be carried out in accordance with the guidelines given in the following documents.

In order to obtain authorisation in the field of aeronautical servitudes, it is not necessary for the developer of the construction or installation to provide any study. Its preparation is voluntary and it is the opinion of the interested party to submit it together with the application for authorisation.

 

Processing of activities in the airport environment with concern to the areas of risk

The State Aviation Safety Agency (AESA) does not issue authorisations for the performance of activities, although, according to Article 14 of Royal Decree 369/2023 of 16 May,regulating aeronautical servitudes for the protection of air navigation, in the area affected by aerodrome servitudes, and by the easements of radio installations, AESA or the competent body of the Ministry of Defence, within the scope of their respective competences, may prohibit, limit or condition activities within the Ministry of Defence that may pose a danger to air operations or to the proper functioning of radio installations.

AESA has published a “Guide to the processing of activities in the airport environment with concern to the areas of risk”, which applies to those activities that are placed under the projection of the airport servitudes defined in Royal Decree 369/2023 of 16 May,which regulates aeronautical servitudes for the protection of air navigation, and which are related to:

  • Fireworks or lanterns or other dangerous lights which may lead to confusion or error
  • Reflective surfaces that may cause glare
  • Sources of non-visible radiation or the presence of objects (mobile or fixed) that may interfere with or adversely affect the functioning of aeronautical communications or navigation and surveillance systems
  • Sources of wildlife attraction (plantations, irrigation, landfills, water areas, hunting grounds, farms, muladars, farms that have possible wildlife food in accessible areas, etc.)
  • Sports activities such as kitesurfing, candles...
  • Activities facilitating or involving the installation or operation of installations producing smoke, fog or any other phenomenon posing a risk to aircraft
  • Release of unmanned free balloons
  • Captive balloons (advertising, passengers, photography...)
  • Meteorological surveys
  • Collombophilic activities; and

in general, all activities that directly or indirectly affect the aviation safety of the airport environment

In cases where the activity with a condition is associated with the construction or site of new facilities, plantations and infrastructures, or those whose condition is directly related to the presence of a new physical obstacle, the interested parties should first develop the corresponding approval procedures established by EASA for that purpose. In these cases, and as developed in the aforementioned guide, EASA may request the aerodrome manager to assess the risk of this condition for consideration in the approval process of the new facility. Once the approval of the installation has been obtained by AESA, the interested party will initiate the corresponding procedures of coordination of the activity with the airport manager as established in the guide.

Those situations in which such activities wish to take place in controlled airspace or in the flight information zone (FIZ) of an airport, but outside the projection of airport servitudes, are beyond the scope of that guide. In these cases, the interested party must contact the corresponding AEREO TRANSIT SERVICE PROVIDER in order to establish the coordination mechanisms that are required in each case.

Activities relating to:

  • The use of laser beams in isolation to be processed in accordance with the channels established by EASA for this purpose.
  • Activities related to Aeromodelism and drones and Free Flight (e.g. Parapentes), since in both cases there are regulations of a specific nature for the development of them. The guides developed by the Agency for the coordination and development of such activities can be found on the EASA website.

 

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