(a)Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC) shall be used and shall be expressed in hours and minutes
and, when required, seconds of the 24-hour day beginning at midnight.
(b)A time check
shall be obtained prior to operating a controlled flight and at such other
times during the flight as may be necessary.
(c)Wherever
time is utilised in the application of data link communications, it shall be
accurate to within 1 second of UTC.
(d)Time in air
traffic services
(1)Aerodrome
control towers shall, prior to an aircraft taxiing for take-off, provide the
pilot with the correct time, unless arrangements have been made for the pilot
to obtain it from other sources. Air traffic services units shall, in
addition, provide aircraft with the correct time on request. Time checks shall
be given at least to the nearest minute.
Domain:Air operations, Air traffic management/Air navigation services, Aerodromes
Activitytype:Aerodrome flight information services (AFIS), Aeronautical information services (AIS), Air navigation services (ANS), Air operations, Air traffic control services (ATC), Air traffic services (ATS), Flight information services (FIS), Meteorological services (MET), Safety Management system (SMS)
Applicabilitydate:4 December, 2012
Entryintoforcedate:2 November, 2012
Icaoreference:Annex 2, Annex 11
Regulatedentity:Aerodrome operator, Aeronautical station, Air navigation service provider, Air traffic controller, ATC provider, Air traffic services unit, Aircraft operator, Airspace user, Flight crew, Unmanned free balloon operator
Regulatorysource:Regulation (EU) No 923/2012Navigate
Regulatorysubject:Annex-Section 3: General rules and collision avoidance