GEN 3.1 AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION SERVICES

1. RESPONSIBLE SERVICE

The Aeronautical Information Management which forms part of CAA ensures the flow of information necessary for the safety, regularity and efficiency of international and national air navigation within the area of its responsibility as shown under GEN 3.1 paragraph 2.

1.1 AIM Department

Postal Address: P. O. Box 758
POSTAL CODE 111
MUSCAT
Sultanate of Oman
Telephone: (968) 24 354955
Email: sdc@caa.gov.om

1.2 NOTAM Office (NOF)

Postal Address: P. O. Box 758
POSTAL CODE 111
MUSCAT
Sultanate of Oman
AFS Address: OOMSYNYX
Telephone: (968) 24 354949
(968) 24 354948
Email: briefing@caa.gov.om

2. AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

The AIM is responsible for the collection and dissemination of information for the entire territory of Oman and for the airspace over the high seas encompassed by the Muscat Flight Information Region.

3. AERONAUTICAL PUBLICATION

3.1 The aeronautical information is provided in the form of aeronautical information products in a standardized presentation consisting of the following elements:

a) Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP);

b) AIP Amendment Service (AIP AMDT);

c) AIP Supplement (AIP SUP);

d) NOTAM;

e) Aeronautical Information Circulars (AICs); and

f) Aeronautical Charts.

NOTAM and the relatetd monthly checklists are issued via the AFS.

4. DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICATIONS

4.1 AIM Publication

All AIM publications are available on CAA website: https://aim.caa.gov.om/

4.2 NOTAM

NOTAM are used mainly for notification of temporary information of timely significance, unforeseen changes in service abilities etc., or any other emergency; they are distributed by NOF as follows:

a) Series A-NOTAM containing full information on all airports, facilities and procedures available for use by international civil aviation, promulgated both internationally and nationally.

b) Series B-NOTAM containing information of concern to aircraft other than those engaged in international civil aviation, promulgated nationally.

c) Series S-SNOWTAM information providing a runway surface condition report notifying the presence or cessation of hazardous condition due to standing water on the movement area. SNOWTAM are prepared in accordance with PANS-AIM, Appendix 4, and are issued for individual aerodrome by Muscat NOF with separate serial number.

The international NOTAM office will allocate to each NOTAM a series identified by a letter and a four-digit number followed by a stroke and a two-digit number of the year. The four-digit number will be consecutive and based on the calendar year.

A checklist of valid NOTAM is issued as a NOTAM checklist at intervals of not more than one month.

NOTAMs are exchanged between Muscat NOF and other NOF as follows:

Abu Dhabi	Dar Es Salaam	Nairobi
Addis Ababa	Delhi	Nicosia
Amman	Dhaka	Paris
Amsterdam	Djibouti	Perth
Ankara	Frankfurt	Rome
Athens	Helsinki	Sanaa
Baghdad	Hong Kong	Shannon
Bahrain	Jeddah	Singapore
Bangkok	Karachi	Stockholm
Beijing	Katunayake	Sydney
Beirut	Kolkata	Tehran
Belgrade	Kuala Lumpur	Vienna
Berlin	Kuwait	Zurich
Brussels	London	Brunei
Bucharest	Madrid	Jakarta
Cairo	Manila	Maldives
Chennai	Mogadishu	Morocco
Copenhagen	Moscow	Seychelles
Damascus	Mumbai	USA

Abu Dhabi	Dar Es Salaam	Mogadishu
Addis Ababa	Delhi	Mumbai
Amman	Dhaka	Nairobi
Amsterdam	Djibouti	Nicosia
Ankara	Frankfurt	Sanaa
Athens	Hong Kong	Shannon
Baghdad	Jakarta	Singapore
Bahrain	Jeddah	Tehran
Bangkok	Karachi	Vienna
Beirut	Katunayake	Yangon
Belgrade	Khartoum	Zurich
Brussels	Kolkata
Cairo	Kuala Lumpur	Brunei
Chennai	Kuwait	Seychelles
Damascus	London

5. THE AIRAC SYSTEM

5.1 In order to control and regulate the flow of changes requiring amendments to charts, route-manuals etc., such changes, whenever possible, will be issued.

5.2 AIRAC information will be issued so that the information will be received by the user not later than 28 days, and for major changes not later than 56 days, before the effective date.

2023	2024	2025	2026	2027
26 JAN	25 JAN	23 JAN	22 JAN	21 JAN
23 FEB	22 FEB	20 FEB	19 FEB	18 FEB
23 MAR	21 MAR	20 MAR	19 MAR	18 MAR
20 APR	18 APR	17 APR	16 APR	15 APR
18 MAY	16 MAY	15 MAY	14 MAY	13 MAY
15 JUN	13 JUN	12 JUN	11 JUN	10 JUN
13 JUL	11 JUL	10 JUL	09 JUL	08 JUL
10 AUG	08 AUG	07 AUG	06 AUG	05 AUG
07 SEP	05 SEP	04 SEP	03 SEP	02 SEP
05 OCT	03 OCT	02 OCT	01 OCT	30 SEP
02 NOV	31 OCT	30 OCT	29 OCT	28 OCT
30 NOV	28 NOV	27 NOV	26 NOV	25 NOV
28 DEC	26 DEC	25 DEC	24 DEC	23 DEC

6. PRE-FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICE AT AERODROMES

A self-briefing pre-flight information service is available at each of the following aerodromes, with the coverage indicated.


Aerodrome	Coverage
MUSCAT/Muscat International and Salalah	Belgium, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Turkey, UAE, UK, Georgia.