Foreword

This Civil Aviation Regulation (CAR) has been issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Oman (hereinafter referred to as CAA or “the AUTHORITY”) under the provisions of the Civil Aviation Law of the Sultanate of Oman.

This CAR has been modelled using elements from ICAO Annex 11 - Air Traffic Services, and ICAO Circular 211 - Aerodrome Flight Information Service (AFIS).

CAR 179 prescribes the requirements for the establishment, implementation, and maintenance of a system for the provision of Aerodrome Flight Information Service (AFIS).

Amendments to the text in CAR 179 in revised editions are issued as a complete amendment of pages contained within.

The editing practices used in this document are as follows:

• ‘Shall’ and ‘Must’ are used to indicate a mandatory requirement and may appear in this CAR.

• ‘Should’ is used to indicate a recommendation.

• ‘May’ is used to indicate discretion by the AUTHORITY, or the industry as appropriate.

• ‘Will’ indicates a mandatory requirement and is used to advise of action incumbent on the AUTHORITY.

Note: The use of the male gender implies the female gender and vice versa.