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IFR in Germany Class G

Correct.

Mainz (EDFZ) & Egelsbach (EDFE), Germany

Many thanks for everyone’s input.

EDTY doesn’t have a CTR

I stand corrected – at first glance I thought that the Class E went down to ground level.

It appears that SkyDemon’s rendering ignores all the Class E except for specific areas – I presume this is because of the blanket E rule above 2500, which is not depicted.

EGBJ / Gloucestershire

The AIP and the charts derived from the AIP.

The lowering of the upper limit of E is usually around CTRs.

RXH
EDML - Landshut, Munich / Bavaria

The vicinity of IFR departures or arrivals. Where there is nothing nearby, class E starts at 2500, which is the “default” level.

Where there are IFR procedures, the Class E is lowered. Don’t know exactly why they chose two different “lower levels”.

Mainz (EDFZ) & Egelsbach (EDFE), Germany

What determines whether class E starts at 1000, 1700 or 2500 AGL?

LFPT, LFPN

The file is in pdf-format. You may have to enlarge the view or zoom in with your pdf-reader until the print is readable.

RXH
EDML - Landshut, Munich / Bavaria

And oh – it’s not been updated since December and hence contains the obsolete F(HX).

Hungriger Wolf (EDHF), Germany

Jan – you’re an IT guy. It’s not the document that’s too small – it’s your device. The document is fine if zoomed at 100%. I have the exact same document as a poster printout at home and it’s pretty good. Having said that, the depiction on wikipedia (far from official) is (albeit with less detail) more readable on average screens:

Hungriger Wolf (EDHF), Germany

That is interesting to look at, but the print is far too small for actually reading the text… Fortunately, it seems to be the same illustration as on the verso of the DFS VFR maps.

Thanks for posting the link, though, RXH!

EBZH Kiewit, Belgium

Which altitude were you planning on flying at?

Germany has class E, unless there is some other airspace published, everywhere from either 1.000, 1.700 or 2500 ft AGL up, depending on the airspace structure on top of E. From FL 100 / FL 130 over the Alps there is generally airspace C.

IFR in Germany in airspace G is now permitted as per EASA-regulations but has been restricted again, IIRC, per some order of the DFS / Ministry of Transport to published procedures in G. So, there is no “free flying IFR in G”, but one can take off and land in G while on an official and published instrument approach or departure. On your route you will be in E until 1.000 ft AGL prior to landing in EDTY. From then on you are in G but on a published procedure.

The German ATC has published a poster in pdf-format depicting the airspace structure which is quite good. Please follow the link below and then click on the underlined “Luftraumstruktur”

Link

RXH
EDML - Landshut, Munich / Bavaria
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