CARs 602.145

AIM - RAC 3. 9

Defence VFR Flight Plans and Defence Flight Itineraries (CAR 602.145)
CAR 602.145 outlines the requirements when operating into or within the Air Defence
Identification Zone (ADIZ). In order to ensure that the Air Traffic System (ATS) is
aware that VFR flights will be operating into or within the ADIZ, ATS requires that
pilots file a Defence Flight Plan or Flight Itinerary as depicted at RAC 3.16.2.
CAR 602.145 ADIZ states:
602.145 ADIZ

(1) This Section applies in respect of aircraft before entering into and
while operating within the ADIZ, the dimensions of which are specified in the
Designated Airspace Handbook.

(2) Every flight plan or flight itinerary required to be filed pursuant to this
Section shall be filed with an air traffic control unit, a flight service station or a
community aerodrome radio station.

(3) The pilot-in-command of an aircraft whose point of departure within
the ADIZ or last point of departure before entering the ADIZ has facilities for the
transmission of flight plan or flight itinerary information shall:

(a) before takeoff, file a defence flight plan or defence flight
itinerary;

(b) in the case of a VFR aircraft where the point of departure is
outside the ADIZ,

        (i) indicate in the flight plan or flight itinerary the
            estimated time and point of ADIZ entry, and

        (ii) as soon as possible after takeoff, communicate by radio
             to an air traffic control unit, a flight service station or a
             community aerodrome radio station a position report of
             the aircraft’s location, altitude, aerodrome of departure
             and estimated time and point of ADIZ entry; and

(c) in the case of a VFR aircraft where the point of departure is
within the ADIZ, as soon as possible after takeoff,
communicate by radio to an air traffic control unit, a flight
service station or a community aerodrome radio station a
position report of the aircraft's location, altitude and
aerodrome of departure.

(4) The pilot-in-command of an aircraft whose point of departure within
the ADIZ or last point of departure before entering the ADIZ does not have facilities
for the transmission of flight plan or flight itinerary information shall:

(a) as soon as possible after takeoff, file by radio communication
a flight plan or flight itinerary; and

(b) in the case of a VFR aircraft, indicate in the flight plan or
flight itinerary the estimated time and point of ADIZ entry, if
applicable.

(5) The pilot-in-command of a VFR aircraft shall revise the estimated
time and point of ADIZ entry and inform an air traffic control unit, a flight service
station or a community aerodrome radio station, when the aircraft is not expected to
arrive:

(a) within plus or minus five minutes of the estimated time at:
        (i)   a reporting point,
        (ii)  the point of ADIZ entry, or
        (iii) the point of destination within the ADIZ; or

(b) within 20 nautical miles of:
        (i)  the estimated point of ADIZ entry, or
        (ii) the centre line of the route of flight indicated in the
             flight plan or flight itinerary.