GEN 3.3  AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES

1  Responsible service

1.1 The Air Navigation Services Department of the State of Qatar Civil Aviation Authority is the responsible authority for the provision of air traffic services within the area indicated under sub-section 2 below.

1.2 The services are provided in accordance with the provisions contained in the following ICAO documents:
  • Annex 2 — Rules of the Air
  • Annex 11 — Air Traffic Services
  • Doc 4444 — Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Air Traffic Management (PANS‐ATM)
  • Doc 8168 — Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Aircraft Operations (PANS-OPS)
  • Doc 7030 — Regional Supplementary Procedures

Differences to these provisions are detailed in subsection GEN 1.7.

2  Area of responsibility

2.1 Air traffic services are provided for the entire territory of State of Qatar, including its territorial waters as well as the airspace over the high seas within Doha FIR.
2.2 In some cases, in accordance with the regional air navigation agreement, air traffic services are provided, under the delegated authority, in the airspace within another bordering FIR. Details of such services are provided in section ENR 2.

3  Types of services

3.1 The following types of services are provided:
  • Flight Information Service (FIS) and Alerting Service (ALRS); and
  • Air Traffic Control (ATC) Service.
3.2 With the exception of services provided at military air bases, the following types of services are provided at aerodromes:
  • Aerodrome Control (TWR);
  • Aerodrome Flight Information Service (AFIS); and
  • Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS), at certain aerodromes.

4  Coordination between the operator and ATS

4.1 Co-ordination between the operator and air traffic services is effected in accordance with 2.15 of ICAO Annex 11.

5  Minimum flight altitude

5.1 The minimum flight altitudes on the ATS routes, as presented in section ENR 3, have been determined so as to ensure a minimum vertical clearance above the controlling obstacle in the area concerned.

6  ATS units address list

Unit namePostal addressTelephone NRFax NREmailAFS addressWebsite
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Air Navigation DepartmentP.O. BOX 73
DOHA
STATE OF QATAR		+974 4462 2300
+974 4470 5555
+974 4470 5111		+974 4470 5300and@caa.gov.qa--
Air Navigation DepartmentHead of ATC
P.O. BOX 73
DOHA
STATE OF QATAR		+974 4470 5999
+974 4470 5111		+974 4470 5300---
ENGINEERING WORKSHOPP.O. BOX 73
DOHA
STATE OF QATAR		DUTY SUPERVISOR
+974 5186 5823
+974 4470 5010		----
Doha ATCSenior ATC Officer
P.O. BOX 73
DOHA
STATE OF QATAR		+974 4465 6618----
Hamad TWRP.O. BOX 73
DOHA
STATE OF QATAR		+974 4470 5000

HAMAD TWR SUPERVISOR(MOB)
+974 5186 5879		+974 4462 1411
+974 4470 5200

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DOHA TWRP.O. BOX 73
DOHA
STATE OF QATAR		+974 4465 6663+974 4465 6664-OTBDZTZX-
DOHA APPP.O. BOX 73
DOHA
STATE OF QATAR		DOHA APP SUPERVISOR
+974 4470 5415(TEL)
+974 5158 6422(MOB)

DOHA APP ATC OFFICER
+974 4470 5474

DOHA APP ATC ASSISTANT
+974 4462 2515
+974 4470 5414		+974 4470 5050-OTBDZRZX-
DOHA ACCP.O. BOX 73
DOHA
STATE OF QATAR		DOHA ACC SUPERVISOR
+974 4470 5442

DOHA ACC ATC OFFICER
+974 4470 5436
+974 4470 5412

DOHA ACC ATC ASSISTANT
+974 4470 5441		+974 4470 5353-OTBDZRZX-