About Australia Airspace

Some Facts

Country ICAO: AU ( Australia is known internationally by it County ICAO Idenitfier of AU )

The Australia Division is responsible for the airspace stretching in latitude from 2 degrees to 90 degrees south; and in longitude from 75 degrees to 163 degrees east. This is an area of 19,995,070 sq nautical miles (51,786,992 sq kms) - or some 11 percent of the world’s total airspace.

The country has a bit of everything, from scorching hot deserts out the west, to beautiful snowy mountain peaks to the east. Tropical Rain Forests, Beautiful Sandy Beaches.

 

General guidelines

When operating in Australia, we kindy ask that you please observe the following general IVAO AU rules:

Frequency
Whenever practicable, 122.800 and 121.500 should be continuously monitored unless another frequency (ATC station for example) is more appropriate.

Altitudes
All altitudes are above mean sea level (AMSL) in feet.

  • Transition altitude: (TA) 10000ft ( Ten Thousand Feet ) measured as Altitude.
  • Transition level: (TL) FL110 (Eleven Thousand Feet ) measured as Flight Level.

Squawk codes

The following codes are allocated for use by pilots, without direction from ATC for the purposes specified. Use these codes unless ATC instruct otherwise:

  • Code 7700 - Aircraft Emergency
  • Code 7600 - Radio Failure
  • Code 7500 - Hi Jack NOTE: The Code 7500 is NOT to be used on the IVAO Network
  • Code 2000 - IFR Operations
  • Code 1200 - VFR Operations

Speed restrictions
Do not exceed the 250kts IAS below 10000ft (Ten Thousand Feet), unless you have permission from ATC, or the classification of airspace you are flying in means you are exempt from the rule. Military aircraft may also exceed the restriction.

QNH
Altimeter settings are in millibars and the standard setting is 1013mb (1013.25mbs to be precise).

No available ATC
Intentions must be broadcast on the Unicom frequency of 122.800

Charts
Charts for airports in Australia are available through Air Services Australia. Details on how to get charts can be found in the charts section of the website. We strongly recommend you use them.