Canadian Aviation Regulations

602.145 (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 take-off, file a flight plan or 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 take-off, 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 take-off, 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 take-off, file by radiocommunication 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.