Kigali International Airport
Kigali — Rwanda
Email: kiaaim@asecna.org,  ais@rac.co.rw (General Enquiries)
Tel 1: +250 – 72412 3076
Tel 2: +250 – 792402917 AFS: HRYRYNYX Principal Rwanda AIS sections and service hours are as follows:
 

The Aeronautical Information Service is responsible for the collection and dissemination of information for the entire territory of Rwanda.

           a) Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP);
           b) Amendment service to the AIP (AIP AMDT);
           c) Supplement to the AIP (AIP SUP);
           d) NOTAM;
           e) Aeronautical Information Circulars (AICs); and
           f) Aeronautical Charts.
NOTAM and the related monthly checklists are issued via the Aeronautical Fixed Service (AFS).  2.  Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) The AIP is the basic aviation document intended primarily to satisfy international requirements for the exchange of permanent aeronautical information and long duration temporary changes essential for air navigation. AIP Rwanda is published in ONE volume. The AIP is published in a loose-leaf form in English for use in international and domestic operations, whether the flight is a commercial or a private one.  3.  Amendment Service to the AIP (AIP AMDT)  Amendments to the AIP are made by means of replacement sheets. Two types of AIP AMDT are produced;
 
a) Regular AIP amendments (AIP AMDT) will be issued once a year. The publication date will be on the first day of August of each year.
 
b) AIRAC AIP Amendment (AIRAC AIP AMDT), issued in accordance with the AIRAC system and identified by a pink cover sheet and the acronym AIRAC, incorporates operationally significant permanent changes into the AIP on the  indicated AIRAC effective date.
 
A brief description of the subjects affected by the amendment is given on the AIP Amendment cover sheet. New information included on the reprinted AIP pages is annotated or identified by a vertical line in the left margin (or immediately to the left) of the change/addition. 
 
Each AIP page and each AIP replacement page introduced by an amendment, including the amendment cover sheet, are dated. The date consists of the day, month (by name) and year of the publication date.
 
Each AIP AMDT is allocated separate serial numbers which are consecutive and based on the calendar year. The year, indicated by two digits, is a part of the serial number of the amendment, e.g. AIP AMDT 01/18. Exception in case of complete AIP is published (e.g. 7th Edition).
 
A checklist of AIP pages containing page number/ chart title and the publication or effective date (day, month by name and year) of the information is reissued with each amendment and is an integral part of the AIP.  4.  AIP Supplement (AIP SUP) Temporary changes of long duration (three months and longer) and information of short duration which consists of extensive text and/or graphics, supplementing the permanent information contained in the AIP, are published as AIP Supplements (AIP SUP). Operationally significant temporary changes to the AIP are published in accordance with the AIRAC system and its established effective dates and are identified clearly by the acronym AIRAC AIP SUP.
 
AIP Supplements are separated by information subject (General—GEN, En-route—ENR and Aerodromes—AD) and are placed accordingly at the beginning of each AIP Part. Each AIP Supplement (regular or AIRAC) is allocated a serial number which is consecutive and based on the calendar year, i.e. SUP 3/17.
 
An AIP Supplement is kept in the AIP as long as all or some of its contents remain valid. The period of validity of the information contained in the AIP Supplement will normally be given in the supplement itself. Alternatively, NOTAM may be used to indicate changes to the period of validity or cancellation of the supplement. The checklist of AIP Supplements currently in force is issued in the monthly list of valid NOTAM.  5.  NOTAM NOTAM contain information concerning the establishment, condition or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential for personnel concerned with flight operations. The text of each NOTAM contains the information in the order shown in the ICAO NOTAM format and is composed of the significations/uniform abbreviated phraseology assigned to the ICAO NOTAM Code complemented by ICAO abbreviations, indicators, identifiers, designators, call signs, frequencies, figures and plain language. NOTAM are originated and issued for Kigali FIR and are distributed in two series identified by the letters A and B.
 
Series A NOTAM
General rules, En-route navigation and communication facilities, airspace restrictions and information concerning the international airport.
  Series B NOTAM
Information on domestic aerodromes. Pre-flight Information Bulletins (PIB), which contain a recapitulation of current NOTAM and other information of urgent character for the operator/flight crews, are available at the airport AIS unit. The extent of the information contained in the PIB is indicated under 5. of this subsection.
 
Series E NOTAM
Information on heliports.
 
Series V (ASHTAM)
Information concerning the occurrence of pre-eruption volcanic activity, or an operationally significant change in volcanic activity, the location, date and time of volcanic eruptions and horizontal and vertical extent of volcanic ash cloud, including direction of movement, flight levels and routes or portions of routes which could be affected. ASHTAM are prepared in accordance with Annex 15, Appendix 3.  6.  Aeronautical Information Circulars (AICs) The Aeronautical Information Circulars (AIC) contain information on the long-term forecast of any major change in legislation, regulations, procedures or facilities; information of a purely explanatory or advisory nature liable to affect flight safety; and information or notification of an explanatory or advisory nature concerning technical, legislative or purely administrative matters. To facilitate the use of Rwanda AIC, they are colour coded according to their subject matters as follows:
   Each AIC is numbered consecutively within each series on a calendar year basis. The year, indicated by two digits, is a part of the serial number of the AIC, e.g. AIC A 1/22. A checklist of AIC currently in force is issued as an AIC once a year.  7.  Checklist and List of Valid NOTAM A checklist of valid NOTAM is issued monthly via AFS. The checklist is followed by a printed summary of NOTAM distributed by mail to all recipients of the Integrated Aeronautical Information Package. It contains a plain language presentation of the valid NOTAM and information about the number of the latest issued AIP AMDT, AIP SUP and AIC that will become effective.
  8.  Sale of Publications Subscriptions to AIP amendments are valid for one period of 12 months beginning the first of January of the current year.
 
All request of information about prices and sales conditions of the aeronautical publications and their amendments subscription, must be sent to the following address: ASECNA
Délégation de l'ASECNA à Paris
75, rue la Boétie - 75008 PARIS
Adresse télégraphique commerciale : DIRASECNA - PARIS
Téléphone : (33) 1 44.95.07.07
Télécopie : (33) 1 42 25 73 11
Internet : https://aim.asecna.aero
Email : dexpaim@asecna.org
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1.  In order to control and regulate the operationally significant changes requiring amendments to charts, route-manuals etc., such changes, whenever possible, will be issued on predetermined dates according to the AIRAC SYSTEM. This type of information will be published as an AIRAC AIP AMDT or an AIRAC AIP SUP. If an AIRAC AMDT or SUP cannot be produced due to lack of time, NOTAM clearly marked AIRAC will be issued. Such NOTAM will immediately be followed by an AMDT or SUP.
 
2. The table below indicates AIRAC effective dates for the coming years. AIRAC information will be issued so that the information will be received by the user not later than 28 days, and for major changes not later than 56 days, before the effective date. At AIRAC effective date a trigger NOTAM will be issued giving a brief description of the contents, effective date and reference number of the AIRAC AIP AMDT or AIRAC AIP SUP that will become effective on that date. Trigger NOTAM will remain in force as a reminder in the PIB for a period of fourteen days.
If no information was submitted for publication at the AIRAC date, a NIL notification will be originated and distributed by the NOTAM checklist. Schedule of AIRAC Effective Dates

At Kigali International Airport the PIB is made available according to daily flight requirements. It contains the most recent aeronautical information from neighboring countries and Kenya. Furthermore, the briefing office is favorably prepared for self-briefing.
 
5.1 Pre-flight information
Available at aerodromes as detailed below:
Aerodrome : Kigali International Airport
 
Briefing coverage :
All states within the ICAO AFI, EUR, MID, NAT, SAM, Asia and Pacific. 5.2 Daily pre-flight information bulletins Route bulletins and list of valid NOTAM are available for distribution at the Kigali aerodrome AIS unit.

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