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SAFIS flies under the Radar 7 April 2021
Whilst Airservices Australia s proposal to modify the base of Class E airspace on the eastern seaboard has garnered a lot of feedback traffic, there has been very little chatter surrounding another part of the modernisation program: SAFIS.
Surveillance Aerodrome Flight Information Service (SAFIS) is set to be implemented at two non-towered airports mid year if the proposal goes ahead unchanged. The two airports–Ballina/Byron Gateway in NSW and Mangalore in Victoria–are both heavy-traffic airports that Airservices believes warrant greater situational awareness that just CTAF procedures.
SAFIS will amalgamate Flight Information Service (FIS) in the surrounding Class G and Surveillance Information Service (SIS) to achieve what Airservices says will be an increase in safety at those airports.