AIC
BRASIL

Contato/Contact:
Ministério da Defesa
Comando da Aeronáutica

Departamento de Controle
do Espaço Aéreo-DECEA

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AIC

A 35/2024

Publication Date/
Data de publicação:

28 NOV 2024

Effective date/
Data de efetivaçao:

28 NOV 2024

ELETRONIC AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION PUBLICATION - eAIP

1 PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

1.1 PURPOSE

This AIC aims to inform users about the changes that will occur in the presentation and dissemination of the AIP, including AIP Amendments (AMDT), AIP Supplements (SUP AIP), and Aeronautical Information Circulars (AIC) in an electronic format, which will be available on AISWEB starting from AMDT of 05 SEP 24.

1.2 SCOPE

This AIC applies to all those who, in the performance of their duties, need to consult aeronautical information publications.

1.3 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

1.3.1 DEFINITIOS

1.3.1.1 AIRAC

The system aims at prior notification, based on common effective dates, of circumstances that require significant changes in operational methods.

1.3.1.2 AISWEB

Official source of Aeronautical Information in Brazil, which allows users to access Aeronautical Information Products and Services available on the Internet (https://aisweb.decea.mil.br) or on Intraer (http://aisweb.decea.intraer/).

1.3.2 ABREVIATIONS

AIC Aeronautical Information Circular
AIP Aeronautical Information Publication
AIRAC Regulation and Control of Aeronautical Information

AMDT AIP Amendments
eAIP AIP in electronic format
HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
PDF Portable Document Format
SUP AIP AIP Supplement

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS

2.1 The eAIP (electronic aeronautical information publication) is the electronic version of the aeronautical information publication (AIP), including AMDT, AIC, and AIP Supplements in HTML and PDF formats extracted from a single database.

2.2 The eAIP is available in both HTML and PDF formats. In addition to the standard HTML navigation features, the eAIP allows users to view changes in the main content of the AIP and its amendments.

2.3 Some of the most important advantages for users of an eAIP are listed below:

a) ease of navigation due to HTML technology;
b) publication of AIP content, including AIP Amendments (AMDT), AIP Supplements (SUP), and Aeronautical Information Circulars (AIC) in an electronic and structured format;
c) viewing AIP content on a computer screen using Web technology;
d) clear visualization of changes;
e) printing by section of the eAIP; and
f) ease of search.

3 FILES FORMAT

3.1 The eAIP is available in two formats: HTML, ideal for navigation, and PDF, specific for printing, with files having the extension ‘.pdf’.

4 TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS

4.1 For HTML navigation, browsers must support HTML 4.0 or later versions, as well as JavaScript.

5 DISTRIBUTION MEANS

5.1 The eAIP is available on AISWEB through the link: https://aisweb.decea.mil.br/eaip.

6 EAIP NAVIGATION

6.1 The cover page, Figure 1, is the initial page of the eAIP and displays the effective and publication dates. By clicking on a date, the tabs containing the "AIP," "AMDT," "SUPs," and "AICs" issued on that publication date are displayed.

6.2 The first eAIPs listed on the cover page are the ones currently in effect (Effective Edition), followed by the eAIP amendments that have been published but are not yet effective (Upcoming Editions). Lastly, the eAIPs from past editions (Archived) are also listed, as shown in Figure 1.

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6.3 The eAIP menu includes the following details, as shown in Figure 2:

(1) National flag logo;
(2) State;
(3) Link to the eAIP cover page;
(4) Link to the list of past, current, and future AMDTs;
(5) Link to the current page in PDF format;
(6) General help information about the eAIP;
(7) Links to switch languages: Portuguese/English.

Figure 2

7 “AIP” TAB

7.1 The "AIP" tab contains the complete index of the AIP.

7.2 The following methods can be used to navigate the information in the “AIP” tab”:

a) click on a "+" or "-" sign to show or hide a sublevel of section titles; and;
b) clicando em um título clicking on a title to navigate to the relevant section in the eAIP window.

7.3 The effective date of the full AIP is at the top of the index.

7.4 Unlike an AIP in paper format, the concept of page replacement is not applicable to the eAIP. Instead, the “AMDT” tab contains links to all changes to the AIP. If the current eAIP contains no changes, the change list is empty.

7.5 Changes are indicated in two colors, blue and pink. AIRAC (Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control) information, a regular 28-day aeronautical information update cycle, is shaded pink and non-AIRAC information, which does not comply with this cycle, is shaded blue, as shown in Figure 3.

7.6 Changes are grouped by Part, Section and Subsection.

7.7 Each change is indicated by a blue triangle, as shown in Figure 3

Figure 3

7.8 Each change includes:

a) a link to the exact location on the AIP where the change was made; and
b) the exact location is indicated by a red change bar.
Ex.:

7.9 The effective date of the change list is visible at the top of the list.

8 “SUPS” TAB

8.1 The “SUPs” tab lists currently published AIP Supplements. For each Supplement, the following information is indicated, as shown in Figure 4:

a) a) Number/Year;
b) Affected sections;
c) Validity period; and

Figure 4

8.2 The publication date of the SUP AIP list is visible at the top of the list.

8.3 AIP Supplements are published with a unique numeric identifier, as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5

8.4 The numbering of SUP AIP will be increasing and restarted in the first edition of each calendar year.

8.5 All SUP AIP will have their information published in PORTUGUESE and ENGLISH, regardless of the subject or location.

9 “AICS” TAB

9.1 To access the published AIC, you must click on the “AIC” tab.

9.2 The publication date of the AIC list is visible at the top of the list

9.3 For each AIC, the following information is indicated, as shown in Figure 6:

a) Number/Year;
b) Date of publication;
c) Subject.

Figure 6

9.4 Os The AIC headings have different colors for each subject. This color system is exemplified in Figure 7:

Figure 7

10 SEARCH TAB

10.1 A The eAIP search tab “Search” allows searching by keyword only in the AIP content, as shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8

10.2 Additionally, it is possible to use the Control + F command on the computer keyboard to perform keyword searches in the HTML and PDF versions.

11 CHANGES

11.1 When selecting the “AMDT” tab and selecting a specific change, the AIP section presents a check box in the upper right corner, which will allow the user to select whether they wish to graphically display the changes in the AIP. The user must select this check box to display the differences between the current and previous version of the AIP section.

11.2 Changes must be interpreted as follows:

a) aFirstly, the "Display Changes" must be marked;
b) The inserted text blocks have a light pink or blue background;
c) The suppressed text blocks have a darker shade of pink or blue background and must be crossed out; and
d) Pink tones should indicate AIRAC changes, while blue tones indicate non-AIRAC changes.

12 TRANSITION RULE

12.1 The current availability of the AIP, amendment, SUP AIP and AIC at AISWEB will be maintained until December 2025.

12.2 AIC will be available on eAIP from November 28, 2024.

12.3 The AIP and AIC Supplements will be republished in accordance with the new format, having in their text a reference to the old SUP AIP or AIC, containing the series, number and year of the replaced SUP AIP or AIC. This procedure will be carried out until 12/31/2024, when the numbers will be the same.

12.4 Annex A contains a list of correlations between the Supplements of the old model and the new ones for consultation.

12.5 All republished SUP AIP will have, in the “TEXT” field, the same content as the previous SUP AIP, as it is just a republication, as shown in Figure 9.

Figure 9

13 FINAL PROVISIONS

13.1 Criticisms and suggestions related to this AIC may be sent via 'Contact Us - SAC - DECEA' on the internet at www.decea.gov.br, or on INTRAER at www.decea.intraer.