{"id":7112,"date":"2025-06-14T15:22:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T14:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pilot-hub.com\/?p=7112"},"modified":"2025-06-14T15:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T14:22:53","slug":"2-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilot-hub.com\/en\/2-33\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL 2025-1-3518 - Temporary flight restrictions in north-eastern Germany: Military exercise from 30 June to 4 July 2025 causes extensive airspace closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scope and extent of restricted airspace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military exercise makes the establishment of <strong>four separate flight restriction areas (ED-R WIC1 F1 to F4)<\/strong> The airspace and spatial extensions of different heights are required:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ED-R WIC1 F1<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vertical<\/strong>FL100 (approx. 3,000 m) to FL350 (approx. 10,600 m)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>Northeastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to the west of Usedom and Greifswald<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kind<\/strong>: large-scale training area for medium altitudes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ED-R WIC1 F2<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vertical<\/strong>FL100 to FL450 (approx. 13,700 m)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>Covers large parts between Neustrelitz, Neubrandenburg, Brandenburg an der Havel, south to Luckenwalde<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kind<\/strong>Main training area with low to high flight phases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ED-R WIC1 F3<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vertical<\/strong>FL100 to FL210<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: Area between Stendal, Brandenburg, Rathenow and Wittenberg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Purpose<\/strong>Low-flying exercises and tactical navigation flights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ED-R WIC1 F4<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vertical<\/strong>FL350 to FL450<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: spatially identical to F3, but exclusively for high flight attitudes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Purpose<\/strong>: Transition and air refuelling manoeuvres<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activation times of the flight restrictions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The restricted areas are <strong>not permanent<\/strong>but in daily time windows from <strong>30 June to 4 July 2025<\/strong> active. The following times apply (UTC in each case):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>07:00 - 08:30 a.m.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>13:00 - 14:30<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These periods have been set in such a way as to minimise the impact on both scheduled civil traffic and general aviation - but <strong>Significant rescheduling of IFR and VFR flight operations<\/strong> to be reckoned with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flight bans and exemptions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the activation times <strong>all flights by aircraft not participating in the exercise<\/strong> within the above-mentioned areas is prohibited. This also applies to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Drones (UAS)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Model aeroplanes<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gliders<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>General aviation sports pilots<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following flight movements are exempt from the closure - subject to prior approval by the responsible air traffic control centre:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aircraft on behalf of the Bundeswehr and its NATO partners<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>State aircraft<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Police flights<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rescue and disaster control operations<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ambulance flights<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>IFR flights<\/strong>if coordinated with ATC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A request for release is <strong>via radiotelephony<\/strong> to the respective air traffic control unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Legal consequences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Violations of the restrictions imposed are not an administrative offence, but are considered an offence under <strong>\u00a7 Section 62 of the Air Traffic Act (LuftVG)<\/strong> as <strong>Criminal offence<\/strong>. This also applies explicitly to recreational pilots and drone pilots who move uncoordinated in restricted airspace during the activation times - even in the case of short-term intrusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Significance for general aviation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For <strong>General Aviation (GA) pilots<\/strong>This measure will have a noticeable impact on flight schools, balloonists, gliding clubs and drone pilots:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Route adjustments<\/strong> are required - both at low and medium heights<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Short-term airspace changes<\/strong> are possible - especially if the military flight plan is diverted due to weather conditions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dense frequency assignment<\/strong> in neighbouring sectors is to be expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pilots are urgently requested to <strong>keep up to date with NOTAMs and AUP\/UUP messages before every flight<\/strong> (e.g. via DFS AIS, Eurocontrol NM B2B, SkyDemon or ForeFlight).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background of the exercise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though no official name for the exercise is given in the announcement, the scope and structure of the exercise indicate a <strong>Multinational air force exercise as part of NATO planning<\/strong> to. Comparable scenarios have been carried out in the past under the names \"Air Defender\", \"Quadriga\" or \"Rapid Pacific\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are exercises for <strong>Air superiority, air refuelling, tactical deployment and mission command<\/strong>with the participation of international forces and frequent relocations of aircraft (e.g. Eurofighter, Tornado, A400M, tanker aircraft).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source references:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eisenschmidt.aero\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NFL (the link requires a subscription to Eisenschmidt)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In connection with a large-scale military exercise in north-eastern German airspace, the Federal Ministry of Transport issued an announcement on 11 June 2025 designating several temporary and geographically limited areas with flight restrictions (ED-R) as well as danger areas in the Bremen flight information region and the upper Rhine flight information region. The measure primarily affects airspace over Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg and parts of Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein - with implications for civil air traffic, particularly for general aviation.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"module":[],"class_list":["post-7112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilot-hub.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilot-hub.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilot-hub.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilot-hub.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilot-hub.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pilot-hub.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7114,"href":"https:\/\/pilot-hub.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7112\/revisions\/7114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilot-hub.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilot-hub.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilot-hub.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilot-hub.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7112"},{"taxonomy":"module","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilot-hub.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/module?post=7112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}