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#BGBl. 2026 I Nr. 18Sixtieth Regulation Amending the Two Hundred and Fifty-Fifth Implementing Regulation to the Air Traffic Order (Establishment of Route Procedures, Reporting Points and Cruising Altitudes for Instrument Flight Rules Flights in Controlled Airspace within the Federal Republic of Germany)

🇩🇪Germany··Other·Medium Impact·Gazette #18·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This regulation is the 60th amendment to the comprehensive German instrument flight rules (IFR) route network document. It updates the official list of designated airways, compulsory reporting points, and cruising flight levels that all IFR flights must follow inside German controlled airspace. The amendment was issued by the Federal Air Traffic Control Supervisory Authority on 20 January 2026 and published in the Federal Law Gazette on 23 January 2026. It contains technical modifications to specific route segments, waypoint coordinates, and altitude assignments to reflect changes in airspace design, traffic flows, or safety requirements.

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Key Changes

  • Updates to designated IFR airways and route segments within German controlled airspace
  • Modification of compulsory reporting points (Meldepunkte) and associated coordinates
  • Revision of assigned cruising flight levels for specific route portions

+ 3 more changes with Pro

Obligations

What this law requires

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IFR flights operating in German controlled airspace must follow the designated airways, reporting points, and cruising flight levels as specified in the amended Two Hundred and Fifty-Fifth Implementing Regulation to the Air Traffic Order

All IFR flight operators in German controlled airspace
operational
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Aircraft must report at compulsory reporting points as designated in the updated regulation when operating under instrument flight rules in German controlled airspace

IFR flight crews operating in German controlled airspace
reporting
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IFR flights must maintain cruising altitudes assigned according to the amended altitude provisions for specific route segments within German controlled airspace

All IFR flight operators in German controlled airspace
operational
high

Flight operators and air traffic control services must implement the technical modifications to route segments and waypoint coordinates as specified in this 60th amendment effective from the publication date of 23 January 2026

Air navigation service providers, flight operators, and air traffic control authorities in Germany
operational

Affected Parties

Commercial airlines operating IFR flights in German airspaceGeneral aviation pilots conducting instrument flights+3 more…

Tags

aviation regulation,IFR routes,air traffic control