There are some new route requirements for flights to BIKF/Keflavik and BIRK/Reykjavik.
These can be found in the updated version of AIP ENR 1.8.4.1.3.7 which explains exactly how you should file your flight plans to/from both BIKF and BIRK. But to make all this blurb easier to understand, the good folks at Isavia have published some handy graphic presentations of the requirements:
If you follow the guidance and flight plan accordingly, you should avoid any nasty last-minute “FPL REJ” messages!
Further reading:
- You can check the full Iceland AIP online here.
- For a summary of all the NAT changes, including EGGX/Shanwick, CZQX/Gander, BIRD/Iceland, ENOB/Bodo, LPPO/Santa Maria, and KZWY/New York Oceanic East, click here.
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