Welcome to IVAO Sweden

About Sweden

Some Facts

Sweden is located in northern Europe, on the east side of the scandinavian peninsula. It's borders to Norway (west), Finland (northeast) and Denmark (southwest) via "Öresundsbron".

At 450,000 km², Sweden is the third largest country in western Europe, whereas most of the population reside in urban aeras. The total population in Sweden is estimated to be around 9 million.

On the east side of Sweden, is the Baltic sea and the wide coastline which affects the climate. In the west is the "Scandinavian mountain chain", which differs Sweden from Norway, with it's snowy mountains.

General guidelines

When operating in Sweden, please observe the following general IVAO SE rules:

Frequency
Whenever practicable, 122.800 and 121.500 should be continuously monitored unless another frequency (ATC station for example) is more appropriate.

Altitudes
All altitudes are above mean sea level (AMSL) in feet.

  • Transition altitude: 3000ft unless stated otherwise (6000ft in the London TMA for example).
  • Transition level: Dependant on the Transition Altitude and the local pressure setting at the time.

Squawk codes
The following codes are allocated for use by pilots, without direction from ATC for the purposes specified. Use these codes unless ATC instruct otherwise:

  • Code 7700 - Aircraft Emergency
  • Code 7600 - Radio Failure
  • Note, the code 7500 (hi jack) is NOT to be used on the IVAO Network
  • Code 2000 - When entering Swedish airspace from an adjacent region when no SSR code has been assigned
  • Code 7000 - When not receiving a service from an ATS unit in class F/G airspace

Speed restrictions
Do not exceed the 250kts IAS below FL100, unless you have permission from ATC, or the classification of airspace you are flying in means you are exempt from the rule. Military aircraft may also exceed the restriction.

QNH
Altimeter settings are in millibars and the standard setting is 1013mb.

No available ATC
Intentions must be broadcast on the Unicom frequency of 122.800

Charts
Charts for airports in Sweden are available through Luftfartsverket. Details on how to get charts can be found in the charts section of the website. We strongly recommend you use them.


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