Europe

EUROCONTROL Integrated Initial Flight Plan Processing System (IFPS).

All aircraft flying into, departing from, or transiting Europe within the General Air Traffic (GAT) Civil system must file an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) flight plan with the Integrated Initial Flight Plan Processing System (IFPS) managed by the EUROCONTROL Network Manager (NM). This system is the sole source for the distribution of the IFR/GAT portions of flight plan information to Air Traffic Control (ATC) within participating European Countries collectively known as the IFPS Zone (IFPZ). Flight plans and associated messages for all IFR flights, including the IFR portions of mixed IFR/VFR flights, entering, over flying or departing the IFPZ, must be addressed only to the two IFPS addresses for that portion of the flight within the IFPZ. The IFPS addresses to be included in flight plans and associated messages submitted by operators that intend to fly into or through the IFPZ are as follows:

IFPS will ensure distribution of the accepted flight plan to all relevant ATS units within their area of responsibility. Flight plan message originators filing to IFPS are responsible for ensuring that the flight plan and any modifications made thereto are addressed to all the relevant ATS units outside the IFPZ. In order to ensure consistency between the flight plan data distributed within the IFPZ and that distributed outside the IFPZ, the EUROCONTROL NM offers a “re-addressing function”. The “re-addressing function” is intended primarily for flights originating within the IFPZ and proceeding outside the IFPZ.

NOTE- Detailed procedures and information applicable to flight plan addressing and distribution are contained in the EUROCONTROL “Network Operations Handbook – IFPS User’s Manual”.

Additional information may be obtained from Aeronautical Information Publications (AIP) and/or Aeronautical Information Circulars (AIC) issued by individual countries, through commercial flight planners, or by contacting EUROCONTROL, rue de la Fusee, 96, B-1130, Brussels, Belgium. Telephone: +32-2- 745-1950, and on the EUROCONTROL Web site: www.eurocontrol.int.

NOTE- IFPS Zone Countries - Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Serbia and Montenegro.

(AEU-500, 6/18/2020)