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have been made there. Changes to the regulation for VFR flights when flying through areas with fixed transponder obligation (TMZ).
As of 23 March 2023, there has been a change to the procedures in TMZs with listening readiness. This change applies to pilots who are already on the FIS frequency. Here, there will only be one standard procedure throughout Germany – change to the TMZ code and listening standby on the published radar frequency.
As is well known, during transit through a TMZ, the pilot is obliged to switch to the transponder
code published on the ICAO chart and to remain on listening alert on the associated frequency, which is also published on the ICAO chart. If the pilot is in contact with the Flight Information Ser- vice (FIS) prior to entering a TMZ, the obligation to log off to FIS before switching to the frequency specified for the TMZ shall apply. Deviating from this regulation, up to now there has also been the possibility for the TMZ areas in the area of the FIR Langen and FIR-Bremen to remain on the fre- quency of the Flight Information Service upon re- quest and after confirmation and to retain the transponder code assigned by FIS. This deviating regulation will now be cancelled. This means that a uniform regulation will apply to all TMZ areas in Germany (except for the TMZ Egelsbach, as this is also designated as an area with compulsory radio communication/ RMZ):
When flying through a TMZ, the pilot is obliged (without being asked) to switch the published transponder code for the corresponding TMZ and to maintain listening readiness on the associated frequency. – If there is voice radio contact with FIS before entering a TMZ, the pilot must report to FIS that he is leaving the FIS frequency. Only then will the pilot switch to the published frequency for the TMZ and set the appropriate transponder code. The change has been published in NfL 2023-1- 2700.
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