Ground Operations

Surface movement guidance and control system and markings
Stand identification /taxiway guide lines/visual docking/parking guidance system

Nosewheel guidelines on taxiways and aprons. New eastern taxiway fitted with amber reflective center line markings.
Nose in parking is mandatory. Exemption only given in special cases with specific authorization from ATC.

Turn onto the bay when the nosewheel is approximately in line with the bay centre line. Keep the flight deck over the convex curve of the turn-on guidance line on the fore side of the bay number from the direction of the approach using approx. 40 to 45 nose wheel steering angle.

Note1: To maintain a safe wing tip clearance from the adjacent aircraft it is essential that aircraft do not cut corner on the day centre line.
Note2: Broken turn-on lines for DC10 and L1011 ; solid turn-on lines are for B747 and all other aircraft.

Remarks
Aircraft will normallly be expected to start-up during push-back. Aircraft wishing to start engines either before or after push back should notify ATC. In case of cargo apron operations ten minutes prior notice required.
DNATA is responsible for the execution of push backs, and their procedures are mandatory.
Push-pack clearance include instructions to face east and west as appropriate.
Aircraft being pushed back on the cargo apron are required to face east.

Meteorological information provided
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Name of Met Office HR Aerodrome forecasts Landing Forecast Briefing Flight document-ation/lang usage used Typres of Charts EQPT USED ATS UNIT Served Additional information
Office responsible for preparation Period of Validity(HR)
OMDB H24 OMDB MET 24 Trend Personal C,TB,EN S,U,P,W APT OMDB
OMSJ		 (04) 206224

Mean daily maximum and minimum temperatures (C) for each month of the year
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
24 25 28 32 37 39 41 41 39 35 31 26
14 15 17 20 24 26 29 29 27 23 18 16
1019 1017 1015 1011 1007 1000 997 999 1005 1012 1016 1019
Mean pressure for each month of the year

Runway Visual Range
Transmisometers are available for reporting IR VR. For locations see OMDB.
For transmission purposes the location will be designed as:
ALFA: Touchdown
BRAVO: Mid-point
CHARLIE: Stop end

Visibility below 1500 M is reported in the following incremental steps:
50M to 500M : 50M
500M to 1500M : 100M
Remarks
Landing thresholds Displaced
RWY 12R - 120M
RWY 30L - 120M
RWY 12L - 400M

RWY 12R/30L - Jet blast has eroded the tarmac/sand boundaries causing sharp edges at extremities of stopways. RWY has 7.5M asphalt load bearing shoulders and 20M non load bearing sealed area both sides.

180° turns on the runways are not permitted for aircraft larger than EA 320.

Runway maintenance Sat to Thu BTN 0445-0745 During maintenance the runway is available for operations with the following restrictions.
1) Circuit training is suspended
2) Aircraft making approaches for training purposes shall commence go around above 200FT QN.

Runway Physical Characteristics
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Runway Stopway surface THR Coordinates
Designations Bearings Dimensions Strength Surfaces  
T M
12R 122 120 4000 X 46 PCN 70 F/B/W/T Asphalt Asphalt 251541.68N
0552054.95E
30L 302 300 251437.99N
0552249.80E
12L 122 120 4000 X 60 251559.44N
0552049.19E
30R 302 300 251451.66N
0552251.42E


Declared Distances
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RWY TORA TODA ASDA LDA
12R 4000 4150 4060 3880
30L 4000 4150 4060 3880
12L 4000 4060 4060 3600
30R 4000 4060 4060 4000
Approach and runway lighting
RUNWAY 12R
  • Approach Lights
    ICAO precision approach CAT III lighting system including distance coded centre line with sequence flashing lights from 900M to 300M
  • Threshold Lights
    LIH green with wing bars
  • Visual Approach system
    PAPI, both sides, angle 3.0
  • RWY TDZ Lights
    LIH White directional 900M long, 60M spacing
  • Centre line lights
    LIH White Bi-Directional, 15M spacing, first 2980 M white, next 600M alternative white/red, 300M red
  • Edge Lights
    LIH white bi-directional, 60M spacing, first 3220M white, last 780 M amber
  • EndLights/Wing bars
    Red runway end lights
  • Stopway Lights
    Red Stopway end lights
  • remarks
    Nil
RUNWAY 30L
  • Approach Lights
    ICAO precision approach CAT III lighting system including distance coded centre line with sequence flashing lights from 900M to 300M
  • Threshold Lights
    LIH green with wing bars
  • Visual Approach system
    PAPI, both sides, angle 3.0
  • RWY TDZ Lights
    LIH White directional 900M long, 60M spacing
  • Centre line lights
    LIH White Bi-Directional, 15M spacing, first 2980M white, next 600M alternative white/red, 300M red
  • Edge Lights
    LIH white bi-directional, 60M spacing, first 3220M white, last 780M amber
  • EndLights/Wing bars
    Red runway end lights
  • Stopway Lights
    Red Stopway end lights
  • Remarks
    Nil
RUNWAY 12L
  • Approach Lights
    ICAO precision approach CAT III lighting system including distance coded centre line with sequence flashing lights from 900M to 300M
  • Threshold Lights
    LIH green with wing bars
  • Side row lights
    LIH red directional from RWY end to displaced threshold
  • Visual Approach system
    PAPI, both sides, angle 3.0°
  • RWY TDZ Lights
    LIH White directional 900M long, 60M spacing
  • Centre line lights
    LIH White Bi-Directional, 15M spacing, first 2700M white, next 600M alternative white/red, 300M red
  • Edge Lights
    LIH white bi-directional, 60M spacing, first 3220M white, last 780M amber
  • EndLights/Wing bars
    Red runway end lights
  • Stopway Lights
    Red Stopway end lights
  • Remarks
    Nil
RUNWAY 30L

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RWY TORA TODA ASDA LDA
12R 4000 4150 4060 3880
30L 4000 4150 4060 3880
12L 4000 4060 4060 3600
30R 4000 4060 4060 4000
  • Approach Lights
    ICAO precision approach CAT III lighting system including distance coded centre line with sequence flashing lights from 900M to 300M
  • Threshold Lights
    LIH green with wing bars
  • Visual Approach system
    PAPI, both sides, angle 3.0
  • RWY TDZ Lights
    LIH white directional 900M long, 30M spacing Red runway end lights
  • Centre line lights
    LIH White Bi-Directional, 15M spacing, first 3100M white, next 600M alternative white/red, 300M red
  • Edge Lights
    LIH white bi-directional, 60M spacing, first 3220M white, last 780M amber
  • EndLights/Wing bars
    Red runway end lights
  • Stopway Lights
    Red Stopway end lights
  • Remarks
    Nil
Other lighting secondary power supply
Location for aerodrome beacon
Not installled

Wind direction indicator
WDIs adjacent to both aprons

Location
a) RWY 12R/30L - Illuminated wind cones positioned adjacent to TWY K4, between TWY K3, & K4, and between TWY K1 & K2
b) RWY 12R/30R - Iluminiated wind cones positioned adjacent to northern side of each threshold and runway mid-point.

Anemometers installed between the parallel runways abeam the THRS and mid-point

Taxiway Lights
TWY K, P, Q, M and N colour coded alternative amber/green centere lights from CAT III holding point to RWY centre line.
Green Centre line lights with blue edge lighhts ata turns. TWY B blue edge lights only

Stop-bars TWYs K,M, and N

Secondary power supply
Secondary power supply conforms fully with the requirements for Annex 14, Chapter iii operation

Apron Lights
Floodlights, blue edge lights on the eastern edge of the main apron

Helicopter landing area
As directed by ATC

Local traffic regulations
Right hand traffic circuit RWY 12R & 12L

Visual Circuits/approaches both runways down wind leg to be made south of Dubai town avoiding Zabeel palace.

Runway 12R/12L base leg over the sea, aircraft are to be established on the final track before crossing the coast inbound

Flight Procedures
Standard instrument departures. See chart OMDB AD 2-42

Additional Information
Bird Activity

Flocks of gulls, herons, cormorants and most wading species (plovers, sandpipes) active from late September or early October through to late March

The main period of activity is at sunrise as birds are not seen returning (may be other route) birds leave from Dubai creek and eastwards, crossing the approach to RWY 30 between 500FT and 1500FT AGL. Only cormorants, herons, gulls are seen. Wading species seem to remain near the creek. See OMDB AD 2-85

Note: Information supplied by Amateur Ornithological Society and observations