Commercial flights are not permitted to take off from or land at any aerodrome/heliport not listed in this AIP except in cases of real emergency or when special permission has been obtained from the Civil Aviation Authority of the State of Qatar.
If a landing is made other than at an international aerodrome/heliport or a designated alternate aerodrome/heliport, the pilot-in-command shall report the landing as soon as practicable to the health, customs and immigration authorities at the international aerodrome/heliport at which the landing was scheduled to take place. This notification may be made through any available communication link.
The pilot-in-command shall be responsible for ensuring that:
The grounds of each aerodrome are divided into two zones:
Access to the restricted zone is authorized only under the conditions prescribed by the special rules governing the aerodrome/heliport. The customs, police, and health inspection offices and the premises assigned to transit traffic are normally accessible only to passengers, to staff of the public authorities and airlines and to authorized persons in pursuit of their duty. The movement of persons having access to the restricted zone of the aerodrome/heliport is subject to the conditions prescribed by the air navigation regulations and by the special rules laid down by the aerodrome administration.
The movement of vehicles in the restricted zone is strictly limited to vehicles driven or used by persons carrying a traffic permit or an official card of admittance. Drivers of vehicles, of whatever type, operating within the confines of the aerodrome/heliport must respect the direction of the traffic, the traffic signs and the posted speed limits and generally comply with the provisions of the highway code and with the instructions given by the competent authorities.
Care and protection of aircraft, vehicles, equipment and goods used at the aerodrome/heliport are not the responsibility of the State or any concessionaire; they cannot be held responsible for loss or damage which is not incurred through action by them or their agents.
The conditions under which aircraft may land and be parked, housed or otherwise dealt with at any of the aerodromes/heliports under the control of the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority are as follows:
The Standards and Recommended Practices of Annex 14, Volumes I and II, are applied without differences.
Promulgation of an aerodrome as available for Category II or Category III operations means that it is suitably equipped and that procedures appropriate to such operations have been determined and are applied when relevant.
Promulgation implies that at least the following facilities are available:
ILS — certificated to relevant performance category.
Lighting — suitable for category promulgated.
RVR system — may be automatic or manned system for Category II; will be automatic system for Category III.
Special procedures and safeguards will be applied during Category II and III operations. In general, these are intended to provide protection for aircraft operating in low visibilities and to avoid disturbance of the ILS signals.
Protection of ILS signals during Category II or III operations may dictate that pre-take-off holding positions be more distant from the runway than the holding positions used in good weather. Such holding positions will be appropriately marked and will display signs conforming to the specifications in ICAO Annex 14, Volume I, on one or both sides of the taxiway; there may also be a stop bar of red lights. For aircraft taxiing off the runway during Category III operations, exit taxiway centre line lights are colour-coded to facilitate notification of runway vacation; the colour coding ends at the boundary of the ILS critical/sensitive area. Pilots are required to make a “Runway Vacated” call on RTF when the aircraft has reached the colour code of part of the exit taxiway centre line lights, due allowance being made for aircraft size to ensure that the entire aircraft is clear of the ILS critical/sensitive area.
In actual Category II or III weather conditions, pilots will be informed by ATC of any unserviceabilities in the promulgated facilities so that they can amend their minima, if necessary, according to their operations manual. Pilots who wish to carry out a practise Category II or Category III approach are to request Practise Category II (or Category III) Approach on initial contact with Approach Control. For practise approaches there is no guarantee that the full safeguarding procedures will be applied and pilots should anticipate the possibility of a resultant ILS signal disturbance.
Aerodrome operating minima's are established for OTBD and OTHH in accordance to QCAR - OPS 1.430 Appendix 1 (NEW). All flights operating to/from OTBD/OTHH should operate not lower than the published AOM values. The specific table data can be found for OTBD and OTHH under AD 2.22 Flight Procedures.
DOHA INTERNATIONAL Airport and HAMAD INTERNATIONAL Airport are using Airport Surface Friction Tester (ASFT) and tests carried out on a monthly basis.
| Friction Classification Survey Table - DOHA INTERNATIONALand HAMAD INTERNATIONAL airports | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment | Design objective for New RWY Surfaces | Maintenance Planning Level | Minimum Friction Level | Test Water Depth mm | Test Speed (Km / h) | Tyre Pressure (kPa) | Tyre Type |
| Surface Friction Tester | 0.82 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 1.0 | 65 | 210 | B |
A large number of land based and offshore installations exists and a list may be obtained from:
| Post: | Aeronautical Information Service Doha International Airport P.O. Box 73 Doha State of Qatar |