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In aviation, a flight information region (FIR) is a specified region of airspace in which a flight information service, an alerting service (ALRS), and an area control centre are provided.[1] The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) delegates which country is responsible for the operational control of a given FIR. FIRs are the largest regular division of airspace in use in the world today, and have existed at least since 1947.[2][3]

Smaller countries' airspace is encompassed by a single FIR; larger countries' airspace is subdivided into a number of regional FIRs.[4][5]

Some FIRs encompass the territorial airspace of several countries.[6] Oceanic airspace is divided into oceanic information regions and delegated to a controlling authority bordering that region. The division among authorities is done by international agreement through the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

There is no standard size for FIRs. Some are merely vertical extensions of their respective countries, however small they may be, while others may extend far into the open ocean—it is a matter for the administrative convenience of the country concerned. In some cases there is a vertical division of the FIR, in which case the lower portion remains named as such, whereas the airspace above is termed an upper information region (UIR). Each country's aeronautical information publication specifies the boundaries and vertical extents of FIRs and UIRs.

A flight information service and an alerting service are the basic levels of air traffic service, providing information pertinent to the safe and efficient conduct of flights and alerting the different relevant authorities should an aircraft be in distress. These are available to all aircraft through an FIR. Area control centres provide higher levels of air traffic advisory and control services to certain portions of airspace within an FIR, according to the ICAO class of that portion of airspace (with regard to national regulations), and the existence of a suitably equipped authority to provide the services.

List of flight information regions

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A map showing the borders of the United States' flight information regions as well as that of Canada and other neighboring nations.
Old Federal Aviation Administration airspace map of ARTCCs in the United States overlaid with what states they cover
Flight Information Regions (FIR) of France
FIR and jurisdictional airspace in Japan
FIR and jurisdictional airspace in South Korea

The following table lists flight information regions alphabetically according to their ICAO code.

ICAO code Type FIR or ACC name Oceanic or other subtype Country or territory
AGGG FIR Honiara ACC Solomon Islands
ANAU FIR Nauru ACC Nauru
AYPM FIR Port Moresby ACC Papua New Guinea
BGGL FIR Nuuk ACC Greenland ( Denmark)
BIRD FIR Reykjavík ACC Iceland
CZEG FIR Edmonton ACC Canada
CZQM FIR Moncton Southern ACC Canada
CZQX FIR Gander Domestic ACC Canada
CZUL FIR Montreal ACC Canada
CZVR FIR Vancouver ACC Canada
CZWG FIR Winnipeg ACC Canada
CZWX FIR Gander Oceanic ACC Canada
CZYZ FIR Toronto ACC Canada
DAAA FIR Alger ACC Algeria
DGAC FIR Accra ACC Ghana
DIII FIR Abidjan ACC Ivory Coast
DNKK FIR Kano ACC Nigeria
DRRR FIR Niamey ACC Niger
DTTC FIR Tunis ACC Tunisia
EZZZ FIR EUROCONTROL EUROCONTROL Belgium
EBBU FIR Brussels ACC Belgium/ Luxembourg
EDGG FIR Langen ACC Germany
EDMM FIR Munich ACC Germany
EDUU UIR Rhein UAC Germany
EDVV UIR Hannover ACC Germany
EDWW FIR Bremen ACC Germany
EDYY UIR Maastricht UAC Belgium/ Germany/ Luxembourg/ Netherlands
EETT FIR Tallinn ACC Estonia
EFIN FIR Helsinki ACC Finland
EGGX FIR Shanwick Oceanic OCA Oceanic United Kingdom / Ireland
EGPX FIR Scottish ACC United Kingdom
EGQQ FIR Scottish ACC (Mil) Military United Kingdom
EGTT FIR London ACC United Kingdom
EHAA FIR Amsterdam ACC Netherlands
EISN FIR Shannon ACC Ireland
EKDK FIR Copenhagen ACC Denmark
ENOB FIR Bodø Oceanic ACC Oceanic Norway
ENOR FIR Polaris ACC Norway
EPWW FIR Warszawa ACC Poland
ESAA FIR Sweden ACC Sweden
EVRR FIR Riga ACC Latvia
EYVL FIR Vilnius ACC Lithuania
FACA FIR Cape Town ACC South Africa
FAJO FIR Johannesburg Oceanic ACC Oceanic South Africa
FAJX FIR Johannesburg ACC South Africa
FBGR FIR Gaborone ACC Botswana
FCCC FIR Brazzaville ACC Congo, Republic of the
FIMM FIR Mauritius ACC Mauritius
FLFI FIR Lusaka ACC Zambia
FMMM FIR Antananarivo ACC Madagascar
FNAN FIR Luanda ACC Angola
FQBE FIR Beira ACC Mozambique
FSSS FIR Seychelles ACC Seychelles
FTTT FIR N'Djamena ACC Chad
FVHF FIR Harare ACC Zimbabwe
FWLL FIR Lilongwe ACC Malawi
FYWF FIR Windhoek ACC Namibia
FZZA FIR Kinshasa ACC Congo, Democratic Republic of the
GCCC FIR Canarias ACC Canary Islands ( Spain)
GLRB FIR Roberts ACC Liberia
GMMM FIR Casablanca ACC Morocco
GOOO FIR Dakar Terrestrial/Oceanic ACC Oceanic Senegal
GVSC FIR Sal Oceanic ACC Oceanic Cape Verde
HAAA FIR Addis Ababa ACC Ethiopia
HBBA FIR Bujumbura ACC Burundi
HCSM FIR Mogadishu ACC Somalia
HECC FIR Cairo ACC Egypt
HHAA FIR Asmara ACC Eritrea
HKNA FIR Nairobi ACC Kenya
HLLL FIR Tripoli ACC Libya
HRYR FIR Kigali ACC Rwanda
HSSS FIR Khartoum ACC Sudan
HTDC FIR Dar Es Salaam ACC Tanzania
HUEC FIR Entebbe ACC Uganda
KZAB FIR Albuquerque ARTCC United States
KZAK FIR Oakland Oceanic ARTCC Oceanic United States
KZAU FIR Chicago ARTCC United States
KZBW FIR Boston ARTCC United States
KZDC FIR Washington ARTCC United States
KZDV FIR Denver ARTCC United States
KZFW FIR Ft Worth ARTCC United States
KZHU FIR Houston ARTCC United States
KZID FIR Indianapolis ARTCC United States
KZJX FIR Jacksonville ARTCC United States
KZKC FIR Kansas City ARTCC United States
KZLA FIR Los Angeles ARTCC United States
KZLC FIR Salt Lake ARTCC United States
KZMA FIR Miami ARTCC United States
KZME FIR Memphis ARTCC United States
KZMP FIR Minneapolis ARTCC United States
KZNY FIR New York ARTCC United States
KZOA FIR Oakland ARTCC United States
KZOB FIR Cleveland ARTCC United States
KZSE FIR Seattle ARTCC United States
KZTL FIR Atlanta ARTCC United States
KZWY FIR New York Oceanic ARTCC Oceanic United States
LAAA FIR Tirana ACC Albania
LBSR FIR Sofia ACC Bulgaria
LCCC FIR Nicosia ACC Cyprus
LDZO FIR Zagreb ACC Croatia
LECB FIR Barcelona ACC Spain
LECM FIR Madrid ACC Spain
LFBB FIR Bordeaux ACC France
LFEE FIR Reims ACC France
LFFF FIR Paris ACC France
LFMM FIR Marseille ACC France
LFRR FIR Brest ACC France
LGGG FIR Athens ACC Greece
LHCC FIR Budapest ACC Hungary
LIBB FIR Brindisi ACC Italy
LIMM FIR Milano ACC Italy
LIRR FIR Roma ACC Italy
LJLA FIR Ljubljana ACC Slovenia
LKAA FIR Praha ACC Czech Republic
LLLL FIR Tel-Aviv ACC Israel
LMMM FIR Malta ACC Malta
LOVV FIR Wien ACC Austria
LPPC FIR Lisboa ACC Portugal
LPPO FIR Santa Maria Oceanic ACC Oceanic Azores ( Portugal)
LQSB FIR Sarajevo ACC Bosnia and Herzegovina
LRBB FIR Bucuresti ACC Romania
LSAS FIR Zurich ACC  Switzerland
LTAA FIR Ankara ACC Turkey
LTBB FIR Istanbul ACC Turkey
LUUU FIR Chisinau ACC Moldova
LWSS FIR Skopje ACC North Macedonia
LYBA FIR Beograd ACC Serbia
LZBB FIR Bratislava ACC Slovakia
MDCS FIR Santo Domingo ACC Dominican Republic
MHTG FIR Central American ACC Honduras
MKJK FIR Kingston ACC Jamaica
MMFO FIR Mazatlan Oceanic ACC Oceanic Mexico
MMFR FIR Mexico ACC Mexico
MPZL FIR Panama ACC Panama
MTEG FIR Port-Au-Prince ACC Haiti
MUFH FIR Habana ACC Cuba
MYNA FIR Nassau ACC Bahamas
NFFF FIR Nadi ACC Fiji
NTTT FIR Tahiti ACC French Polynesia ( France)
NZZC FIR New Zealand ACC New Zealand
NZZO FIR Auckland Oceanic ACC Oceanic New Zealand
OAKX FIR Kabul ACC Afghanistan
OBBB FIR Bahrain ACC Bahrain
OEJD FIR Jeddah ACC Saudi Arabia
OIIX FIR Tehran ACC Iran
OJAC FIR Amman ACC Jordan
OKKK FIR Kuwait ACC Kuwait
OLBB FIR Beirut ACC Lebanon
OMAE FIR Emirates ACC United Arab Emirates
OOMM FIR Muscat ACC Oman
OPKR FIR Karachi ACC Pakistan
OPLR FIR Lahore ACC Pakistan
ORBB FIR Baghdad ACC Iraq
OSTT FIR Damascus ACC Syria
OTDF FIR Doha Qatar
OYSC FIR Sanaa ACC Yemen
PAZA FIR Anchorage ARTCC United States
PAZN FIR Anchorage Oceanic ACC Oceanic United States
PHZH FIR Honolulu ACC United States
RCAA FIR Taipei ACC Taiwan
RJJJ FIR Fukuoka ACC Japan
RKRR FIR Incheon ACC South Korea
RPHI FIR Manila ACC Philippines
SACF FIR Cordoba ACC Argentina
SACU UIR Cordoba UIR Argentina
SAEF FIR Ezeiza ACC Argentina
SAEU UIR Ezeiza UIR Argentina
SAMF FIR Mendoza ACC Argentina
SAMV UIR Mendoza UIR Argentina
SARR FIR Resistencia ACC Argentina
SAVF FIR Comodoro Rivadavia ACC Argentina
SAVU UIR Comodoro Rivadavia UIR Argentina
SBAO FIR Atlantico ACC Brazil
SBAZ FIR Amazonica ACC Brazil
SBBS FIR Brasilia ACC Brazil
SBCW FIR Curitiba ACC Brazil
SBRE FIR Recife ACC Brazil
SCCZ FIR Punta Arenas ACC Chile
SCEZ FIR Santiago ACC Chile
SCFZ FIR Antofagasta ACC Chile
SCIZ FIR Easter Island ACC Easter Island ( Chile)
SCTZ FIR Puerto Montt ACC Chile
SEFG FIR Guayaquil ACC Ecuador
SGFA FIR Asuncion ACC Paraguay
SKEC FIR Barranquilla ACC Colombia
SKED FIR Bogota ACC Colombia
SLLF FIR La Paz ACC Bolivia
SMPM FIR Paramaribo ACC Suriname
SOOO FIR Cayenne ACC French Guiana ( France)
SPIM FIR Lima ACC Peru
SUEO FIR Montevideo ACC Uruguay
SVZM FIR Maiquetia ACC Venezuela
SYGC FIR Georgetown ACC Guyana
TJZS FIR San Juan ACC Puerto Rico ( United States)
TNCF FIR Curacao ACC Curaçao ( Netherlands)
TTZP FIR Piarco ACC Trinidad and Tobago
UAAA FIR Almaty Kazakhstan
UACN FIR Astana Kazakhstan
UAII FIR Shymkent Kazakhstan
UATT FIR Aktobe Kazakhstan
UBBA FIR Baku Azerbaijan
UCFM FIR Bishkek Kyrgyzstan
UCFO FIR Osh Kyrgyzstan
UDDD FIR Yerevan Armenia
UEEE FIR Yakutsk[7] Russian Federation
UGGG FIR Tbilisi Georgia
UHHH FIR Khabarovsk[7] Russian Federation
UHMM FIR Magadan[7] Oceanic Russian Federation
UHPP FIR Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky[7] Russian Federation
UIII FIR Irkutsk[7] Russian Federation
UKBV FIR Kyiv Ukraine
UKDV FIR Dnipro Ukraine
UKFV / URFV FIR Simferopol Ukraine (de-jure) / Russian Federation (de-facto)[7]
UKLV FIR Lviv Ukraine
UKOV FIR Odesa Ukraine
ULLL FIR Sankt-Peterburg[7] Oceanic Russian Federation
UMKK FIR Kaliningrad[7] Russian Federation
UMMV FIR Minsk Belarus
UNKL FIR Krasnoyarsk[7] Russian Federation
UNNT FIR Novosibirsk[7] Russian Federation
URRV FIR Rostov-Na-Donu[7] Russian Federation
USSV FIR Yekaterinburg[7] Russian Federation
USTV FIR Tyumen[7] Russian Federation
UTAA FIR Ashgabat Turkmenistan
UTAK FIR Turkmenbashi Turkmenistan
UTAT FIR Dashoguz Turkmenistan
UTAV FIR Turkmenabat Turkmenistan
UTDD FIR Dushanbe Tajikistan
UTSD FIR Samarkand Uzbekistan
UTTR FIR Tashkent Uzbekistan
UUWV FIR Moscow[7] Russian Federation
UWWW FIR Samara[7] Russian Federation
VABF FIR Mumbai ACC India
VCCF FIR Colombo ACC Sri Lanka
VDPF FIR Phnom Penh ACC Cambodia
VECF FIR Kolkata ACC India
VGFR FIR Dhaka ACC Bangladesh
VHHK FIR Hong Kong ACC Hong Kong (China China)
VIDF FIR Delhi ACC India
VLVT FIR Vientiane ACC Laos
VNSM FIR Kathmandu ACC   Nepal
VOMF FIR Chennai ACC India
VRMF FIR Malé ACC Maldives
VTBB FIR Bangkok ACC Thailand
VVTS FIR Ho Chi Minh ACC Vietnam
VVVV FIR Hanoi ACC Vietnam
VYYF FIR Yangon ACC Myanmar
WAAF FIR Ujung Pandang Indonesia
WAAZ UIR Ujung Pandang ACC Indonesia
WBFC FIR Kota Kinabalu ACC Brunei/ Malaysia
WIIF FIR Jakarta ACC Indonesia
WIIZ UIR Jakarta ACC Indonesia
WMFC FIR Kuala Lumpur ACC Malaysia
WSJC FIR Singapore ACC Singapore
YBBB FIR Brisbane ACC Australia
YMMM FIR Melbourne ACC Australia
ZBPE FIR Beijing ACC China
ZGZU FIR Guangzhou ACC China
ZHWH FIR Wuhan ACC China
ZJSA FIR Sanya ACC China
ZKKP FIR Pyongyang ACC North Korea
ZLHW FIR Lanzhou ACC China
ZMUB FIR Ulan Bator ACC Mongolia
ZPKM FIR Kunming ACC China
ZSHA FIR Shanghai ACC China
ZWUQ FIR Urumqi ACC China
ZYSH FIR Shenyang ACC China

See also

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References

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Citations
  1. ^ Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary of Aviation (first ed.). Osprey. p. 133. ISBN 9780850451634.
  2. ^ "Record Strait Traffic Due Today". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 24 December 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Ensuring safety of air routes". The Advocate. Burnie, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 4 February 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  4. ^ Bhalotra, Y. P. R.; Botswana. Department of Meteorological Services (1990), Gaborone flight information region requirements for meteorological service, Director, Meteorological Services, retrieved 23 January 2014
  5. ^ "Ex-military spy drone to conduct NASA climate tests in Australian airspace" ABC News (24 January 2014) re: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia FIR – "Airservices Australia today confirmed that the NASA Global Hawk would conduct tropospheric research in Brisbane's Flight Information Region (FIR). Brisbane's FIR covers an area including northern New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory and northern Western Australia plus airspace over the north and north eastern oceans"
  6. ^ Jeziorski, Andrzej (1999-03-10), "South Pacific Forum pushes for unified flight information region", Flight International, Reed Business Information Ltd: 14(1), ISSN 0015-3710
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Aeronautical Information Publication - Russian Federation
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