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Aeronautical Publications Designated Airspace Handbook
The Designated Airspace Handbook (DAH) is a Transport Canada digital document providing a legal description of Canadian airspace. The format and contents comply with the Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act and the requirements of the Ministry of Transport in accordance with the Aeronautics Act and the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CAR) Part VI, subpart 1.
The Designated Airspace Handbook is revised and reissued every 56 days. It is available in English and French.
NOTE:The information contained in the charts and publications are current only to the date of submission for printing. A NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) may amend or cancel the information on the aeronautical products, therefore the NOTAM must be consulted to ensure that current information is used for flight operations.
- General – Standards, Abbreviations & Acronyms, Glossary of Aeronautical Terms and Designations of Miscellaneous Airspace
- Aerodrome Reference Point, Navigation Aid and Intersection/Fix Used to Designate Airspace – Coordinates
- Designation of Class A, B, C, D, E Airspace and Transponder Airspace by Flight Information Region – Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Moncton, Gander Domestic, Gander Oceanic
- Designations of Low Level Airways and Fixed Area Navigation Routes
- Designations of Class F Airspace – Danger, Restricted and Advisory Areas
| M1 |
Canadian Domestic Airspace |
| M2 |
Arctic, Northern and Southern Control Areas |
| M3 |
Altimeter Setting and Standard Pressure Regions |
| M4 |
Designated Mountainous Regions in Canada |
| M5 |
Flight Information Regions (FIR) |
| M6 |
Air Defence Identification Zones (ADIZ) |
| M7 |
Canadian Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications (CMNPS) Airspace, and
Canadian Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications (CMNPS) Transition Area
Required Navigation Performance Capability (RNPC) Airspace |
| M8 |
Transponder Airspace |
Product Availability
The current DAH issue is published 10 days before that Effective Date listed last in blue on the following Publication Schedule.
You may also view the back issues for previous amendments of the DAH as the issues are superseded.
DAH 2005-2006
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