The AIREP button is located in the Crisis Details section:

Click to open the EVITA AIREP window:

The EVITA AIREP window features the following elements:

• A Button Bar providing links to other EVITA tools:
  • Plot Crisis: opens the EVITA Interactive Map to graphically display the concerned crisis,
  • Danger Areas: opens the EVITA Dangers window,
  • Forecasts: opens the EVITA Forecast window.
• A Crisis Summary, listing the following parameters: Name, Type, State, Simulated and Created.
• An AIREP List in the form of a table, topped with two action buttons:
  • Refresh: reloads the window to display the latest changes
  • Create AIREP: opens the AIREP Details editor (see below).

Create AIREP

Click on the Create AIREP button to open a blank AIREP Details template:

Flight Data Entry

This first (mandatory) section describes the aircraft identifiers and position at the moment of the encounter observation.

The expected data is:

• CALL SIGN:  Call sign- as prescribed in ICAO Annex 10, Volume II, Chapter 5.
• TYPE OF AIRCRAFT: Aircraft type - the aircraft designator as specified in ICAO Doc 8643, Aircraft Type Designators or if no such designator has been assigned, or in case of formation flights comprising more than one type, insert ZZZZ and specify in the field 'Additional information'.
• DEP:  ICAO four-letter location indicator of the departure aerodrome.
• DEST: ICAO four-letter location indicator of the destination aerodrome.
• ALT: Altitude - expressed in Feet (FT) and Flight Level (FL);
  The Altitude is expressed in thousands of feet, by 4 numeric (e.g. 3500) when on QNH.
  The Flight Level is expressed in feet by 3 numeric (e.g. 250; 320) when on standard pressure altimeter setting.
• TEMP: Temperature - air temperature for the altitude at which the aircraft was at the moment of the encounter observation, expressed in Celsius.
• COORDINATES: Coordinates (Position report) of the aircraft presented in terms of LATITUDE and LONGITUDE at the moment of the encounter observation.
  Latitude is presented in degrees as 2 numeric, minutes and seconds in 2 numeric values between 1-59 (e.g. 4620).
  Longitude is presented in degrees as 3 numeric, minutes and seconds in 2 numeric values between 1-59 (e.g. 07805) - by defining East or West from the pull-down menu.

AIREP Special - Encounter Observation

The second section is also mandatory, and describes the encounter facts:

• DATE: Date and UTC Time . The date is the actual date of the encounter observation and is expressed in day (two numeric), month (two numeric) and year (four numeric).
  UTC time is expressed in hours in two numeric and minutes in two numeric. The time reported must be the actual time of the encounter observation.
• TYPE: Select the type of observation from the proposed list (CLOUD, ASH, ERUPTION, SMELL or OTHER).
• FL: The altitude of the observed encounter, expressed in Feet (FT) and Flight Level (FL);
  The altitude is expressed in thousands of feet, by 4 numeric (e.g. 3500) when on QNH.
  The Flight Level is expressed in feet by 3 numeric (e.g. 250; 320) when on standard pressure altimeter setting.
• ENCOUNTER OBSERVED AT: Location of the observed encounter - select one of the following methods:
  • COORDINATES LAT and LONG:
    • Latitude is expressed in degrees as 2 numeric and minutes as 2 numeric and seconds as two numeric values between 1-59 (e.g. 4620)
    • Longitude is presented in degrees as 3 numeric and minutes as 2 numeric values between 1-59, by defining East or West from the pull-down menu (e.g. 07805). Provision of seconds is not obligatory.
  • POINT, BEARING and NM: the observed encounter can be located by the name of the closest POINT (2-5 numeric depending of the type of the point – NDB, VOR, five letter name code); the magnetic BEARING (3 numeric); and the distance in nautical miles (NM) from the point (e.g.  DUB 180 40 NM; BENAM 150 30NM; LN 090 55NM.). 4
  • NO ENCOUNTER.
•  SPOT WIND: The Spot wind is described by the direction (degrees) and speed (knots). Direction is given in three numeric (e.g. 090) and speed is given in three numeric (e.g. 085).
  • DIRECTION: the direction is given in three numeric (e.g. 090)
  • KTS: the speed is given in three numeric (e.g. 085).

Additional Information

The third and last section groups optional information.

It consists in a free text ADDITIONAL INFORMATION field, and a series of pull-down menus covering additional parameters:sd

• ASH CLOUD DENSITY
• ASH CLOUD COLOR
• ERUPTION
• TURBULENCE
• POSITION ACTIVITY
• OTHER OBSERVED FEATURES
• EFFECT ON AIRCRAFT
• OTHER EFFECTS

Save AIREP

Click on the Save button to close the Editor and return to the Crisis Details window:

Edit AIREP

Listed AIREP may be modified by their respective authors/owners - simply click in a given table row to open the corresponding AIREP Details editor.

Next click on the Edit button to unlock the AIREP and make the necessary changes and modifications.

From this point, you may either re-save the AIREP with the Save button and by so doing, update the Draft document - or click on the Publish button to have the AIREP published on the NOP.

Publish AIREP

In order to publish a given AIREP, the following conditions need to be met:

• You must be its the author/owner
• You first have to activate the Edit mode (see Edit AIREP above) to have the Publish button enabled:

Delete AIREP

You can only delete your own AIREP - as long as it is in Draft mode (that is, not yet published).

To do so, click on the red cross at the beginning of the concerned table row: