The meteorological services for civil aviation in Bosnia and Herzegovina are provided by the:

Operational Unit:

The service is provided in accordance with the provisions contained in the following ICAO documents:

• ICAO Annex 3 - Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation;
• Doc 7754 - Air Navigation Plan / European Region;
• Doc 8400 - PANS-ICAO Abbreviations and Codes;
• Doc 7030 - Regional Supplementary Procedures;
• Doc 8896 - Manual of Aeronautical Meteorological Practices;
• Doc 9328 - Manual of Runway Visual Range Observing and Reporting Practices.

Meteorological service is provided within Sarajevo FIR.

An operator requiring meteorological service or changes in existing meteorological service shall notify sufficiently in advance when:

1. new routes or new types of operations are planned;
2. changes of a lasting character are to be made in scheduled operations and;
3. other changes, affecting the provision of meteorological service, are planned.

The aerodrome meteorological office shall be notified about:

1. Scheduled flights:
   - within Europe: 24 hours prior to departure;
   - outside Europe:1 month prior to departure.
2. Non-scheduled flights:
   - within Europe: 1.5 hour prior to departure;
   - outside Europe: 24 hours prior to departure.
3. Delayed, advanced or cancelled flights as soon as operators are aware of.

The notification required for individual flights, needed by aerodrome meteorological office for the planning of appropriate arrangements, should contain the following:

1. aerodrome of departure and estimated time of departure;
2. destination and estimated time of arrival;
3. route to be flown and estimated times of arrival at, and departure from, any intermediate aerodrome(s);
4. alternate aerodromes needed to complete the operational flight plan and taken from the relevant list contained in the regional air navigation plan;
5. cruising level;
6. type of flight, whether under the visual or the instrumental flight rules;
7. type of meteorological information requested for a flight crew member, whether flight documentation and/or briefing or consultation; and
8. time(s) at which briefing, consultation and/or flight documentation are required.

In case of scheduled flights, when information from 5.3 was provided once, the requirement for some or all of listed information may be waived by agreement between the meteorological office and the operator.

Routine Aircraft reports are not required within Sarajevo FIR.

Special Aircraft reports are required within Sarajevo FIR whenever one or more of the following conditions is encountered or observed:

1. severe turbulence or;
2. severe icing or;
3. severe mountain waves or;
4. thunderstorms, with or without hail, that are obscured, embedded, widespread or in squall lines or;
5. heavy dust storm or heavy sandstorm or;
6. volcanic ash clouds or;
7. other meteorological conditions which, upon the opinion of the pilot, may affect the safety of air traffic.

For the safety of air traffic, the meteorological service maintains an area meteorological watch and warning service. The service of a continuous weather watch within the FIR and the issuance of appropriate information (SIGMET, AIRMET) are provided by Meteorological Watch Office.

The area meteorological watch service is provided by Meteorological Watch Office Banja Luka.

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