Canberra noise abatement: departure rules

This page continues the runway 35 departure guidance and gives the departures required outside ATC operating hours. Read the noise-abatement area and exceptions with these procedures.

Departures during ATC operating hours

Runway	Published procedure
17	Aircraft normally receive heading 180° until clear of the noise-abatement area.
30	Available only when operationally required by the pilot in command. By day, when the aircraft can be flown in visual meteorological conditions below 4,500 ft, the published minimum vectoring altitude, the normal assignment is runway heading until clear of the noise-abatement area.
12	Available only when operationally required by the pilot in command.

Departures outside ATC operating hours

The following runway 35 and 17 rules apply to all aircraft above 5,700 kg maximum takeoff weight:

Runway	Initial track	When to turn onto the flight-plan route
35	353° magnetic, the radar SID initial track	At or above 5,000 ft, turn left or right to intercept the route.
17	168° magnetic, the radar SID initial track	At or above 5,000 ft, turn left or right to intercept the route.

Outside ATC hours, runways 30 and 12 are available only when operationally required by the pilot in command. The outside-hours tracks differ from the headings normally assigned during ATC hours. Keep the applicable procedure and operating period together. This is chart SCBNA04-129, revised 17 November 2011, retained in the fixed publication cycle effective 3 September 2026. Source: © Airservices Australia, Departure and Approach Procedures, SCBNA04-129.

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