9 May 2022
A full formation of military aircraft will make a flypast over London to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen on 2 June 2022.
Mauve AIC 33/2022 has been issued detailing airspace restrictions in place for the flypast, which will coincide with the Royal Family’s balcony appearance.
The AIC says the flypast will start in the vicinity of The Wash, The North Sea and Southwold, Suffolk and Southend. It will then route from the hold via Swaffham and Thetford and Colchester towards London to overfly Buckingham Palace.
The dispersal will occur to the south and west of the London Control Zone over Kent, Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
A: Between 1045 hours and 1200 hours, no aircraft is to fly below FL 175.
B: Between 1115 hours and 1215 hours, no aircraft is to fly below 5500ft AMSL.
C: Between 1130 hours and 1215 hours, no aircraft is to fly below 7000ft AMSL
D: Between 1130 hours and 1215 hours on 2 June 2022, no aircraft is to fly below the base of controlled airspace (BOCA).
E: Between 1140 hours and 1215 hours, no aircraft is to fly below 2500ft AMSL
F: Between 1150 hours and 1230 hours, no aircraft is to fly below 2500ft AMSL
G: Between 1150 hours and 1230 hours, no aircraft is to fly below the base of controlled airspace (BOCA)
H: Between 1150 hours and 1230 hours, no aircraft is to fly below FL 105
I: Between 1150 hours and 1230 hours, no aircraft is to fly below FL 105
There is an active thread on the FLYER forum about the flypast and airspace restrictions here.
