GPS File and Dimensioning Requirements

Verified from official sources
Operations subject to authorisation in the ‘specific’ category | Traficom — Required DocumentationVersion 2Effective -Verified 28 August 2026

In plain language

You must provide a KML file showing your flight geography and contingency volume. These volumes must be calculated using the formulas from the German LBA guidance.

Requirement as structured

Traficom asks applicants to supply a GPS file of the intended flight location (e.g. *.kml) indicating flight geography and contingency volume, and recommends using the formulas in the LBA's Guidance Material for Dimensioning of Flight Geography, Contingency Volume and Ground Risk Buffer.

Original regulatory text

GPS file of the intended flight location (e.g.*kml) indicating flight geography and contingency volume.

Applies when

country
Finland
operation
cross-border
regulatory category
Specific