AIC - SUOMI / FINLAND
Aeronautical Information Service
www.ais.fi
AIC NR
 
A 009/2024
 
Publication date
28 NOV 2024
Fintraffic ANS, PL 157, FI-01531 VANTAA, ais@fintraffic.fi

PUBLICATION OF ACR-PCR VALUES WILL BE POSTPONED

In 2020, ICAO adopted with Amendment 15 to Annex 14, Volume I Aerodromes - Aerodrome Design and Operations, a new method for expressing and calculating the bearing strength of a pavement, called the Aircraft Classification Rating (ACR) - Pavement Classification Rating (PCR). A transition period of 4 years has been set by ICAO and the new method will become applicable on 28 Nov 2024, replacing the current Aircraft Classification Number (ACN) - Pavement Classification Number (PCN) method. The applicability of the ACR-PCR method in the EASA Member States has been deferred to a later date to allow a synchronised application for aerodromes and Aeronautical Information Service Providers (AISP).
 
Just like the current ACN-PCN, the new ACR-PCR method is meant only for the publication of pavement strength data in the AIP.
 
For now, Finland does not publish any ACR-PCR values in AIS publications.