Skeyes, formerly called Belgocontrol or in its complete form the Authority of airways (, ), is the Belgian air

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and

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service provider for the civil airspace for which the Belgian State is responsible. It was created in . skeyes is a member of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation ( CANSO), and is integrated into the Functional Airspace Block Europe Central (FABEC).

Zones of activities

In Belgium, its zones of activities extend up to

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245 (), including the control of the airports of

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, Liege,

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and

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. In the

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, they apply between

s 145 or 165 up to

245. The sectors above

245 fall within the competence of the

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centre in

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, to which Belgium has delegated

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for its upper airspace.

Locations

Skeyes has seven sites, located in Belgium. Five of them include the control towers of the Belgian international airports, and two are radar stations: *

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: main operating office, including CANAC (Computer Assisted National Air traffic control Center) and control tower for

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; *

: control tower for

Brussels South Charleroi Airport Brussels South Charleroi Airport (BSCA), informally called Brussels-Charleroi Airport, Charleroi Brussels-South or Charleroi Airport , is an international airport located in Gosselies, part of the city of Charleroi, Belgium. The airport is no ...

; * Bierset: control tower for Liege Airport; * Deurne: control tower for

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; *

: control tower for

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; *

Bertem Bertem () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Bertem proper, Korbeek-Dijle and Leefdaal. On January 1, 2006, Bertem had a total population of 9,215. The total area is 29. ...

: radar station; * Saint-Hubert: radar station.

Legal status

Skeyes is an autonomous public company, governed by the law of 21 March 1991.''Law relating to the reform of certain economic public companies'', Belgian Official Gazette, 21 March 1991. This law, in its Title VI, defines its mission as follows: # to ensure the safety of air navigation in the airspace for which the Belgian State is responsible .. # to ensure to the Brussels airport the control of the movements of aircraft during approach, landing, take-off and taxi, and to continue to ensure the safety of the air traffic of public regional airports and aerodromes .. # to provide police, airport and aeronautical investigation services with information relative to aircraft, their flying, their movements and the observable effects of those; # to provide meteorological information for air navigation, as well as telecommunication services or other services .. From November 2018 onwards, Belgocontrol uses the

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Skeyes.

References

External links

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