Flight information region

A map showing the borders of the United States' flight information regions as well as that of Canada and other neighboring nations.

In aviation, a flight information region (FIR) is a specified region of airspace in which a flight information service and an alerting service (ALRS) are provided. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) delegates which country is responsible for the operational control of a given FIR. FIRs are the largest regular division of airspace in use in the world today. FIRs have existed since 1947 at least.^[1][2]

Smaller countries' airspace is encompassed by a single FIR; larger countries' airspace is subdivided into a number of regional FIRs.^[3][4]

Some FIRs encompass the territorial airspace of several countries.^[5] Oceanic airspace is divided into oceanic information regions and delegated to a controlling authority bordering that region. The division among authorities is done by international agreement through the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

There is no standard size for FIRs – it is a matter for the administrative convenience of the country concerned. In some cases there is a vertical division of the FIR, in which case the lower portion remains named as such, whereas the airspace above is termed an upper information region (UIR).

A flight information service and an alerting service are the basic levels of air traffic service, providing information pertinent to the safe and efficient conduct of flights and alerting the different relevant authorities should an aircraft be in distress. These are available to all aircraft through an FIR. Higher levels of air traffic advisory and control services may be available within certain portions of airspace within an FIR, according to the ICAO class of that portion of airspace (with regard to national regulations), and the existence of a suitably equipped authority to provide the services.

List of flight information regions[edit]

ICAO code	Type	FIR or ACC name	Country or territory
AGGG	FIR	Honiara ACC	Solomon Islands
ANAU	FIR	Nauru ACC	Nauru
AYPM	FIR	Port Moresby ACC	Papua New Guinea
BGGL	FIR	Nuuk ACC	Greenland
BIRD	FIR	Reykjavík ACC	Iceland
CZEG	FIR	Edmonton ACC	Canada
CZQM	FIR	Moncton Southern ACC	Canada
CZQX	FIR	Gander Domestic ACC	Canada
CZUL	FIR	Montreal ACC	Canada
CZVR	FIR	Vancouver ACC	Canada
CZWG	FIR	Winnipeg ACC	Canada
CZYZ	FIR	Toronto ACC	Canada
DAAA	FIR	Alger ACC	Algeria
DGAC	FIR	Accra ACC	Ghana
DIII	FIR	Abidjan ACC	Ivory Coast
DNKK	FIR	Kano ACC	Nigeria
DRRR	FIR	Niamey ACC	Niger
DTTC	FIR	Tunis ACC	Tunisia
EZZZ	FIR	Eurocontrol	Belgium
EBBU	FIR	Brussels ACC	Belgium
EDGG	FIR	Langen ACC	Germany
EDMM	FIR	Munich ACC	Germany
EDUU	UIR	Rhein ACC	Germany
EDVV	UIR	Hannover ACC	Germany
EDWW	FIR	Bremen ACC	Germany
EDYY	UIR	Maastricht ACC	Belgium/ Germany/ Netherlands
EETT	FIR	Tallinn ACC	Estonia
EFIN	FIR	Helsinki ACC	Finland
EGGX	FIR	Shanwick Oceanic OCA	United Kingdom
EGPX	FIR	Scottish ACC	United Kingdom
EGQQ	FIR	Scottish ACC (Mil)	United Kingdom
EGTT	FIR	London ACC	United Kingdom
EHAA	FIR	Amsterdam ACC	Netherlands
EISN	FIR	Shannon ACC	Ireland
EKDK	FIR	Copenhagen ACC	Denmark
ENOB	FIR	Bodo Oceanic OCA	Norway
ENOR	FIR	Polaris ACC	Norway
EPWW	FIR	Warszawa ACC	Poland
ESAA	FIR	Suecia ACC	Sweden
ESMM	FIR	Malmo ACC	Sweden
ESOS	FIR	Stockholm ACC	Sweden
EVRR	FIR	Riga ACC	Latvia
EYVL	FIR	Vilnius ACC	Lithuania
FABL	FIR	Bloemfontein ACC	South Africa
FACA	FIR	Cape Town ACC	South Africa
FACT	FIR	Cape Town ACC	South Africa
FADN	FIR	Durban ACC	South Africa
FAJO	FIR	Johannesburg Oceanic ACC	South Africa
FAJX	FIR	Johannesburg ACC	South Africa
FAPX	FIR	Port Elizabeth ACC	South Africa
FBGR	FIR	Gaborone ACC	Botswana
FCCC	FIR	Brazzaville ACC	Congo, Republic of the
FIMM	FIR	Mauritius ACC	Mauritius
FKKK	FIR	Douala ACC	Cameroon
FLFI	FIR	Lusaka ACC	Zambia
FMCX	FIR	Comoros ACC	Comoros
FMMM	FIR	Antananarivo ACC	Madagascar
FNAN	FIR	Luanda ACC	Angola
FOOO	FIR	Libreville ACC	Gabon
FQBE	FIR	Beira ACC	Mozambique
FSSS	FIR	Seychelles ACC	Seychelles
FTTT	FIR	N'Djamena ACC	Chad
FVHF	FIR	Harare ACC	Zimbabwe
FWLL	FIR	Lilongwe ACC	Malawi
FYWF	FIR	Windhoek ACC	Namibia
FZZA	FIR	Kinshasa ACC	Congo, Democratic Republic of the
GCCC	FIR	Canarias ACC	Spain
GLRB	FIR	Roberts ACC	Liberia
GMMM	FIR	Casablanca ACC	Morocco
GOOO	FIR	Dakar Oceanic ACC	Senegal
GVSC	FIR	Sal Oceanic ACC	Cape Verde
HAAA	FIR	Addis Ababa ACC	Ethiopia
HBBA	FIR	Bujumbura ACC	Burundi
HCSM	FIR	Mogadishu ACC	Somalia
HECC	FIR	Cairo ACC	Egypt
HHAA	FIR	Asmara ACC	Egypt
HKNA	FIR	Nairobi ACC	Kenya
HLLL	FIR	Tripoli ACC	Libya
HRYR	FIR	Kigali ACC	Rwanda
HSSX	FIR	Khartoum ACC	Sudan
HTDC	FIR	Dar Es Salaam ACC	Tanzania
HUEC	FIR	Entebbe ACC	Uganda
KZAB	FIR	Albuquerque ARTCC	United States
KZAK	FIR	Oakland Oceanic ARTCC	United States
KZAU	FIR	Chicago ARTCC	United States
KZBW	FIR	Boston ARTCC	United States
KZDC	FIR	Washington ARTCC	United States
KZDV	FIR	Denver ARTCC	United States
KZFW	FIR	Ft Worth ARTCC	United States
KZHU	FIR	Houston ARTCC	United States
KZID	FIR	Indianapolis ARTCC	United States
KZJX	FIR	Jacksonville ARTCC	United States
KZKC	FIR	Kansas City ARTCC	United States
KZLA	FIR	Los Angeles ARTCC	United States
KZLC	FIR	Salt Lake ARTCC	United States
KZMA	FIR	Miami ARTCC	United States
KZME	FIR	Memphis ARTCC	United States
KZMP	FIR	Minneapolis ARTCC	United States
KZNY	FIR	New York ARTCC	United States
KZOA	FIR	Oakland ARTCC	United States
KZOB	FIR	Cleveland ARTCC	United States
KZSE	FIR	Seattle ARTCC	United States
KZTL	FIR	Atlanta ARTCC	United States
KZWY	FIR	New York Oceanic ARTCC	United States
LAAA	FIR	Tirana ACC	Albania
LBSR	FIR	Sofia ACC	Bulgaria
LBWR	FIR	Varna ACC	Bulgaria
LCCC	FIR	Nicosia ACC	Cyprus
LDZO	FIR	Zagreb ACC	Croatia
LECB	FIR	Barcelona ACC	Spain
LECM	FIR	Madrid ACC	Spain
LECS	FIR	Sevilla ACC	Spain
LFBB	FIR	Bordeaux ACC	France
LFEE	FIR	Reims ACC	France
LFFF	FIR	Paris ACC	France
LFMM	FIR	Marseille ACC	France
LFRR	FIR	Brest ACC	France
LGGG	FIR	Athens ACC	Greece
LHCC	FIR	Budapest ACC	Hungary
LIBB	FIR	Brindisi ACC	Italy
LIMM	FIR	Milano ACC	Italy
LIRR	FIR	Roma ACC	Italy
LJLA	FIR	Ljubljana ACC	Slovenia
LKAA	FIR	Praha ACC	Czech Republic
LLLL	FIR	Tel-Aviv ACC	Israel
LMMM	FIR	Malta ACC	Malta
LOVV	FIR	Wien ACC	Austria
LPPC	FIR	Lisboa ACC	Portugal
LPPO	FIR	Santa Maria Oceanic ACC	Portugal
LQSB	FIR	Sarajevo ACC	Bosnia and Herzegovina
LRBB	FIR	Bucuresti ACC	Romania
LSAG	FIR	Geneve ACC	Switzerland
LSAS	FIR	Switzerland ACC	Switzerland
LSAZ	FIR	Zurich ACC	Switzerland
LTAA	FIR	Ankara ACC	Turkey
LTBB	FIR	Istanbul ACC	Turkey
LUUU	FIR	Chisinau ACC	Moldova
LWSS	FIR	Skopje ACC	North Macedonia
LYBA	FIR	Beograd ACC	Serbia
LZBB	FIR	Bratislava ACC	Slovakia
MDCS	FIR	Santo Domingo ACC	Dominican Republic
MHTG	FIR	Central American ACC	Honduras
MKJK	FIR	Kingston ACC	Jamaica
MMFO	FIR	Mazatlan Oceanic ACC	Mexico
MMFR	FIR	Mexico ACC	Mexico
MPZL	FIR	Panama ACC	Panama
MTEG	FIR	Port-Au-Prince ACC	Haiti
MUFH	FIR	Habana ACC	Cuba
MYNA	FIR	Nassau ACC	Bahamas
NFFF	FIR	Nadi ACC	Fiji
NTTT	FIR	Tahiti ACC	French Polynesia
NWWX	FIR	Noumea ACC	New Caledonia
NZZC	FIR	New Zealand ACC	New Zealand
NZZO	FIR	Auckland Oceanic ACC	New Zealand
OAKX	FIR	Kabul ACC	Afghanistan
OBBB	FIR	Bahrain ACC	Bahrain
OEJD	FIR	Jeddah ACC	Saudi Arabia
OIIX	FIR	Tehran ACC	Iran
OJAC	FIR	Amman ACC	Jordan
OKAC	FIR	Kuwait ACC	Kuwait
OLBB	FIR	Beirut ACC	Lebanon
OMAE	FIR	Emirates ACC	United Arab Emirates
OOMM	FIR	Muscat ACC	Oman
OPKR	FIR	Karachi ACC	Pakistan
OPLR	FIR	Lahore ACC	Pakistan
ORBB	FIR	Baghdad ACC	Iraq
ORMM	FIR	ORMM FIR	Iraq
OSTT	FIR	Damascus ACC	Syria
OYSC	FIR	Sanaa ACC	Yemen
PAZA	FIR	Anchorage ACC	United States
PAZN	FIR	Anchorage Oceanic ACC	United States
PHZH	FIR	Honolulu ACC	United States
RCAA	FIR	Taipei ACC	Taiwan
RJJJ	FIR	Fukuoka ACC	Japan
RKRR	FIR	Incheon ACC	South Korea
RPHI	FIR	Manila ACC	Philippines
SACF	FIR	Cordoba ACC	Argentina
SACU	FIR	Cordoba UIR	Argentina
SAEF	FIR	Ezeiza ACC	Argentina
SAEU	FIR	Ezeiza UIR	Argentina
SAMF	FIR	Mendoza ACC	Argentina
SAMV	FIR	Mendoza UIR	Argentina
SARR	FIR	Resistencia ACC	Argentina
SAVF	FIR	Comodoro Rivadavia ACC	Argentina
SAVU	FIR	Comodoro Rivadavia UIR	Argentina
SBAO	FIR	Atlantico ACC	Brazil
SBAZ	FIR	Amazonica ACC	Brazil
SBBS	FIR	Brasilia ACC	Brazil
SBCW	FIR	Curitiba ACC	Brazil
SBRE	FIR	Recife ACC	Brazil
SCCZ	FIR	Punta Arenas ACC	Chile
SCEZ	FIR	Santiago ACC	Chile
SCFZ	FIR	Antofagasta ACC	Chile
SCIZ	FIR	Easter I. ACC	Chile
SCTZ	FIR	Puerto Montt ACC	Chile
SEFG	FIR	Guayaquil ACC	Ecuador
SGFA	FIR	Asuncion ACC	Paraguay
SKEC	FIR	Barranquilla ACC	Colombia
SKED	FIR	Bogota ACC	Colombia
SLLF	FIR	La Paz ACC	Bolivia
SMPM	FIR	Paramaribo ACC	Suriname
SOOO	FIR	Rochambeau ACC	French Guiana
SPIM	FIR	Lima ACC	Peru
SUEO	FIR	Montevideo ACC	Uruguay
SVZM	FIR	Maiquetia ACC	Venezuela
SYGC	FIR	Georgetown ACC	Guyana
TJZS	FIR	San Juan ACC	United States
TNCF	FIR	Curacao ACC	Netherlands Antilles
TTZP	FIR	Piarco ACC	Trinidad and Tobago
UAAX	FIR	Almaty ACC	Kazakhstan
UACX	FIR	Astana ACC	Kazakhstan
UAFX	FIR	Bishkek ACC	Kyrgyzstan
UASS	FIR	Semipalatinsk ACC	Kazakhstan
UDDD	FIR	Yerevan ACC	Armenia
UEMH	FIR	Tyoply Klyuch ACC	Russia
UENN	FIR	Nyurba ACC	Russia
UESS	FIR	Chersky ACC	Russia
UESU	FIR	Zyryanka ACC	Russia
UEVV	FIR	Gigansk ACC	Russia
UGEE	FIR	Yerevan/Zvartnots ACC	Russia
UGGG	FIR	Tbilisi ACC	Georgia
UHBI	FIR	Magdagachi ACC	Russia
UHBI	FIR	Magdagachi ACC	Russia
UHHH	FIR	Khabarovsk/Novy	Russia
UHMI	FIR	Mys Shmidta ACC	Russia
UHMM	FIR	Magadan Oceanic	Russia
UHMP	FIR	Pevek ACC	Russia
UHNN	FIR	Nikolayevsk-na-Amure ACC	Russia
UHPT	FIR	Tilichiki ACC	Russia
UHPU	FIR	Ust-Khairyozovo ACC	Russia
UHSH	FIR	Okha ACC	Russia
UIKB	FIR	Bodaybo ACC	Russia
UIKK	FIR	Kirensk ACC	Russia
UKBV	FIR	Kyiv ACC	Ukraine
UKCV	FIR	Donetsk ACC	Ukraine
UKDV	FIR	Dnepropetrovsk ACC	Ukraine
UKFV	FIR	Simferopol ACC	Ukraine
UKHV	FIR	Kharkiv ACC	Ukraine
UKLV	FIR	Lviv ACC	Ukraine
UKOV	FIR	Odesa ACC	Ukraine
ULLL	FIR	Sankt Peterburg ACC	Russia
ULOL	FIR	Velikiye Luki ACC	Russia
UMKD	FIR	Kazan ACC	Russia
UMMV	FIR	Minsk ACC	Belarus
UNLL	FIR	Kolpashevo ACC	Russia
UOTT	FIR	Turukhansk ACC	Russia
URRV	FIR	Rostov-Na-Donu ACC	Russia
USDK	FIR	Mys Kamenny ACC	Russia
USHB	FIR	Beryozovo ACC	Russia
USHH	FIR	Khanty-Mansiysk ACC	Russia
UTAK	FIR	Turkmenbashi ACC	Turkmenistan
UTNR	FIR	Nukus ACC	Uzbekistan
UTSD	FIR	Samarkand ACC	Uzbekistan
UTTR	FIR	Tashkent ACC	Uzbekistan
UUWV	FIR	Moscow ACC	Russia
UUYW	FIR	Vorkuta ACC	Russia
UUYY	FIR	Syktyvkar ACC	Russia
UWOO	FIR	Orenburg/Tsentralny ACC	Russia
VABF	FIR	Mumbai ACC	India
VCCC	FIR	Colombo ACC	Sri Lanka
VECF	FIR	Kolkata ACC	India
VGFR	FIR	Dhaka ACC	Bangladesh
VHHK	FIR	Hong Kong ACC	Hong Kong
VIDF	FIR	Delhi ACC	India
VLIV	FIR	Vientiane ACC	Laos
VLVT	FIR	Vientiane ACC	Laos
VNSM	FIR	Kathmandu ACC	Nepal
VOMF	FIR	Chennai ACC	India
VRMF	FIR	Male ACC	Maldives
VTBB	FIR	Bangkok ACC	Thailand
VVTS	FIR	Ho-Chi-Minh ACC	Vietnam
VVVV	FIR	Hanoi ACC	Vietnam
VYMD	FIR		Myanmar
VYYF	FIR	Yangon ACC	Myanmar
WAAF	FIR	Ujung Pandang	Indonesia
WAAZ	FIR	Ujung Pandang ACC	Indonesia
WABZ	FIR	Biak Sector	Indonesia
WADZ	FIR	Bali Sector	Indonesia
WAJZ	FIR		Indonesia
WAKZ	FIR	Merauke Sector	Indonesia
WALZ	FIR	Balikpapan Sector	Indonesia
WAMZ	FIR	Manado Sector	Indonesia
WAOZ	FIR	Banjarmasin Sector	Indonesia
WAPZ	FIR	Ambon Sector	Indonesia
WATZ	FIR	Kupang Sector	Indonesia
WBFC	FIR	Kota Kinabalu ACC	Brunei /  Malaysia
WIIF	FIR	Jakarta	Indonesia
WIIZ	FIR	Jakarta ACC	Indonesia
WIMZ	FIR	Medan Sector	Indonesia
WIOZ	FIR	Pontianak Sector	Indonesia
WIPZ	FIR	Palembang Sector	Indonesia
WMFC	FIR	Kuala Lumpur ACC	Malaysia
WSJC	FIR	Singapore ACC	Singapore
YBBB	FIR	Brisbane ACC	Australia
YMMM	FIR	Melbourne ACC	Australia
ZBPE	FIR	Beijing ACC	China
ZGJD	FIR	Zhuhai ACC	China
ZGZU	FIR	Guangzhou ACC	China
ZHWH	FIR	Wuhan ACC	China
ZJSA	FIR	Sanya ACC	China
ZKKP	FIR	Pyongyang ACC	North Korea
ZLHW	FIR	Lanzhou ACC	China
ZMUB	FIR	Ulan Bator ACC	Mongolia
ZPKM	FIR	Kunming ACC	China
ZSHA	FIR	Shanghai ACC	China
ZWUQ	FIR	Urumqi ACC	China
ZYSH	FIR	Shenyang ACC	China

See also[edit]

• Area control center
• Air corridor
• Air defense identification zone
• Airspace
• Air traffic control
• Airway (aviation)
• Control area
• Control zone
• List of area control centers
• Terminal control area

References[edit]

Citations

External links[edit]

• ICAO FIR WORLD old viewer with flash Map viewer
• ICAO FIR WORLD more viewer Map viewers
• ICAO FIR WORLD LIST list and Map viewers
• FIR WORLD ArcGIS on line viewer
• ICAO FIR WORLD new viewer Best Map viewer
• FIR WORLD new viewer Best Map viewer with drop down