Our Flight Information Services (FIS) provide you with the following information and advice for your safe and expedient flight.
Flight Information Services
To best assist you, let us know if you plan to change your route due to bad weather, navigational concerns or uncertainties concerning airspace.
FIS is not a substitute for a comprehensive briefing nor the pilot’s responsibility for route planning in accordance with the airspace and Daily Airspace Bulletin Switzerland (DABS) activities.
Information and services we provide
Weather information (METAR, GAFOR, SIGMET, AIRMET, wind information and messages from other pilots)
Traffic information
Information on status of navigational aids and airfields
Information on activity in dangerous and restricted areas (D and R areas)
Information on activity at HX airfields like Emmen, Dübendorf and Payerne
On-demand activation and closing of flight plans
Assistance in case of navigation problems
Coordination of flights through airspace C on request
Radio and transponder testing
Flight Information Centres
FIS is provided by our Flight Information Centres (FIC) located in the area control centres of Geneva and Zurich.
We use the following two frequencies:
Geneva: 126.350 (French, English)
Zurich: 124.7 (German, English)
Contact
Contact the Flight Information Services
fis@skyguide.ch