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The Federal Aviation Safety Supervisory Authority has announced the modification of the air traffic control facility Tango Emergency Transmitter-Receiver Station and the area surrounding it in which interference caused by structures is expected. The announcement pursuant to Section 18a Paragraph 1b Sentence 1 of the Aviation Act is dated September 1, 2026, and was published on Friday, October 2, 2026, in the Federal Gazette under the official reference BAnz AT 02.10.2026 B3. The official PDF version is provided with a qualified electronic seal.

Official Basis and Issuing Authority

The issuer is the Federal Aviation Safety Supervisory Authority based in Langen, which signed the announcement “on behalf of”; Wiese is noted as the signatory. The legal basis is Section 18a Paragraph 1b Sentence 1 of the Aviation Act, which regulates the determination and publication of facility protection areas for air traffic control facilities.

The announcement presents the data regarding the air traffic control facility, location information, exception areas, and the parameterization of the facility protection area. The facility protection area designates the area around an air traffic control facility in which interference caused by structures is expected.

Facility, Operator, and Status

Air traffic control facility: Tango Emergency Transmitter-Receiver Station
Component: TGO-ARNSE
Facility type: VHF communication transmitter-receiver station
CNS operator: DFS
Type of use: civil
Status: in operation

Location and Technical Parameters

The location of the facility is specified in the announcement with the following values:

Geographic longitude (WGS84): 09° 15’ 33.1000" E
Geographic latitude (WGS84): 48° 37’ 6.2000" N
Antenna base height above ground: 21.40 m
Antenna height above ground: 21.40 m
Base height above NHN: 369.67 m

Parameterization of the Protection Area

For the non-directional facility protection area, the announcement lists the following standard parameterization:

r: 300.00 m
R: 2000.00 m
Alpha: 1.00°
j: not applicable
h: not applicable

The publication is supplemented by a schematic representation of a non-directional facility protection area according to ICAO EUR DOC 015, as well as a map representation of the location of the air traffic control facility and the facility protection area at a scale of 1:19,409. GeoBasis-DE/BKG 2026 is cited as the source of the geobase data.

Significance for Developers and Municipalities

With the announcement, the location and parameterization of the protection area are officially established. Developers and municipalities in the vicinity of the facility must have it verified whether interference with the VHF transmitter-receiver station is to be expected for new structures. The publication thus creates a reliable basis for urban land-use planning and permit procedures in the environment of the air traffic control facility.

Source: Federal Gazette, BAnz AT 02.10.2026 B3, Announcement, pp. 1–3 (official reference: BAnz AT 02.10.2026 B3).