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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many hours were booked for low flying broken down by (a) day flights, (b) night flights and (c) by NATO air force within low flying areas 16 and 20T since 1995. [70325] Dr. Moonie: The number of hours of military low flying training booked in the United Kingdom Low Flying System (UKLFS) is published annually. Figures quoted are in respect of hours booked by day and by night, with the night Low Flying Areas (LFA) mapped to the day system in order to produce the final total. Tactical Training Area (TTA 20T), when activated for Operational Low Flying (OLF), partly overlays LFA 16, approximately two-thirds of LFA 13 and a small area within LFA 12. The raw data prior to training year 2000-01 are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Night data mapped to the day system does not distinguish between United Kingdom and foreign forces and therefore cannot be shown. Foreign military aircrew do not undertake OLF. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year--calendar/training Hours low flying booked in LFA Hours OLF flown in LFA 20T Hours low flying booked by 16 foreign aircrew in LFA 16 and surrounding overseas areas 1995 4,715 555 hours -- 1996 4,440 310 hours 31 minutes -- 1997 4,023 199 hours 45 minutes -- 1998 3,680 221 hours 2 minutes -- 1999-2000 3,408 280 hours 59 minutes -- 2000-01 3,735 205 hours 59 minutes 100 hours 43 minutes 2001-02 4,080 297 hours 33 minutes 32 hours 12 minutes _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

70325; 389 c284W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Night flying Military aircraft Low flying NATO

Contains statistics

Yes

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