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Communication

The name of the air traffic service unit begins with a geographical name

followed by one of the following designations:

- Radio Provides flight information service to a limited extent

(e.g. wind, runway in use, runway condition)

Radio is not an air traffic service unit.
E.g. Herning Radio.

- AFIS Aerodrome Flight Information Service provides flight

information service for aerodrome traffic at uncontrolled

sites where the type of traffic or intensity requires a more

comprehensive flight information service than the radio

site provides.

AFIS uses suffix INFORMATION

E.g. Stauning Information

- Information Flight Information Center, from which flight information
service is provided in a larger area.

E.g. Copenhagen Information.

- Apron Provides flight information service on the apron or parking

area at larger airports. The service may issue certain

instructions, if this is locally determined.

E.g. Kastrup Apron.

Just as the air traffic controller may abbreviate your call sign, you may

abbreviate call signs on the above-mentioned service units. You may simply say

either the place name or the service unit. E.g. Herning Radio may become

Herning or Radio.

Remember that the initial call must be with the full call sign! You may only

abbreviate the station's call sign when a secure connection has been

established, and no misunderstandings can arise.

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