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title: "SERA.14030 Use of designators for standard instrument departure and arrival routes — ANNEX: Rules of the Air, SERA · Avioverse"
description: "The plain language designator for standard instrument departure or arrival routes shall be used in voice communications."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/sera/annex-rules-of-the-air/section-14/sera-14030"
---

# SERA.14030 Use of designators for standard instrument departure and arrival routes

ANNEX: Rules of the Air · Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

IR Implementing rule

## SERA.14030 Use of designators for standard instrument departure and arrival routes

The plain language designator for standard instrument departure or arrival routes shall be used in voice communications.

IR · SERA.14030 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2016/1185 · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

GM Guidance material

## GM1 SERA.14030 Use of designators for standard instrument departure and arrival routes

For the purpose of identification of routes, the words ‘departure’, ‘arrival’, and ‘visual’ are considered to be an integral element of the plain language designator.

GM · GM1 SERA.14030 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · ED Decision 2016/023/R · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

[All rules in SECTION 14 Voice communication procedures](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/sera/annex-rules-of-the-air/section-14)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 26 Aug 2025, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.