Allocation of departure and arrival slots are compulsory for all flights at Stockholm - Arlanda according to the Regulation (EC) No 793/2004 : At coordinated airport, access for an air carrier or any other aircraft operator is only possible if a slot has been allocated.Slot requests shall be submitted at least 3 hours prior to the planned departure/arrival .
Departure and arrival of following aircrafts are exempt from the rule of allocation of slots :
- aircraft using the airport as an alternate for provable meteorological, technical or other safety reasons
- aircraft on an emergency mission
- helicopters not using the runway
NOTE!
BMA , GOT and MMX are excluded from the slot allocation rules for General aviation.