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46 Cards in this Set
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A carrot over A2 indicates what? |
That the aircraft has entered another sector without a handoff being made |
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A carrot over A3 indicates what? |
That the aircraft will not auto-handoff |
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Field D in the data block indicates what? |
The aircraft's CID |
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Initiate verbal coordination prior to accepting control of a track when the data block displays: |
MISM, DATA, OLD, NONE |
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Wake turbulence separation for: H BEHIND H |
4 miles |
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Wake turbulence separation for: L/H BEHIND B757 |
4 miles |
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Wake turbulence separation for: S BEHIND B757 |
5 miles |
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Wake turbulence separation for: SMALL/LARGE BEHIND HEAVY |
5 miles |
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Wake turbulence separation for: SUPER BEHIND SUPER |
5 miles |
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What type of separation cannot be applied to A380'S and An225's? |
Visual Separation |
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What is the separation minima for an A380 and an An225, and the KIAS is below 250 kts? |
8 miles |
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Separation from adjacent radar controlled airspacebelow FL600? |
2.5 miles |
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Separation from adjacent non-radar controlled airspace below FL600? |
5 miles |
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Separation from adjacent radar controlled airspace above FL600? |
5 miles |
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Separation from adjacent non-radar controlled airspace above FL600? |
10 miles |
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Separate aircraft from obstructions by: |
5 miles |
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Lateral separation from SUA'S and ATCAA's below FL600? |
3 miles |
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Lateral separation from SUA's and ATCAA's above FL600? |
6 miles |
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Vertical separation from SUA'S and ATCAA'S at FL290 and below |
500 feet |
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Vertical separation from SUA'S and ATCAA'S above FL290? |
1,000 |
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Aircraft from a standard formation flight |
AddONE mile to appropriate radar minima |
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Twostandard formation flights from each-other |
AddTWO miles to the appropriate radar minima |
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Aircraftfrom nonstandard formation flight |
Applyappropriate minima to the perimeter of the airspace encompassing thenonstandard formation or from the outermost aircraft |
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Issue a traffic alert immediately when a known conflict withother aircraft exists. |
Offer alternate course of action, if FEASIBLE EndTransmission with the word “immediately” |
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Structural icing normally occurs between: |
+2 degrees and -20 degrees Celsius |
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Clear ice occurs between |
0 to -10 degrees Celsius |
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Rime ice occurs between |
-15 to -20 degrees Celsius |
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When do PIREP's need to be broadcast over the frequency? |
When they are URGENT PIREPS |
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What is the most prominent meteorological phenomena that causes significant low-level-wind-shear? |
Thunderstorms, and fronts are also a known factor |
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Where is Clear Air Turbulence most common? |
between 20,000 and 50,000 feet, and is sometimes found in the vicinity of mountain ranges |
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How does turbulence impact ATC? |
It limits the total usable airspace |
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Pilots should avoid strong or severe thunderstorms by at least _____ |
20 miles |
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If a pilot were so happen to fly through a line of thunderstorms, how far should they be separated? |
40 miles |
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A CWA may also highlight significant ________________'s not meeting Convective SIGMET criteria |
Thunderstorms |
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When a deviation cannot be approved as requested and the situation permits, you should do what? |
suggest an alternative course of action. |
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When should you consider an aircraft to be overdue, and issue and ALNOT when Neither communications nor radar contact can be established and 30 minutes have passed since: |
1.ETA over specified or compulsory reporting point in your area, or clearance limit in your area 2. Clearance void time |
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What conditions need to exist before an aircraft is eligible for automatic track acquisition? |
1. Must have a stored flight plan 2. Last two numbers of the beacon code must not be "00" ( must have a discrete beacon code ) |
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How is the type of track on a target determined? |
By the computer, or unless the controller specifies type |
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Unpaired LDB's |
1. displays beacon code and, if available mode c altitude for untracked aircraft. 2.Displays at same intensity as LDB 3. Always appears east of the target 4. Do not show code for VFR squawking 1200, the target symbol is V 5. Are the only data blocks that do not contain ACID |
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When can you not use information from data blocks in the application of either radar or non-radar separation? |
When the data block displays either CST or FRZN |
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What does ARINC stand for? |
Aeronautical Radio Incorporated |
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What does track control allow you to do? |
Make changes to the aircraft database information |
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Accuracy of the information displayed in the SIA is the responsibility of whom? |
The specialist being relieved |
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If after ____ minutes radio communications has not been established or re-established, consider the aircraft ____________ and notify your ___________. |
5 minutes, suspicious, supervisor |
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What does the NEXRAD display that its predecessor did not? |
Three precipitation levels |
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ATC assigned airspace - ATCAA |
airspace of defined vertical/lateral limits assigned by ATC for the purpose of providing air traffic segregation between the specified activities being conducted within the assigned airspace and other IFR air traffic |