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What does flight data do
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Operates landlines
processes and forwards flight plan info compile statistical data assists to meet situation objectives observes/reports weather info |
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What does ground control do
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Visual surveillance of movement area
issue ground movement clearances transmit current weather data and field conditions to departing AC coordinate with other positions of operation and other facilities |
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What does local control do
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Maintain visual surveillance of airport traffic patterns and movement area
Issue clearance/control instructions to provide separation between AC/vehicles |
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In the event of a ATIS broadcast interruption of more than 12 hours, what will the next broadcast be identified with?
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Alpha
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When do you make a new ATIS recording
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Upon receipt of new official weather
When runway breaking action, worse that the current, reports are received Change in other pertinent data (runway change, instrument approach, NOTAMs, PIREPS |
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When do you direct a general warning signal (alternating red and green)
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AC converging and collision hazard exists
Mechanical trouble that pilot is not aware of Other hazards that call for pilot alertness |
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How often do you check light guns
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at least once per day
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What can you use the DBITE for
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Digital Brite Radar Indicator Tower Equipment
Determine AC ID, Location, Spatial relationship to other AC Provide AC with radar traffic advisories Provide direction/suggested headings to VFR Provide info/instructions to AC operating within surface area of tower responsibility |
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When do you use the ASDE
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Airport Surveillance Detection Equipment
Between sunrise and sunset When visibility is less than the most distant point in the active movement area When it will assist you in your performance |
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CABLE-CABLE-CABLE means
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rase a barrier or cable on the departure end of the runway. Or approach end if requested
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When should the word HEAVY be used
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In all communications with/about heavy AC
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What does immediately mean
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expeditious compliance is required to avoid an imminent situation
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What does expedite mean
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prompt compliance is required to avoid the development of an imminent situation
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Altitude pronunciation
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Each digit followed by hundred or thousand
10,000 = one zero thousand |
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Flight level pronunciation
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the words flight level followed by the separate digits
180 = flight level one eight zero |
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Time pronunciation
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four separate digits
2230 = two two three zero 1430 PST = one four three zero pacific or local 2:30 p.m. = two thirty P M |
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Time check pronunciation
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the word time followed by the four separate digits and the nearest quarter minute
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Field elevation pronunciation
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the words field elevation followed by separate digits of the elevation
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Heading 5 degrees is pronounced
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heading zero zero five
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Frequency 122.33 is pronounced
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one two two point three three
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Interphone transmission priorities are
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1st: emergency messages (accidents suspected accidents)
2nd: clearance and control instructions 3rd: movement/control messages 4th: movement messages on VFR |
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How do you interrupt a transmission with a priority message
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Use the words emergency or control
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How do you terminate a transmission
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with your operating initials
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How do you delete altitude information and mistakes
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Altitude information: --
Mistakes: X |
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Define a movement area
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areas where AC taxi, takeoff and land or hover, exclusive of loading ramps and parking areas
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Describe taxiway markings
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centerline = single continuous yellow line
Edge line = 2 continuous yellow lines 6 in apart VFR hold line = 2 solid and 2 dashed lines across the width of the taxiway |
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How is breaking action described
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in terms of good, fair, poor, or nil
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Describe runway markings
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Centerline: broken white line
Edge markings: single solid line on the edge |
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What is an overrun
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a stabilized or paved area beyond the end of the runway able to support takeoff, use in decelerating and aborted takeoff
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What is the threshold
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the beginning of the portion of the runway useable for landing
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Define non movement area
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Areas not under the control of air traffic
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ATC Duty Priority
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Separating aircraft
Issuing Safety Alerts |
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ATC Operational Priority
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(How you accomplish your duty priority)
Provide ATC service to AC on a 1st come 1st serve basis |
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If pilot says have numbers, what may be omitted
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runway, wind and altimeter
you must include NOTAMs and airfield advisories |
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If pilot states the appropriate ATIS Code what may be omitted
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ATIS may be omitted
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What is ASDE used for
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Airport Surveillance Detection Equipment - used to see in areas where you can not see or at times (fog) that you can not see there
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What format do you use for initial radio communication
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a. Identification of aircraft
b. Identification of ATC Unit c. Message (if any) d. The word "over" if required |
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When do you always use the full identification of aircraft
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when there are aircraft in the area that have similar sounding identifications
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When a pilot requests, or you deem it necessary, what word do you use to inform an aircraft of an observed abnormal condition
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Use the word appears
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What is wrong with the following statement:
Taxi into position and hold behind landing traffic. |
This statement has conditional instructions that are dependent upon the movement of an arrival aircraft, or a approaching/departing aircraft
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Do not use the word "cleared" in conjunction with what?
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Do not use cleared in conjunction with authorization for aircraft to taxi or for equipment/vehicle/personnel operations.
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What prefix do you use for aircraft instructions
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Use taxi, proceed, or hold for aircraft
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What prefix do you use for equipment, vehicles or personnel
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Use proceed or hold for equipment, vehicles or personnel
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Intersection departures may be authorized or initiated by who
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Controller, controller if the pilot requests
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Who gets the measured distance from the intersection to the runway end and how is it measured
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Any pilot who requests and all military aircraft
When measured, rounded down to the nearest 50 feet |
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How do you authorize an aircraft to cross all runways/taxiways which the taxi route intersects
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Taxi to
This is a taxi without holding |
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What must the pilot do after receiving the taxi instructions
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read back runway hold short instructions
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When do you avoid frequency changes
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when a helicopter known to be single piloted during air taxiing, hovering or low level flight.
Or an aircraft in emergency |
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How do you tell a pilot to stay on the same frequency
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REMAIN THIS FREQUENCY
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Define the components of a rectangular pattern
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Upwind: parallel to runway, direction of landing
Crosswind: right angles to runway, off its upwind end Downwind: parallel to runway, direction opposite to landing Base: right angles to runway, off approach end Final: direction of landing, along centerline |
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Where is a rectangular pattern established
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Normally at 1000 ft above field elevation. (1500 ft if lower altitude causes noise problems) Determined to the nearest 100 ft level above field elevation.
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Define the components of an overhead pattern
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Initial: 3-5 miles on the extended runway centerline on approach end
Break: point where the 1st of two 180 degree turns is started Final/Roll Out: not less that 1/4 mile from landing threshold, not less than 300 ft AGL |
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Where is an overhead pattern established
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at least 500 ft above the rectangular pattern
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Define a straight in pattern
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Aircraft enters the traffic pattern by interception of the extended runway centerline without executing any other portion of the traffic pattern
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True or False
Vehicles may be on the runway during takeoff or landing as long as they are in contact with the tower |
False
They may be authorized to operate up to the edge of an active runway if in direct contact with the control tower |
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What should you do if you observe/are informed of any condition that affects the safe use of a landing area
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ATC Shall relay condition information to the airport manager
ATC Shall copy verbatim any info received and record the name of the submitting person |
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Legally, who can close a runway
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Airport management/military operations office
Tower controllers can suspend runway operations |
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What is a closed traffic pattern
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When a pilot re-enters the rectangular pattern from a low approach, touch and go, missed approach
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What if a pilot requests to land on a closed or unsafe runway
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Inform them that it is closed/unsafe
If they persist, quote the NOTAM applying to the runway inform him that a clearance cannot be issued If they insist, inform them that the operation will be at his own risk |
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What kind of timely information should you relay
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Construction work on movement area
Rough portions of movement area Parked aircraft on movement area Breaking conditions Snowdrifts or piles of snow along edge Irregular operation of any part of airport lighting system |
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When the runway use program is in effect, which runway do you use
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the runway most nearly aligned with the wind when 5 knots or greater
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When the wind is less than 5 knots, which runway do you use
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the calm wind runway
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Who selects the runway in use
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The tower supervisor, unless this is delegated to another authority
TS must coordinate with terminal radar facilities before changing the runway |
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What do you remind aircraft on each approach
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to check wheels down
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When do you issue surface wind
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when clearing an aircraft to land, touch and go, stop and go, low approach or the option
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When do you restate the landing runway
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whenever more than one runway is active or an ILS approach is being conducted to a closed runway
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When do you give runway exiting instructions
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After landing, not on short final or when the nose is still in the air
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When will taxi instructions be provided by the local controller
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When compliance with ATC instructions will be required before the AC can change to ground control
The AC will be required to enter a taxiway/runway/ramp area, other than the one used to exit the landing runway, in order to taxi clear of the runway |
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Who is responsible for ascertaining when the aircraft is clear of the runway
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Pilot
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PHRASEOLOGY
Tell someone to land on runway 21 right Wind reading - 210/07 |
WIND TWO ONE SERO AT SEVEN,
RUNWAY TWO ONE RIGHT, CLEARED TO LAND |
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PHRASEOLOGY
Tell someone to takeoff on runway 21 right Wind reading - 210/07 |
WIND TWO ONE SERO AT SEVEN,
RUNWAY TWO ONE RIGHT, CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF |
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What is the six-mile rule
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When AC is cleared for takeoff or authorized to taxi into takeoff position, inform them of the closest traffic within six miles on final approach to the same runway
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When should you NOT cancel a takeoff clearance
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Once an AC has started takeoff roll, except for the purpose of safety
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Why would you tell an AC to TIPH
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Tell an AC to taxi into position and hold, if takeoff clearance cannot be issued because of traffic
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PHRASEOLOGY
Tell an AC to TIPH for runway 21 right |
RUNWAY TWO ONE RIGHT, POSITION AND HOLD
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PHRASEOLOGY
Tell an AC to TIPH for runway 21 right from intersection G |
RUNWAY TWO ONE RIGHT, AT GOLF, POSITION AND HOLD
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When should you not authorize an AC to TIPH
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Between sunset and sunrise or at any time when the intersection is not visible from the tower
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When do you re-issue hold short instructions
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when a LC delivers, amends or gives additional instructions to an AC, they will include instructions to continue holding or hold short or hold in position
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Who changes to departure control frequency before takeoff
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Fighters and bombers, this is issued after all other info is issued
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Who contacts departure control about 1/2 mile beyond the runway
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Civil and other than fighter/bomber AC
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What is the Same runway Departure vs. Departure, standard separation rule
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The other AC has crossed the runway end or turned to avert any conflict
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Departure vs. Departure or Departure vs Arrival category separation
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CAT I after CAT I/II = 3000 FT
CAT II after CAT I/II = 4500 FT ANY CAT III = 6000 FT |
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Arrival vs Arrival
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CAT I after CAT I/II = 3000 FT
CAT II after CAT I/II = 4500 FT ANY CAT III = Off Runway |
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What is the sunrise and sunset rule for category separation Arrival/Arrival
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If you can determine distances by reference to suitable landmards and other AC has landed,
it need not be clear of the runway if minimum distances from landing threshold exists |
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WAKE TURBULENCE
What is the separation behind a heavy when departing the same runway, or a parallel runway separated by less than 2500 ft |
2 Minutes
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Can wake turbulence be waived
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Yes, unless it is behind a heavy
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WAKE TURBULENCE
Small behind a large |
Small AC from an intersection on the same runway behind a large AC by 3 minutes
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WAKE TURBULENCE
Any behind a heavy |
Any AC from an intersection on the same runway, or parallel runways less than 2500 ft, behind a heavy AC by 3 minutes
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WAKE TURBULENCE
Small behind a Small+ |
Small AC from an intersection on the same runway behind a Small+ AC by 3 minutes
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How will a pilot declare distress
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Mayday, said three times
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How will a pilot declare urgency
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Pan-Pan, said three times
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Who should you notify in case of an emergency
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ARTCC, RAPCON and Appropriate DF facility
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When should you consider that an AC emergency exists
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It is declared
Loss of radar/radio contact Reports of forced landing Reports of crew abandoning AC Emergency radar beacon Intercept/escort AC required Need for ground rescue Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) heard/reported |
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Who is responsible for reporting ELT signals to the appropriate authorities
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ARTCC
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What is the minimum required information required for inflight emergencies
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a. AC Identification
b. Nature of the emergency c. Pilot's desires |
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True or False
Minimum Fuel is an emergency |
False
it means the pilot cannot accept any undue delay, but unless the pilot declares an emergency, it is not an emergency and should not request the need for traffic priority |
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RADAR/TOWER COORDINATION SYSTEM
Flashing White |
AC Position: 15 miles from landing or final approach (straight in)
Action: RC states AC ID/type/range/type of approach and type landing |
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RADAR/TOWER COORDINATION SYSTEM
Steady White |
AC Position: 15 miles
Action: TC steadies light to acknowledge |
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RADAR/TOWER COORDINATION SYSTEM
Flashing Amber |
AC Position: 7 miles
Action: RC request Tower approval for AC to proceed from 7-3 miles |
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RADAR/TOWER COORDINATION SYSTEM
Steady Amber |
AC Position: 7 miles
Action: TC steadies light to acknowledge |
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RADAR/TOWER COORDINATION SYSTEM
Flashing Green |
AC Position: 4 miles
Action: RC verbally states type of landing and range if other than 4 miles |
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RADAR/TOWER COORDINATION SYSTEM
Steady Green |
AC Position: 4 miles
Action: TC steadies to approve AND issues verbal clearance and RC will verbally acknowledge the clearance |
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RADAR/TOWER COORDINATION SYSTEM
Flashing Red |
AC Position:
Action: TC denies or cancels a clearance applies to 1st AC on final approach |
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RADAR/TOWER COORDINATION SYSTEM
Steady Red |
AC Position:
Action: RC indicates clearance denial/cancelation has been issued to AC |
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RADAR/TOWER COORDINATION SYSTEM
Canceled Red |
AC Position:
Action: TC will cancel red when discontinuance of approach is accomplished |
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LIGHT GUN
Steady Green |
AC Ground: Cleared for takeoff
AC Flight: Cleared to land VEH/EQUIP/PER: Cleared to cross |
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LIGHT GUN
Flashing Green |
AC Ground: Cleared to taxi
AC Flight: Return for landing VEH/EQUIP/PER: N/A |
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LIGHT GUN
Steady Red |
AC Ground: Stop
AC Flight: Give way to other AC and circle VEH/EQUIP/PER: Stop |
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LIGHT GUN
Flashing Red |
AC Ground: Taxi clear of runway or runway in use
AC Flight: Airport unsafe, do not land VEH/EQUIP/PER: Clear the Taxiway/Runway |
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LIGHT GUN
Flashing White |
AC Ground: Return to starting point
AC Flight: N/A VEH/EQUIP/PER: Return to starting point |
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LIGHT GUN
Alternating Green/Red |
AC Ground: General warning - exercise extreme caution
AC Flight: General warning - exercise extreme caution VEH/EQUIP/PER: General warning - exercise extreme caution |
