Radar Phraseology

Front 1

Safety Alert

Back 1

"Low Altitude Alert, (Call Sign), Check your altitude immediately. The MEA/MIA in your area is (Altitude)."

Front 2

Aircraft Conflict/Mode C Intruder Alert

Back 2

"Traffic Alert, (call sign), (position of aircraft)."

"Advise you turn Left/Right immediately."

Front 3

Navaid Malfunction

Back 3

"Attention all aircraft, GPS/VOR reported unreliable in vicinity of (Location)."

Front 4

Wake Turbulence Warning

Back 4

"(Call sign), Caution Wake Turbulence, traffic (O'clock), (distance), (direction heading), (type), (altitude).

Front 5

Traffic Advisory

Back 5

"(Call sign) Traffic (O'clock), (distance), (direction heading), (type), (altitude)."

"(O'clock) Traffic No Factor."

Front 6

Aircraft requests climb into RVSM airspace but is not RVSM equipped.

Back 6

"(Call sign) Unable clearance into RVSM airspace."

Front 7

Request Pirep

Back 7

"(Call sign), Say Flight Conditions."

Front 8

Weather Notification

Back 8

"(Call Sign), (Intensity) Precipitation, between (O'clock) and (O'clock), (distance from A/C), Precipitation is (number) miles in diameter."

Front 9

(Old) Altimeter Reading

Back 9

"(Call Sign), the JAN altimeter, (Setting), more than one hour old."

Front 10

Route Amendment

Back 10

(amendment to route), Rest of the route unchanged.

Front 11

Through Clearance

Back 11

"(Call Sign), Cleared though (Airport) to (Airport)."

"Clearance Void if not off (Airport) by (Time), If not off (Airport) by (Time), Advise Memphis Center not later than (Time)."

Front 12

Climb/Descend Restriction using Time

Back 12

"(Call Sign), Climb to Reach (Altitude) AT (Time), Time Now (Time Check)."

Front 13

Mode C Inoperative

Back 13

"(Call Sign), your transponder appears inoperative."

"Verify at (altitude/flight level)."

Front 14

Report Cancellation/ Non-Tower

Back 14

"(A/D ID), Report Cancellation of IFR this frequency or with FSS."
"Radar Services Terminated, Change to Advisory Frequency Approved."

Front 15

Aircraft Cancels

Back 15

"(Call Sign), IFR Cancellation Recieved."
"Squawk 1200, Change to Advisory Frequency approved."

Front 16

Primary Radar Outage

Back 16

"Primary Radar Unavailable. Radar Services Available on Transponder Equipment Aircraft Only."

Front 17

Unidentified VFR Emergency

Back 17

"(Callsign), Squawk Mayday on 7700."

"(Callsign), Radar Contact, (Distance from Fix/Navaid), If Feasible, Squawk (Code)."

"(Callsign), Say type aircraft, nature of emergency, and pilot desires."

Front 18

Aircraft on Wrong Code

Back 18

"(Callsign), Reset Transponder, Squawk (Code)."

Front 19

Instruct Aircraft to Fly its fastest

Back 19

"(Callsign), Maintain Maximum Forward Speed and what will that be."

Front 20

Instruct Aircraft to Fly is Slowest

Back 20

"(Callsign), Maintain Slowest Practical Speed and what will that be.")

Front 21

Have to Vector Aircraft Across Final

Back 21

"(Callsign), Expect Vectors Across Final for Spacing."

Front 22

VFR/OTP

Back 22

"Climb to and Report Reaching VFR-on-top, [at or above (Altitude)]<*to miss approach airspace> , no tops report. If not on top at (altitude) maintain (altitude) and advise."

Front 23

VFR/OTP Wrong For Direction

Back 23

"(Callsign), VFR-on-top Cruising Levels for your direction on flight are (ODD/EVEN) Altitudes/Flight Levels plus five hundred feet."

Front 24

Contact Approach

Back 24

[1 SM Reported Visibility /W and Approach]

"(Callsign), Cleared Contact Approach (Airport Name).

Front 25

IR 70

Back 25

"(Callsign), Confirm your Entry and Exit Fix Estimates and Lost Communications Altitude."

"(Callsign), Maintain four thousand until Point Alpha, Cleared into IR 070, Maintain IR 070 Altitudes. Report Point Alpha."

Front 26

Ariel Refueling

Back 26

"(Callsign), Cleared to Conduct Refueling along (Route/Fixes/Track), Maintain (Altitude Block). Report ARIP/ARCP."

Front 27

Fuel Dumping

Back 27

"Attention All Aircraft. Fuel Dumping in Progress Over, (VOR/FIX/Route), AT (Altitude), BY (TYPE), (DIRECTION).

"Attention All Aircraft. Fuel Dumping Over (Route/Fixes/Track), Terminated."

Front 28

Hijack

Back 28

"(Call Sign), Confirm that you are intentionally Sqwuaking Seven Five Zero Zero."

Front 29

Nordo

Back 29

"(Call Sign), Memphis Center, how do you hear?"

"(Call Sign), If you hear Memphis Center, Squawk Ident."

"(Call Sign), Ident Observed/Not Observed, (Action/Instruction)."

Front 30

VFR In Weather Difficulty

Back 30

"(Call Sign), are you qualified for and capable of IFR flight?"

Front 31

No Gyro

Back 31

"(Call Sign), this will be a No Gyro Vector, turn Left/Right, Stop Turn."

Front 32

Aircraft Mode C Shows 400 feet or more High (Below FL180).

Back 32

"(Call Sign), (Location) (Altimeter), verify altitude."

"(Call Sign), Stop Altitude Sqwuak, Altitude Differs By (Number of Feet)."

Front 33

Aircraft Mode C Shows 400 feet or more High (FL180 or Higher).

Back 33

"(Call Sign), Confirm Using Two Niner Niner Two as your Altimeter Setting, verify flight level."

"(Call Sign), Stop Altitude Sqwuak, Altitude Differs by (Number of Feet).