Airline Transport Pilot and Type Rating for Airplane Category › VI. Instrument Procedures › Task B. Departure Procedures

AA.VI.B.K1

Knowledge

Takeoff minimums; (Obstacle) Departure Procedure (ODP), including Visual Climb over the Airport (VCOA) and Diverse Vector Area (Radar Vectors); Standard Instrument Departure (SID), including Area Navigation (RNAV) departure; required climb gradients; U.S. Terminal Procedures Publications; and En Route Charts.

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Get a short, cited explanation of this element written from the FAA handbooks: the core idea, the numbers that matter, common test traps, and a quick self-check.

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Aeronautical Information Manual p. 5-2-7
Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 2. Departure Procedures › 5-2-9. Instrument Departure Procedures (DP) - Obstacle Departure Procedures (ODP), Stan…
Instrument Departure Procedures (DP) - Obstacle Departure Procedures (ODP), Standard Instrument Departures (SID), and Diverse Vector Areas (DVA) a. Instrument departure procedures are preplanned instrument flight rule (IFR) procedures which provide obstruction clearance from the terminal ... area to the appropriate en route structure. There are two types of DPs, Obstacle Departure Procedures (ODP), printed either textually or graphically, and Standard Instrument Departures (SID), always printed graphically. All DPs, either textual or graphic may be designed…