AI.V.D.S2
SkillUse an airport diagram or taxi chart during taxi, if published, and maintain situational awareness.
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- Pilot/Controller Glossary › A
use airspace, and related information. e. Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP) Charts- Portray the aeronautical data which is required to execute an instrument approach to an airport. These charts depict the procedures, including all related data, and the airport diagram. Each ... Instrument Departure Procedure (DP) Charts- Designed to expedite clearance delivery and to facilitate transition between takeoff and en route operations. Each DP is presented as a separate chart and may serve a single airport or more than one airport…
- Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Airport Markings and Signs › Runway Holding Position Sign
spot” on the airport diagram. In the example, Taxiway Bravo intersects with two runways, 31-13 and 35-17, which cross each other. Surface painted runway holding position signs may also be used to aid you in determining the holding ... poses a hazard to yourself and others. When the tower is closed or you are operating at a nontowered airport, you may taxi past a runway holding position sign only when the runway is clear of aircraft, and there…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-20. Standard Taxi Routes
responsibility of the pilot to request a full taxi clearance if not fully familiar with the STR. e. A Letter to Airmen (LTA) will be issued by airport traffic control towers to announce availability, updates, cancelation ... changes of publicly-available STRs with appropriate updates to the Domestic Notices website. An LTA may include an airport diagram. The airport diagram will be labeled “not for navigation” and is not an acceptable substitute for the most…
- Chapter 16: Navigation › Flight Planning › Assembling Necessary Material
wind triangle (using the scale employed for drawing the diagram) • Estimated time en route (ETE)—total distance divided by GS • Fuel rate—predetermined gallons per hour used at cruising speed NOTE: Additional fuel for adequate reserve should be added ... aircraft shall become familiar with all available information concerning that flight. For flights not in the vicinity of an airport, this must include information on available current weather reports and forecasts, fuel requirements, alternatives available if the planned flight cannot…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-4. Visual Indicators at Airports Without an Operating Control Tower
extreme caution when making runway selection by use of a tetrahedron in very light or calm wind conditions as the tetrahedron may not be aligned with the designated calm-wind runway. At airports with control towers, the tetrahedron should only ... pairs as shown in the segmented circle diagram and used to show the alignment of landing strips. 5. Traffic pattern indicators. Arranged in pairs in conjunction with landing strip indicators and used to indicate the direction of turns when there…
- Pilot/Controller Glossary › C
flight information publication designed for use with appropriate IFR or VFR charts which contains data on all airports, seaplane bases, and heliports open to the public including communications data, navigational facilities, airport diagrams, certain special notices, and non-regulatory procedures ... use to bypass areas heavily traversed by large turbine-powered aircraft. Pilot compliance with recommended flyways and associated altitudes is strictly voluntary. VFR Flyway Planning charts are published on the back of existing VFR Terminal Area charts. CHARTED VISUAL FLIGHT…