AP.VI.D.S3
SkillComply with air traffic control (ATC) or evaluator instructions and make radio calls as appropriate.
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- Chapter 14: Airport Operations
operating control tower. Air traffic control (ATC) is responsible for providing the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic at airports where the type of operations and/or volume of traffic requires such a service. Pilots operating from a towered ... airport are required to maintain two-way radio communication with ATC and to acknowledge and comply with their instructions. Pilots must advise ATC if they cannot comply with the instructions issued and request amended instructions. A pilot may deviate from…
- Chapter 15: Airspace › Air Traffic Control and the National Airspace System › Operating Rules and Pilot/Equipment Requirements
In the absence of an assigned route, the pilot should continue by…
- Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Radio Communications › Lost Communication Procedures
Using Proper Radio Procedures Using proper radio phraseology and procedures contribute to a pilot’s ability to operate safely and efficiently in the airspace system. A review of the Pilot/Controller Glossary contained in the AIM assists a pilot ... understanding of standard terminology. The AIM also contains many examples of radio communications. Figure 14-40. Traffic pattern operation—parallel runways. ICAO has adopted a phonetic alphabet that should be used in radio communications. When communicating with ATC, pilots should…
- Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Air Traffic Control (ATC) Services › Radar Traffic Advisories
traffic is referenced by azimuth from the aircraft in terms of the 12-hour clock. Also, distance in nautical miles, direction in which the target is moving, and type and altitude of the aircraft, if known, are given. An example ... would be: “Traffic 10 o’clock 5 miles east bound, Cessna 152, 3,000 feet.” The pilot should note that traffic position is based on the aircraft track and that wind correction can affect the clock position at which…
- Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Collision Avoidance › ATC Instructions—“Line Up and Wait” (LUAW)
Possible reasons for ATC takeoff clearance delays may include other aircraft landing and/or departing, wake turbulence, or traffic crossing an intersecting runway. • If advised of a reason for the delay, or the reason is clearly visible, expect an imminent takeoff ... issue. • If a takeoff clearance is not received within 90 seconds after receiving the “line up and wait” instruction, contact ATC immediately. • When ATC issues “line up and wait” instructions and takeoff clearances from taxiway intersection, the taxiway designator…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 4. ATC Clearances and Aircraft Separation › 4-4-10. Adherence to Clearance
and the pilot is expected to comply with the crossing altitude as…