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• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 4-3-27
  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…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. G-33
  Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual

  depicts topographic information and aeronautical information including visual and radio aids to navigation, airports, controlled airspace, restricted areas, obstructions, and related data. V-G diagram. A chart that relates velocity to load factor. It is valid only for a specific ... VORTAC navigation aid or intersection, to another navigation aid (or through several navigation aids or intersections); used to establish a known route for en route procedures between terminal areas. Visual approach slope indicator (VASI). A visual aid of lights arranged…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 4-3-1
  Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-2. Airports with an Operating Control Tower

  surface areas and the proper taxi routes when operating on the ground. If not otherwise authorized or directed by the tower, pilots of fixed-wing aircraft approaching to land must circle the airport to the left. Pilots approaching ... clearance must be received from the tower before landing. Components of a Traffic Pattern NOTE-This diagram is intended only to illustrate terminology used in identifying various components of a traffic pattern. It should not be used as a reference…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 14-32
  Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Collision Avoidance › Causal Factors of Runway Confusion

  diagram and trace or highlight your taxi route to the departure runway prior to leaving the ramp. If you are operating from an airport with runway thresholds in close proximity to one another, exercise extreme caution when taxiing ... scan to ensure the aircraft heading and runway heading are aligned. Under certain circumstances, it may be necessary to use a runway as a taxiway. For example, during airport construction some taxiways may be closed requiring rerouting of traffic onto…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 4-3-8
  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…

• Currency Requirements and Guidance for the Flight Review and Instrument Proficiency Checkp. 2-9
  CHAPTER 2. REDUCING GENERAL AVIATION ACCIDENTS › 2.3.6 Runway Incursion Mitigation/Avoidance › 2.3.6.4 Step 4

  taxi clearances. This procedure is especially useful at unfamiliar controlled airports. Receiving progressive taxi instructions is an effective strategy to prevent runway incursions. Pilots should have access to the airport diagram when taxiing. Pilots may use ... same diagram that they used during the preflight planning process. Airport diagrams are designed to assist in the movement of ground traffic at locations with complex runway/taxiway configurations. Runway confusion occurs when pilots confuse the identity of a runway. This…