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  • Pilot/Controller Glossary › A

    takeoff and landing aircraft, in both controlled and uncontrolled airspace. ADVISE INTENTIONS- Tell me what you plan to do. ADVISORY- Advice and information provided to assist pilots in the safe conduct of flight and aircraft movement. (See ADVISORY SERVICE.) ADVISORY ... CIRCULAR (AC)- An FAA publication, advisory and descriptive in nature, which is not regulatory. ADVISORY FREQUENCY- The appropriate frequency to be used for Airport Advisory Service. (See LOCAL AIRPORT ADVISORY.) (See UNICOM.) (Refer to ADVISORY CIRCULAR NO. 90-66.) (Refer…

  • Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 7. Safety, Accident, and Hazard Reports › 7-7-5. Safety Alerts For Operators (SAFO) and Information For Operators (InFO)

    maintenance, fractional ownership program managers, training center managers, accountable managers at repair stations, and other parties as applicable. b. InFOs are similar to SAFOs, but contain valuable information for operators that should help them meet administrative requirements or certain regulatory ... requirements with relatively low urgency or impact in safety. c. The SAFO and InFO system provides a means to rapidly distribute this information to operators and can be found at the following website: http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/safo and http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/info…

  • Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 1. Meteorology › 7-1-6. Inflight Aviation Weather Advisories

    Inflight Aviation Weather Advisories a. Inflight Aviation Weather Advisories are forecasts to advise en route aircraft of development of potentially hazardous weather. Inflight aviation weather advisories in the conterminous U.S. are issued by the Aviation Weather Center (AWC) in Kansas ... City, MO, as well as 20 Center Weather Service Units (CWSU) associated with ARTCCs. AWC also issues advisories for portions of the Gulf of America, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, which are under the control of ARTCCs with Oceanic flight information…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 1. Services Available to Pilots › 4-1-9. Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers

    NOTEFSS airport advisories are available only in Alaska. 3. Many airports are now providing completely automated weather, radio check capability and airport advisory information on an automated UNICOM system. These systems offer a variety of features, typically selectable by microphone ... operating control tower is selection of the correct common frequency. The acronym CTAF which stands for Common Traffic Advisory Frequency, is synonymous with this program. A CTAF is a frequency designated for the purpose of carrying out airport advisory practices…

  • 1 PURPOSE OF THIS ADVISORY CIRCULAR (AC)

    Advisory Circular U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Subject: Certification: Pilots and Flight and Date: 11/14/25 AC No: 61-65K Initiated by: AFS-800 Change: Ground Instructors This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for pilot and instructor applicants ... Regulations (14 CFR) part 61. Hugh Thomas for Lawrence Fields Executive Director, Flight Standards Service 1 PURPOSE OF THIS ADVISORY CIRCULAR (AC). This AC provides guidance for pilot and instructor applicants, pilots, flight instructors, ground instructors, and examiners on certification…