FH.VI.B.K4
KnowledgeAppropriate use of transponder(s).
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- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 5. Surveillance Systems › 4-6-4. Flight Planning into RVSM Airspace
RVSM airspace. 2. The navigation and/or transponder capability of the aircraft (e.g., advanced RNAV, transponder with Mode C). f. Significant ATC uses of the flight plan equipment suffix information are: 1. To issue or deny clearance into RVSM airspace…
- Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 6. National Security and Interception Procedures › 5-6-13. Interception Procedures
Adhere to instructions relayed through the use of visual devices, visual signals, and radio communications from the intercepting aircraft. 2. Attempt to establish radio communications with the intercepting aircraft or with the appropriate air traffic control facility by making ... call on guard frequencies (121.5 or 243.0 MHz), giving the identity, position, and nature of the flight. 3. If transponder equipped, select Mode 3/A Code 7700 unless otherwise instructed by air traffic control…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 5. Surveillance Systems › 4-5-1. Radar
military bomber. Here again, the use of transponder or ADS-B equipment is invaluable. In addition, all FAA ATC facilities display automatically reported altitude information to the controller from appropriately equipped aircraft. (f) At some locations within ... route environment, secondary-radar-only (no primary radar) gap filler radar systems are used to give lower altitude radar coverage between two larger radar systems, each of which provides both primary and secondary radar coverage. ADS-B serves this same…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 5. Surveillance Systems › 4-5-7. Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Services
systems not integrated with the transponder, or systems with optional emergency codes, will require that the appropriate emergency code is entered through a pilot interface. ADS-B is intended for inflight and airport surface use. Unless otherwise directed…
- 14 CFR § 91.411 Altimeter system and altitude reporting equipment tests and inspections.
found to comply with appendices E and F of part 43 of this chapter; (2) Except for the use of system drain and alternate static pressure valves, following any opening and closing of the static pressure system, that system ... this chapter; and (3) Following installation or maintenance on the automatic pressure altitude reporting system of the ATC transponder where data correspondence error could be introduced, the integrated system has been tested, inspected, and found to comply with paragraph…
- Chapter 3. Airspace › Section 2. Controlled Airspace › 3-2-4. Class C Airspace
NOTE-See paragraph 4-1-20, Transponder and ADS-B Out Operation, subparagraph f for Mode C transponder/ ADS-B requirements for operating above Class C airspace. 3. Arrival or Through Flight Entry Requirements. Two-way radio communication must ... provided. 3. It is important to understand that if the controller responds to the initial radio call without using the aircraft identification, radio communications have not been established and the pilot may not enter the Class C airspace. 4. Class…