FH.VII.B.S4
SkillComply with airport/heliport taxiway markings, signals, and signs.
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- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-13. Traffic Control Light Signals
Traffic Control Light Signals a. The following procedures are used by ATCTs in the control of aircraft, ground vehicles, equipment, and personnel not equipped with radio. These same procedures will be used to control aircraft, ground vehicles, equipment, and personnel ... equipped with radio if radio contact cannot be established. ATC personnel use a directive traffic control signal which emits an intense narrow light beam of a selected color (either red, white, or green) when controlling traffic by light signals…
- Chapter 2. Aeronautical Lighting and Other Airport Visual Aids › Section 3. Airport Marking Aids and Signs › 2-3-11. Destination Signs
Outbound destination signs identify the general direction to departure runways. The sign legend consists of direction arrow(s) and the applicable runway designations. FIG 2-3-39 is an example of a typical outbound destination sign. e. When a sign ... arrow indicates the direction of the taxi path, as shown in FIG 2-3-39. f. When a sign shows the inscription for two or more destinations having different taxiing routes, each destination will have its own arrow to indicate…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 1. Services Available to Pilots › 4-1-9. Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers
There are two advisory type services provided at selected airports. (a) Local Airport Advisory (LAA) is available only in Alaska and provided at airports that have a FSS physically located on the airport, which does not have a control tower ... where the tower is operated on a part-time basis. The CTAF for LAA airports is disseminated in the appropriate aeronautical publications. (b) Remote Airport Information Service (RAIS) is provided in support of special events at nontowered airports by request…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 1. Services Available to Pilots › 4-1-21. Airport Reservation Operations and Special Traffic Management Programs
Airport Reservation Operations and Special Traffic Management Programs This section describes procedures for obtaining required airport reservations at airports designated by the FAA and for airports operating under Special Traffic Management Programs. a. Slot Controlled Airports ... adopt rules to require advance reservations for unscheduled operations at certain airports. In addition to the information in the rules adopted by the FAA, a listing of the airports and relevant information will be maintained on the FAA website www.fly.faa.gov…
- Chapter 2. Aeronautical Lighting and Other Airport Visual Aids › Section 1. Airport Lighting Aids › 2-1-8. Pilot Control of Airport Lighting
turned on and off. Some sequenced flashing light systems also have intensity control. 2-1-8. Pilot Control of Airport Lighting Radio control of lighting is available at selected airports to provide airborne control of lights by keying the aircraft ... with a part-time tower or FSS) or specified hours. All lighting systems which are radio controlled at an airport, whether on a single runway or multiple runways, operate on the same radio frequency…
- Chapter 1: Departure Procedures › Standardized Taxi Routes
When exiting the runway, pilots should make sure they are turning with a “lead-off” taxiline onto a taxiway and not onto another active runway. Runway 12 and Taxiway B Aircraft northbound on taxiway B for departure on runway ... taxiway intersection D miss the right turn onto taxiway D and enter runways 12, 7L, and 25R. Runway 16R/34L at Taxiway F Aircraft taxiing to runway 16R from the southwest ramp miss the left turn onto taxiway B, continue eastbound…