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  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 4. Arrival Procedures › 5-4-11. Radar Approaches

    subsequently to the prescribed MDA. In addition, the pilot will be advised of the location of the Missed Approach Point (MAP) prescribed for the procedure and the aircraft’s position each mile on final from the runway, airport or heliport ... above the MDA. Normally, navigational guidance will be provided until the aircraft reaches the MAP. Controllers will terminate guidance and instruct the pilot to execute a missed approach unless at the MAP the pilot has the runway, airport or heliport…

  • Appendix B: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and NOTAM Contractions

    terminal arrival route STD—standard STMUX—statistical data multiplexer STOL—short takeoff and landing SUN—Sunday SURPIC—surface picture SVC—service SVCA—service A SVCB—service B SVCC—service C SVCO—service O SVFB—interphone service F (B) SVFC—interphone ... SVFR—special visual flight rules SW—southwest SWEPT—swept or broom/broomed T T—temperature T1MUX—T1 multiplexer TAA—terminal arrival area TAAS—terminal advance automation system TACAN—tactical air navigation TACR—TACAN at VOR, TACAN only TAF—terminal area forecast…

  • Pilot/Controller Glossary › T

    explanation of TRSA. TRSAs are depicted on VFR aeronautical charts. Pilot participation is urged but is not mandatory. TERMINAL SEQUENCING AND SPACING (TSAS)- Extends scheduling and metering capabilities into the terminal area and provides metering automation tools to terminal controllers ... terminal traffic management personnel. Those controllers and traffic management personnel become active participants in time-based metering operations as they work to deliver aircraft accurately to Constraint Satisfaction Points within terminal airspace to include the runway in accordance with scheduled…

  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-9. Single Flights Conducted With Both VFR and IFR Flight Plans

    flight plan. d. Pilots may propose to commence the IFR portion of flight at a defined airborne point. This airborne point, or fix, is entered as the departure point in Item 13 of FAA Form 7233-4 or DD Form ... Pilots may indicate in the IFR flight plan the intention to terminate the IFR portion of flight at any defined airborne point. The airborne point, or fix, is entered as the destination point in Item 16 of FAA Form…

  • Chapter 9: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Approaches › Technique

    approach airspeed attitude. Adjust antitorque pedals, as necessary, to maintain trim. Pilots should visualize the angle from the landing point to the middle of the skids or landing gear underneath them in the cockpit and maneuver the helicopter down that ... imaginary slope until the helicopter is at a hover centered over the landing point or touching down centered on the landing point. The most important standard for a normal approach is maintaining a consistent angle of approach to the termination…

  • U.S. TERMINAL PROCEDURES PUBLICATION › LANDING MINIMUMS

    The airport elevation is the highest point of an airport’s usable…