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  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-17. VFR Helicopter Operations at Controlled Airports

    other aircraft, vehicles, and personnel during air-taxi operations. Caution must be exercised concerning active runways and pilots must be certain that air taxi instructions are understood. Special precautions may be necessary at unfamiliar airports or airports with multiple/intersecting active…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-18. Taxiing

    Pilots operating a single pilot aircraft should monitor only assigned ATC communications after being cleared onto the active runway for departure. Single pilot aircraft should not monitor other than ATC communications until flight from Class B, Class C, or Class ... clearance for landing until the landing and taxi activities are complete. Proper effective scanning for other aircraft, surface vehicles, or other objects should be continuously exercised in all cases. 3. If the pilot is unfamiliar with the airport…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-11. Pilot Responsibilities When Conducting Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO)

    aircraft and ground vehicle operations. Pilots should consider the effects of prevailing inflight visibility (such as landing into the sun) and how it may affect overall situational awareness. Additionally, surface vehicles and aircraft being taxied by maintenance personnel may also ... participating in LAHSO, especially in those operations that involve crossing an active runway…

  • Pilot/Controller Glossary › S

    APPROACH.) SKYSPOTTER- A pilot who has received specialized training in observing and reporting inflight weather phenomena. SLASH- A radar beacon reply displayed as an elongated target. SLDI- (See SECTOR LIST DROP INTERVAL.) SLOW TAXI- To taxi a float plane ... pounds on takeoff, including everything that is on board or otherwise attached to the aircraft. SMAR- (See SPECIAL MILITARY ACTIVITY ROUTE.) SN- (See SYSTEM STRATEGIC NAVIGATION…

  • Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Collision Avoidance › Runway Incursion Avoidance

    landing, clear the active runway as soon as possible, then wait for taxi instructions before further movement. • Study and use proper phraseology in order to understand and respond to ground control instructions. • Write down complex taxi instructions at unfamiliar airports ... United States. The potential that these numbers present for a catastrophic accident is unacceptable. The following are examples of pilot deviations, operational incidents (OI), and vehicle (driver) deviations that may lead to runway incursions. Pilot Deviations: Crossing a runway hold…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-13. Traffic Control Light Signals

    Between sunset and sunrise, a pilot wishing to attract the attention of the control tower should turn on a landing light and taxi the aircraft into a position, clear of the active runway, so that light is visible…