PL.III.C.K4
KnowledgeUse of automated weather and airport/heliport information.
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- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 1. Services Available to Pilots › 4-1-9. Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers
Beach radio, Centurion Six Niner Delta Delta is ten miles south, two thousand, landing Vero Beach. I have the automated weather, request airport advisory. (b) Outbound EXAMPLE-Vero Beach radio, Centurion Six Niner Delta Delta, ready to taxi to runway ... departing to the southwest. I have the automated weather, request airport advisory. 3. Airport advisory service includes wind direction and velocity, favored or designated runway, altimeter setting, known airborne and ground traffic, NOTAMs, airport taxi routes, airport traffic pattern information…
- Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 4. Arrival Procedures › 5-4-4. Advance Information on Instrument Approach
This information will be broadcast either by a controller or on ATIS. It will not be furnished when the visibility is three miles or better and the ceiling is at or above the highest initial approach altitude established ... altitude IAP for the airport. b. The purpose of this information is to aid the pilot in planning arrival actions; however, it is not an ATC clearance or commitment and is subject to change. Pilots should bear in mind that…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-27. Operations at Uncontrolled Airports With Automated Surface Observing System (AS…
frequency for the weather broadcast will be published on sectional charts and in the Chart Supplement. Some part-time towered airports may also broadcast the automated weather on their ATIS frequency during the hours that the tower is closed ... Controllers issue SVFR or IFR clearances based on pilot request, known traffic and reported weather, i.e., METAR/Nonroutine (Special) Aviation Weather Report (SPECI) observations, when they are available. Pilots have access to more current weather at uncontrolled ASOS/AWOS airports than…
- Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Nontowered Airport
Nontowered Airport A nontowered airport does not have an operating control tower. Two-way radio communications are not required, although it is a good operating practice for pilots to transmit their intentions on the specified frequency for the benefit ... other traffic in the area. The key to communicating at an airport without an 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…
- Chapter 8: Airport Traffic Patterns › Airport Traffic Patterns and Operations
Chapter 8: Airport Traffic Patterns Introduction Airport traffic patterns ensure that air traffic moves into and out of an airport safely. The direction and placement of the pattern, the altitude at which it is to be flown, and the procedures ... entering and exiting the pattern may depend on local conditions. Information regarding the procedures for a specific airport can be found in the Chart Supplements. General information on airport operations and traffic patterns can also be found in the Aeronautical…