PL.IV.C.S2
SkillUse an airport diagram or taxi chart during taxi, if published, and maintain situational awareness.
From the FAA library
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-20. Standard Taxi Routes
responsibility of the pilot to request a full taxi clearance if not fully familiar with the STR. e. A Letter to Airmen (LTA) will be issued by airport traffic control towers to announce availability, updates, cancelation ... changes of publicly-available STRs with appropriate updates to the Domestic Notices website. An LTA may include an airport diagram. The airport diagram will be labeled “not for navigation” and is not an acceptable substitute for the most…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-2. Airports with an Operating Control Tower
surface areas and the proper taxi routes when operating on the ground. If not otherwise authorized or directed by the tower, pilots of fixed-wing aircraft approaching to land must circle the airport to the left. Pilots approaching ... clearance must be received from the tower before landing. Components of a Traffic Pattern NOTE-This diagram is intended only to illustrate terminology used in identifying various components of a traffic pattern. It should not be used as a reference…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-4. Visual Indicators at Airports Without an Operating Control Tower
extreme caution when making runway selection by use of a tetrahedron in very light or calm wind conditions as the tetrahedron may not be aligned with the designated calm-wind runway. At airports with control towers, the tetrahedron should only ... pairs as shown in the segmented circle diagram and used to show the alignment of landing strips. 5. Traffic pattern indicators. Arranged in pairs in conjunction with landing strip indicators and used to indicate the direction of turns when there…
- Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual
depicts topographic information and aeronautical information including visual and radio aids to navigation, airports, controlled airspace, restricted areas, obstructions, and related data. V-G diagram. A chart that relates velocity to load factor. It is valid only for a specific ... VORTAC navigation aid or intersection, to another navigation aid (or through several navigation aids or intersections); used to establish a known route for en route procedures between terminal areas. Visual approach slope indicator (VASI). A visual aid of lights arranged…
- Pilot/Controller Glossary › A
use airspace, and related information. e. Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP) Charts- Portray the aeronautical data which is required to execute an instrument approach to an airport. These charts depict the procedures, including all related data, and the airport diagram. Each ... Instrument Departure Procedure (DP) Charts- Designed to expedite clearance delivery and to facilitate transition between takeoff and en route operations. Each DP is presented as a separate chart and may serve a single airport or more than one airport…
- Glossary
This diagram includes surface features and airport configuration information. Airport/Facility Directory (A/FD). See Chart Supplement U.S. Airport surface detection equipment (ASDE). Radar equipment specifically designed to detect all principal features and traffic on the surface of an airport, presenting ... entire image on the control tower console; used to augment visual observation by tower personnel of aircraft and/or vehicular movements on runways and taxiways…