Legend 15: Airport/Facility Directory

AIRPORT/FACILITY DIRECTORY LEGEND 25 GCO—Ground Communication Outlet—An unstaffed, remotely controlled, ground/ground communications facility. Pilots at uncontrolled airports may contact ATC and FSS via VHF to a telephone connection to obtain an instrument clearance or close a VFR or IFR flight plan. They may also get an updated weather briefing prior to takeoff. Pilots will use four ‘‘key clicks’’ on the VHF radio to contact the appropriate ATC facility or six ‘‘key clicks’’ to contact the FSS. The GCO system is intended to be used only on the ground. DEP CON—Departure Control. The symbol ® indicates radar departure control. CLNC DEL—Clearance Delivery. CPDLC—Controller Pilot Data Link Communication. FANS ATC data communication capability from the aircraft to the ATC Data Link system. PRE TAXI CLNC—Pre taxi clearance. VFR ADVSY SVC—VFR Advisory Service. Service provided by Non–Radar Approach Control. Advisory Service for VFR aircraft (upon a workload basis) ctc APP CON. COMD POST—Command Post followed by the operator call sign in parenthesis. PMSV—Pilot–to–Metro Service call sign, frequency and hours of operation, when full service is other than continuous. PMSV installations at which weather observation service is available shall be indicated, following the frequency and/or hours of operation as “Wx obsn svc 1900–0000Z‡” or “other times” may be used when no specific time is given. PMSV facilities manned by forecasters are considered “Full Service”. PMSV facilities manned…