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Chapter 1. Air Navigation Chapter 2. Aeronautical Lighting and Other Airport Visual Aids Chapter 3. Airspace Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures Chapter 6. Emergency Procedures Chapter 7. Safety of Flight Chapter 8. Medical Facts for Pilots Chapter 9. Aeronautical Charts and Related Publications Chapter 10. Helicopter Operations Chapter 11. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Appendix 1. Bird/Other Wildlife Strike Report Appendix 2. Volcanic Activity Reporting Form (VAR) Appendix 3. Abbreviations/Acronyms Appendix 4. FAA Form 7233−4 International Flight Plan Appendix 5. FAA Form 7233−1 Flight Plan
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    • General Information
      • Explanation of Changes
      • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
      • Flight Information Publication Policy
      • Code of Federal Regulations and Advisory Circulars
      • Subscription Information
    • Air Navigation
      • Navigation Aids
      • Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) and Area Navigation (RNAV)
    • Aeronautical Lighting and Other Airport Visual Aids
      • Airport Lighting Aids
      • Air Navigation and Obstruction Lighting
      • Airport Marking Aids and Signs
    • Airspace
      • General
      • Controlled Airspace
      • Class G Airspace
      • Special Use Airspace
      • Other Airspace Areas
    • Air Traffic Control
      • Services Available to Pilots
      • Radio Communications Phraseology and Techniques
      • Airport Operations
      • ATC Clearances and Aircraft Separation
      • Surveillance Systems
      • Operational Policy/Procedures for Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) in the Domestic U.S., Alaska, Offshore Airspace and the San Juan FIR
      • Operational Policy/Procedures for the Gulf of America 50 NM Lateral Separation Initiative
    • Air Traffic Procedures
      • Preflight
      • Departure Procedures
      • En Route Procedures
      • Arrival Procedures
      • Pilot/Controller Roles and Responsibilities
      • National Security and Interception Procedures
    • Emergency Procedures
      • General
      • Emergency Services Available to Pilots
      • Distress and Urgency Procedures
      • Two-way Radio Communications Failure
      • Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Communications
    • Safety of Flight
      • Meteorology
      • Barometric Altimeter Errors and Setting Procedures
      • Cold Temperature Barometric Altimeter Errors, Setting Procedures and Cold Temperature Airports (CTA)
      • Wake Turbulence
      • Bird Hazards and Flight Over National Refuges, Parks, and Forests
      • Potential Flight Hazards
      • Safety, Accident, and Hazard Reports
    • Medical Facts for Pilots
      • Fitness for Flight
    • Aeronautical Charts and Related Publications
      • Types of Charts Available
    • Helicopter Operations
      • Helicopter IFR Operations
      • Special Operations
    • Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
      • General
      • Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)
      • Large UAS (MGOW 55 Pounds or More)
      • Airspace Access for UAS
      • UAS Pilot Testing, Certification and Responsibilities
      • Advanced Air Mobility
      • UAS Operations on Airports
      • Other Information and Best Practices
  • Appendix 1. Bird/Other Wildlife Strike Report
  • Appendix 2. Volcanic Activity Reporting Form (VAR)
  • Appendix 3. Abbreviations/Acronyms
  • Appendix 4. FAA Form 7233−4 International Flight Plan
  • Appendix 5. FAA Form 7233−1 Flight Plan

  • Pilot/Controller Glossary

  • Air Traffic Procedures

Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures

    • Section 1. Preflight
      • 5-1-1. Preflight Preparation
      • 5-1-2. Follow IFR Procedures Even When Operating VFR
      • 5-1-3. Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) System
      • 5-1-4. Operational Information System (OIS)
      • 5-1-5. Flight Plan - VFR Flights
      • 5-1-6. Flight Plan - IFR Flights
      • 5-1-7. Flight Plans For Military/DoD Use Only
      • 5-1-8. Flight Plan - Defense VFR (DVFR) Flights
      • 5-1-9. Single Flights Conducted With Both VFR and IFR Flight Plans
      • 5-1-10. IFR Operations to High Altitude Destinations
      • 5-1-11. Flights Outside U.S. Territorial Airspace
      • 5-1-12. Change in Flight Plan
      • 5-1-13. Change in Proposed Departure Time
      • 5-1-14. Closing VFR/DVFR Flight Plans
      • 5-1-15. Canceling IFR Flight Plan
      • 5-1-16. RNAV and RNP Operations
      • 5-1-17. Cold Temperature Operations
    • Section 2. Departure Procedures
      • 5-2-1. Pre‐taxi Clearance Procedures
      • 5-2-2. Automated Pre-Departure Clearance Procedures
      • 5-2-3. IFR Clearances Off Uncontrolled Airports
      • 5-2-4. Taxi Clearance
      • 5-2-5. Line Up and Wait (LUAW)
      • 5-2-6. Abbreviated IFR Departure Clearance (Cleared. . .as Filed) Procedures
      • 5-2-7. Departure Restrictions, Clearance Void Times, Hold for Release, and Release Times
      • 5-2-8. Departure Control
      • 5-2-9. Instrument Departure Procedures (DP) - Obstacle Departure Procedures (ODP), Standard Instrument Departures (SID), and Diverse Vector Areas (DVA)
    • Section 3. En Route Procedures
      • 5-3-1. ARTCC Communications
      • 5-3-2. Position Reporting
      • 5-3-3. Additional Reports
      • 5-3-4. Airways and Route Systems
      • 5-3-5. Airway or Route Course Changes
      • 5-3-6. Changeover Points (COPs)
      • 5-3-7. Minimum Turning Altitude (MTA)
      • 5-3-8. Holding
    • Section 4. Arrival Procedures
      • 5-4-1. Standard Terminal Arrival (STAR) Procedures
      • 5-4-2. Local Flow Traffic Management Program
      • 5-4-3. Approach Control
      • 5-4-4. Advance Information on Instrument Approach
      • 5-4-5. Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP) Charts
      • 5-4-6. Approach Clearance
      • 5-4-7. Instrument Approach Procedures
      • 5-4-8. Special Instrument Approach Procedures
      • 5-4-9. Procedure Turn and Hold-in-lieu of Procedure Turn
      • 5-4-10. Timed Approaches from a Holding Fix
      • 5-4-11. Radar Approaches
      • 5-4-12. Radar Monitoring of Instrument Approaches
      • 5-4-13. Simultaneous Approaches to Parallel Runways
      • 5-4-14. Simultaneous Dependent Approaches
      • 5-4-15. Simultaneous Independent ILS/RNAV/GLS Approaches
      • 5-4-16. Simultaneous Close Parallel PRM Approaches and Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approaches (SOIA)
      • 5-4-17. Simultaneous Converging Instrument Approaches
      • 5-4-18. RNP AR (Authorization Required) Instrument Procedures
      • 5-4-19. Side-step Maneuver
      • 5-4-20. Approach and Landing Minimums
      • 5-4-21. Missed Approach
      • 5-4-22. Use of Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS) on Instrument Approaches
      • 5-4-23. Visual Approach
      • 5-4-24. Charted Visual Flight Procedure (CVFP)
      • 5-4-25. Contact Approach
      • 5-4-26. Landing Priority
      • 5-4-27. Overhead Approach Maneuver
    • Section 5. Pilot/Controller Roles and Responsibilities
      • 5-5-1. General
      • 5-5-2. Air Traffic Clearance
      • 5-5-3. Contact Approach
      • 5-5-4. Instrument Approach
      • 5-5-5. Missed Approach
      • 5-5-6. Vectors
      • 5-5-7. Safety Alert
      • 5-5-8. See and Avoid
      • 5-5-9. Speed Adjustments
      • 5-5-10. Traffic Advisories (Traffic Information)
      • 5-5-11. Visual Approach
      • 5-5-12. Visual Separation
      • 5-5-13. VFR‐on‐top
      • 5-5-14. Instrument Departures
      • 5-5-15. Minimum Fuel Advisory
      • 5-5-16. RNAV and RNP Operations
    • Section 6. National Security and Interception Procedures
      • 5-6-1. National Security
      • 5-6-2. National Security Requirements
      • 5-6-3. Definitions
      • 5-6-4. ADIZ Requirements
      • 5-6-5. Civil Aircraft Operations To or From U.S. Territorial Airspace
      • 5-6-6. Civil Aircraft Operations Within U.S. Territorial Airspace
      • 5-6-7. Civil Aircraft Operations Transiting U.S. Territorial Airspace
      • 5-6-8. Foreign State Aircraft Operations
      • 5-6-9. FAA/TSA Airspace Waivers
      • 5-6-10. TSA Aviation Security Programs
      • 5-6-11. FAA Flight Routing Authorizations
      • 5-6-12. Emergency Security Control of Air Traffic (ESCAT)
      • 5-6-13. Interception Procedures
      • 5-6-14. Interception Signals
      • 5-6-15. ADIZ Boundaries and Designated Mountainous Areas (See FIG 5-6-3.)
      • 5-6-16. Visual Warning System (VWS)
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