Chapter 3. Airport Traffic Control- Terminal

1. Section 1. General
   • 3-1-1. PROVIDE SERVICE
   • 3-1-2. PREVENTIVE CONTROL
   • 3-1-3. USE OF ACTIVE RUNWAYS
   • 3-1-4. COORDINATION BETWEEN LOCAL AND GROUND CONTROLLERS
   • 3-1-5. VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT/PERSONNEL NEAR/ON RUNWAYS
   • 3-1-6. TRAFFIC INFORMATION
   • 3-1-7. POSITION DETERMINATION
   • 3-1-8. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR/MICROBURST ADVISORIES
   • 3-1-9. USE OF TOWER RADAR DISPLAYS
   • 3-1-10. OBSERVED ABNORMALITIES
   • 3-1-11. SURFACE AREA RESTRICTIONS
   • 3-1-12. VISUALLY SCANNING RUNWAYS
   • 3-1-13. ESTABLISHING TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS
   • 3-1-14. GROUND OPERATIONS WHEN VOLCANIC ASH IS PRESENT
   • 3-1-15. GROUND OPERATIONS RELATED TO THREE/FOUR-HOUR TARMAC RULE
2. Section 2. Visual Signals
   • 3-2-1. LIGHT SIGNALS
   • 3-2-2. WARNING SIGNAL
   • 3-2-3. RECEIVER‐ONLY ACKNOWLEDGMENT
3. Section 3. Airport Conditions
   • 3-3-1. LANDING AREA CONDITION
   • 3-3-2. CLOSED/UNSAFE RUNWAY INFORMATION
   • 3-3-3. TIMELY INFORMATION
   • 3-3-4. BRAKING ACTION
   • 3-3-5. BRAKING ACTION ADVISORIES
   • 3-3-6. ARRESTING SYSTEM OPERATION
   • 3-3-7. FAR FIELD MONITOR (FFM) REMOTE STATUS UNIT
4. Section 4. Airport Lighting
   • 3-4-1. EMERGENCY LIGHTING
   • 3-4-2. RUNWAY END IDENTIFIER LIGHTS (REIL)
   • 3-4-3. VISUAL APPROACH SLOPE INDICATORS (VASI)
   • 3-4-4. PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATORS (PAPI)
   • 3-4-5. APPROACH LIGHTS
   • 3-4-6. ALS INTENSITY SETTINGS
   • 3-4-7. SEQUENCED FLASHING LIGHTS (SFL)
   • 3-4-8. MALSR/ODALS
   • 3-4-9. ALSF-2/SSALR
   • 3-4-10. RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS
   • 3-4-11. HIGH INTENSITY RUNWAY, RUNWAY CENTERLINE, AND TOUCHDOWN ZONE LIGHTS
   • 3-4-12. HIRL ASSOCIATED WITH MALSR
   • 3-4-13. HIRL CHANGES AFFECTING RVR
   • 3-4-14. MEDIUM INTENSITY RUNWAY LIGHTS (MIRL)
   • 3-4-15. HIGH SPEED TURNOFF LIGHTS
   • 3-4-16. TAXIWAY LIGHTS
   • 3-4-17. OBSTRUCTION LIGHTS
   • 3-4-18. ROTATING BEACON
   • 3-4-19. RUNWAY STATUS LIGHTS (RWSL)
5. Section 5. Runway Selection
   • 3-5-1. SELECTION
   • 3-5-2. STOL RUNWAYS
   • 3-5-3. TAILWIND COMPONENTS
6. Section 6. Airport Surface Detection Procedures
   • 3-6-1. EQUIPMENT USAGE
   • 3-6-2. IDENTIFICATION
   • 3-6-3. INFORMATION USAGE
   • 3-6-4. SAFETY LOGIC ALERT RESPONSES
7. Section 7. Taxi and Ground Movement Procedures
   • 3-7-1. GROUND TRAFFIC MOVEMENT
   • 3-7-2. TAXI AND GROUND MOVEMENT OPERATIONS
   • 3-7-3. GROUND OPERATIONS
   • 3-7-4. RUNWAY PROXIMITY
   • 3-7-5. PRECISION APPROACH CRITICAL AREA
   • 3-7-6. PRECISION OBSTACLE FREE ZONE (POFZ) AND FINAL APPROACH OBSTACLE CLEARANCE SURFACES (OCS)
8. Section 8. Spacing and Sequencing
   • 3-8-1. SEQUENCE/SPACING APPLICATION
   • 3-8-2. TOUCH‐AND‐GO OR STOP‐AND‐GO OR LOW APPROACH
   • 3-8-3. SIMULTANEOUS SAME DIRECTION OPERATION
   • 3-8-4. SIMULTANEOUS OPPOSITE DIRECTION OPERATION
9. Section 9. Departure Procedures and Separation
   • 3-9-1. DEPARTURE INFORMATION
   • 3-9-2. DEPARTURE DELAY INFORMATION
   • 3-9-3. DEPARTURE CONTROL INSTRUCTIONS
   • 3-9-4. LINE UP AND WAIT (LUAW)
   • 3-9-5. ANTICIPATING SEPARATION
   • 3-9-6. SAME RUNWAY SEPARATION
   • 3-9-7. WAKE TURBULENCE SEPARATION FOR INTERSECTION DEPARTURES
   • 3-9-8. INTERSECTING RUNWAY/INTERSECTING FLIGHT PATH OPERATIONS
   • 3-9-9. NONINTERSECTING CONVERGING RUNWAY OPERATIONS
   • 3-9-10. TAKEOFF CLEARANCE
   • 3-9-11. CANCELLATION OF TAKEOFF CLEARANCE
10. Section 10. Arrival Procedures and Separation
    • 3-10-1. LANDING INFORMATION
    • 3-10-2. FORWARDING APPROACH INFORMATION BY NONAPPROACH CONTROL FACILITIES
    • 3-10-3. SAME RUNWAY SEPARATION
    • 3-10-4. INTERSECTING RUNWAY/INTERSECTING FLIGHT PATH OPERATIONS
    • 3-10-5. LANDING CLEARANCE
    • 3-10-6. ANTICIPATING SEPARATION
    • 3-10-7. LANDING CLEARANCE WITHOUT VISUAL OBSERVATION
    • 3-10-8. WITHHOLDING LANDING CLEARANCE
    • 3-10-9. RUNWAY EXITING
    • 3-10-10. ALTITUDE RESTRICTED LOW APPROACH
    • 3-10-11. CLOSED TRAFFIC
    • 3-10-12. OVERHEAD MANEUVER
    • 3-10-13. SIMULATED FLAMEOUT (SFO) APPROACHES/EMERGENCY LANDING PATTERN (ELP) OPERATIONS/PRACTICE PRECAUTIONARY APPROACHES
11. Section 11. Helicopter Operations
    • 3-11-1. TAXI AND GROUND MOVEMENT OPERATION
    • 3-11-2. HELICOPTER/POWERED‐LIFT TAKEOFF CLEARANCE
    • 3-11-3. HELICOPTER/POWERED‐LIFT DEPARTURE SEPARATION
    • 3-11-4. HELICOPTER/POWERED‐LIFT ARRIVAL SEPARATION
    • 3-11-5. SIMULTANEOUS LANDINGS OR TAKEOFFS
    • 3-11-6. HELICOPTER/POWERED‐LIFT LANDING CLEARANCE
12. Section 12. Sea Lane Operations
    • 3-12-1. APPLICATION
    • 3-12-2. DEPARTURE SEPARATION
    • 3-12-3. ARRIVAL SEPARATION