Table of Contents
Section 1. Introduction
1-1-1. PURPOSE OF THIS ORDER
1-1-2. AUDIENCE
1-1-3. WHERE TO FIND THIS ORDER
1-1-4. WHAT THIS ORDER CANCELS
1-1-5. EXPLANATION OF CHANGES
1-1-6. SUBMISSION CUTOFF AND EFFECTIVE DATES
1-1-7. DELIVERY DATES
1-1-8. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROCEDURAL CHANGES
1-1-9. PROCEDURAL LETTERS OF AGREEMENT
1-1-10. CONSTRAINTS GOVERNING SUPPLEMENTS AND PROCEDURAL
DEVIATIONS
1-1-11. SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SMS)
1-1-12. REFERENCES TO FAA NON-AIR TRAFFIC ORGANIZATIONS
1-1-13. DISTRIBUTION
Section 2. Terms of Reference
1-2-1. WORD MEANINGS
1-2-2. COURSE DEFINITIONS
1-2-3. NOTES
1-2-4. REFERENCES
1-2-5. ANNOTATIONS
1-2-6. ABBREVIATIONS
Section 1. General
2-1-1. ATC SERVICE
2-1-2. DUTY PRIORITY
2-1-3. PROCEDURAL PREFERENCE
2-1-4. OPERATIONAL PRIORITY
2-1-5. EXPEDITIOUS COMPLIANCE
2-1-6. SAFETY ALERT
2-1-7. INFLIGHT EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTIONS
2-1-8. MINIMUM FUEL
2-1-9. REPORTING ESSENTIAL FLIGHT INFORMATION
2-1-10. NAVAID MALFUNCTIONS
2-1-11. USE OF MARSA
2-1-12. MILITARY PROCEDURES
2-1-13. FORMATION FLIGHTS
2-1-14. COORDINATE USE OF AIRSPACE
2-1-15. CONTROL TRANSFER
2-1-16. SURFACE AREAS
2-1-17. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
2-1-18. OPERATIONAL REQUESTS
2-1-19. WAKE TURBULENCE
2-1-20. WAKE TURBULENCE CAUTIONARY ADVISORIES
2-1-21. TRAFFIC ADVISORIES
2-1-22. BIRD ACTIVITY INFORMATION
2-1-23. TRANSFER OF POSITION RESPONSIBILITY
2-1-24. WHEELS DOWN CHECK
2-1-25. SUPERVISORY NOTIFICATION
2-1-26. PILOT DEVIATION NOTIFICATION
2-1-27. TCAS RESOLUTION ADVISORIES
2-1-28. RVSM OPERATIONS
2-1-29. TERRAIN AWARENESS WARNING SYSTEM (TAWS) ALERTS
2-1-30. "BLUE LIGHTNING" EVENTS
Section 2. Flight Plans and Control Information
2-2-1. RECORDING INFORMATION
2-2-2. FORWARDING INFORMATION
2-2-3. FORWARDING VFR DATA
2-2-4. MILITARY DVFR DEPARTURES
2-2-5. IFR TO VFR FLIGHT PLAN CHANGE
2-2-6. IFR FLIGHT PROGRESS DATA
2-2-7. MANUAL INPUT OF COMPUTER-ASSIGNED BEACON CODES
2-2-8. ALTRV INFORMATION
2-2-9. COMPUTER MESSAGE VERIFICATION
2-2-10. TRANSMIT PROPOSED FLIGHT PLAN
2-2-11. FORWARDING AMENDED AND UTM DATA
2-2-12. AIRBORNE MILITARY FLIGHTS
2-2-13. FORWARDING FLIGHT PLAN DATA BETWEEN U.S. ARTCCs AND
CANADIAN ACCs
2-2-14. TELETYPE FLIGHT DATA FORMAT- U.S. ARTCCs - CANADIAN ACCs
2-2-15. NORTH AMERICAN ROUTE PROGRAM (NRP) INFORMATION
Section 3. Flight Progress Strips
2-3-1. GENERAL
2-3-2. EN ROUTE DATA ENTRIES
2-3-3. OCEANIC DATA ENTRIES
2-3-4. TERMINAL DATA ENTRIES
2-3-5. AIRCRAFT IDENTITY
2-3-6. AIRCRAFT TYPE
2-3-7. USAF/USN UNDERGRADUATE PILOTS
2-3-8. AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT SUFFIX
2-3-9. CLEARANCE STATUS
2-3-10. CONTROL SYMBOLOGY
Section 4. Radio and Interphone Communications
2-4-1. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
2-4-2. MONITORING
2-4-3. PILOT ACKNOWLEDGMENT/READ BACK
2-4-4. AUTHORIZED INTERRUPTIONS
2-4-5. AUTHORIZED TRANSMISSIONS
2-4-6. FALSE OR DECEPTIVE COMMUNICATIONS
2-4-7. AUTHORIZED RELAYS
2-4-8. RADIO MESSAGE FORMAT
2-4-9. ABBREVIATED TRANSMISSIONS
2-4-10. INTERPHONE TRANSMISSION PRIORITIES
2-4-11. PRIORITY INTERRUPTION
2-4-12. INTERPHONE MESSAGE FORMAT
2-4-13. INTERPHONE MESSAGE TERMINATION
2-4-14. WORDS AND PHRASES
2-4-15. EMPHASIS FOR CLARITY
2-4-16. ICAO PHONETICS
2-4-17. NUMBERS USAGE
2-4-18. NUMBER CLARIFICATION
2-4-19. FACILITY IDENTIFICATION
2-4-20. AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION
2-4-21. DESCRIPTION OF AIRCRAFT TYPES
2-4-22. AIRSPACE CLASSES
Section 5. Route and NAVAID Description
2-5-1. AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE (ATS) ROUTES
2-5-2. NAVAID TERMS
2-5-3. NAVAID FIXES
Section 6. Weather Information
2-6-1. FAMILIARIZATION
2-6-2. HAZARDOUS INFLIGHT WEATHER ADVISORY SERVICE (HIWAS)
2-6-3. PIREP INFORMATION
2-6-4. WEATHER AND CHAFF SERVICES
2-6-5. CALM WIND CONDITIONS
2-6-6. REPORTING WEATHER CONDITIONS
2-6-7. DISSEMINATING WEATHER INFORMATION
Section 7. Altimeter Settings
2-7-1. CURRENT SETTINGS
2-7-2. ALTIMETER SETTING ISSUANCE BELOW LOWEST USABLE FL
Section 8. Runway Visibility Reporting- Terminal
2-8-1. FURNISH RVR/RVV VALUES
2-8-2. ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE RUNWAY VISIBILITY
2-8-3. TERMINOLOGY
Section 9. Automatic Terminal Information Service Procedures
2-9-1. APPLICATION
2-9-2. OPERATING PROCEDURES
2-9-3. CONTENT
Section 10. Team Position Responsibilities
2-10-1. EN ROUTE SECTOR TEAM POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
2-10-2. TERMINAL RADAR/NONRADAR TEAM POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
2-10-3. TOWER TEAM POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
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 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-HOUR TARMAC RULE
Section 2. Visual Signals
3-2-1. LIGHT SIGNALS
3-2-2. WARNING SIGNAL
3-2-3. RECEIVER-ONLY ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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
Section 4. Airport Lighting
3-4-1. EMERGENCY LIGHTING
3-4-2. RUNWAY END IDENTIFIER LIGHTS
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
3-4-15. SIMULTANEOUS APPROACH AND RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT OPERATION
3-4-16. HIGH SPEED TURNOFF LIGHTS
3-4-17. TAXIWAY LIGHTS
3-4-18. OBSTRUCTION LIGHTS
3-4-19. ROTATING BEACON
3420.
RUNWAY STATUS LIGHTS (RWSL)
Section 5. Runway Selection
3-5-1. SELECTION
3-5-2. STOL RUNWAYS
3-5-3. TAILWIND COMPONENTS
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
3-6-5. RADAR-ONLY MODE
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)
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
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. TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD (TIPH)
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 SEPARATION
3-9-9. TAKEOFF CLEARANCE
3-9-10. CANCELLATION OF TAKEOFF CLEARANCE
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 SEPARATION
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
Section 11. Helicopter Operations
3-11-1. TAXI AND GROUND MOVEMENT OPERATION
3-11-2. HELICOPTER TAKEOFF CLEARANCE
3-11-3. HELICOPTER DEPARTURE SEPARATION
3-11-4. HELICOPTER ARRIVAL SEPARATION
3-11-5. SIMULTANEOUS LANDINGS OR TAKEOFFS
3-11-6. HELICOPTER LANDING CLEARANCE
Section 12. Sea Lane Operations
3-12-1. APPLICATION
3-12-2. DEPARTURE SEPARATION
3-12-3. ARRIVAL SEPARATION
Section 1. NAVAID Use Limitations
4-1-1. ALTITUDE AND DISTANCE LIMITATIONS
4-1-2. EXCEPTIONS
4-1-3. CROSSING ALTITUDE
4-1-4. VFR-ON-TOP
4-1-5. FIX USE
Section 2. Clearances
4-2-1. CLEARANCE ITEMS
4-2-2. CLEARANCE PREFIX
4-2-3. DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
4-2-4. CLEARANCE RELAY
4-2-5. ROUTE OR ALTITUDE AMENDMENTS
4-2-6. THROUGH CLEARANCES
4-2-7. ALTRV CLEARANCE
4-2-8. IFR-VFR AND VFR-IFR FLIGHTS
4-2-9. CLEARANCE ITEMS
4-2-10. CANCELLATION OF IFR FLIGHT PLAN
Section 3. Departure Procedures
4-3-1. DEPARTURE TERMINOLOGY
4-3-2. DEPARTURE CLEARANCES
4-3-3. ABBREVIATED DEPARTURE CLEARANCE
4-3-4. DEPARTURE RESTRICTIONS, CLEARANCE VOID TIMES, HOLD FOR
RELEASE, AND RELEASE TIMES
4-3-5. GROUND STOP
4-3-6. DELAY SEQUENCING
4-3-7. FORWARD DEPARTURE DELAY INFORMATION
4-3-8. COORDINATION WITH RECEIVING FACILITY
4-3-9. VFR RELEASE OF IFR DEPARTURE
4-3-10. FORWARDING DEPARTURE TIMES
Section 4. Route Assignment
4-4-1. ROUTE USE
4-4-2. ROUTE STRUCTURE TRANSITIONS
4-4-3. DEGREE-DISTANCE ROUTE DEFINITION FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS
4-4-4. ALTERNATIVE ROUTES
4-4-5. CLASS G AIRSPACE
4-4-6. DIRECT CLEARANCES
Section 5. Altitude Assignment and Verification
4-5-1. VERTICAL SEPARATION MINIMA
4-5-2. FLIGHT DIRECTION
4-5-3. EXCEPTIONS
4-5-4. LOWEST USABLE FLIGHT LEVEL
4-5-5. ADJUSTED MINIMUM FLIGHT LEVEL
4-5-6. MINIMUM EN ROUTE ALTITUDES
4-5-7. ALTITUDE INFORMATION
4-5-8. ANTICIPATED ALTITUDE CHANGES
4-5-9. ALTITUDE CONFIRMATION- NONRADAR
Section 6. Holding Aircraft
4-6-1. CLEARANCE TO HOLDING FIX
4-6-2. CLEARANCE BEYOND FIX
4-6-3. DELAYS
4-6-4. HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS
4-6-5. VISUAL HOLDING POINTS
4-6-6. HOLDING FLIGHT PATH DEVIATION
4-6-7. UNMONITORED NAVAIDs
4-6-8. ILS PROTECTION/CRITICAL AREAS
Section 7. Arrival Procedures
4-7-1. CLEARANCE INFORMATION
4-7-2. ADVANCE DESCENT CLEARANCE
4-7-3. SINGLE FREQUENCY APPROACHES (SFA)
4-7-4. RADIO FREQUENCY AND RADAR BEACON CHANGES FOR MILITARY
AIRCRAFT
4-7-5. MILITARY TURBOJET EN ROUTE DESCENT
4-7-6. ARRIVAL INFORMATION
4-7-7. WEATHER INFORMATION
4-7-8. BELOW MINIMA REPORT BY PILOT
4-7-9. TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION
4-7-10. APPROACH INFORMATION
4-7-11. ARRIVAL INFORMATION BY APPROACH CONTROL FACILITIES
4-7-12. AIRPORT CONDITIONS
4-7-13. SWITCHING ILS/MLS RUNWAYS
Section 8. Approach Clearance Procedures
4-8-1. APPROACH CLEARANCE
4-8-2. CLEARANCE LIMIT
4-8-3. RELAYED APPROACH CLEARANCE
4-8-4. ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENT FOR MILITARY HIGH ALTITUDE
INSTRUMENT APPROACHES
4-8-5. SPECIFYING ALTITUDE
4-8-6. CIRCLING APPROACH
4-8-7. SIDE-STEP MANEUVER
4-8-8. COMMUNICATIONS RELEASE
4-8-9. MISSED APPROACH
4-8-10. APPROACH INFORMATION
4-8-11. PRACTICE APPROACHES
4-8-12. LOW APPROACH AND TOUCH-AND-GO
Section 1. General
5-1-1. PRESENTATION AND EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE
5-1-2. ALIGNMENT ACCURACY CHECK
5-1-3. RADAR USE
5-1-4. BEACON RANGE ACCURACY
5-1-5. ELECTRONIC ATTACK (EA) ACTIVITY
5-1-6. SERVICE LIMITATIONS
5-1-7. ELECTRONIC CURSOR
5-1-8. MERGING TARGET PROCEDURES
5-1-9. HOLDING PATTERN SURVEILLANCE
5-1-10. DEVIATION ADVISORIES
5-1-11. RADAR FIX POSTING
5-1-12. POSITION REPORTING
5-1-13. RADAR SERVICE TERMINATION
Section 2. Beacon Systems
5-2-1. ASSIGNMENT CRITERIA
5-2-2. DISCRETE ENVIRONMENT
5-2-3. NONDISCRETE ENVIRONMENT
5-2-4. MIXED ENVIRONMENT
5-2-5. RADAR BEACON CODE CHANGES
5-2-6. FUNCTION CODE ASSIGNMENTS
5-2-7. EMERGENCY CODE ASSIGNMENT
5-2-8. RADIO FAILURE
5-2-9. VFR CODE ASSIGNMENTS
5-2-10. BEACON CODE FOR PRESSURE SUIT FLIGHTS AND FLIGHTS ABOVE
FL 600
5-2-11. AIR DEFENSE EXERCISE BEACON CODE ASSIGNMENT
5-2-12. STANDBY OR LOW SENSITIVITY OPERATION
5-2-13. CODE MONITOR
5-2-14. FAILURE TO DISPLAY ASSIGNED BEACON CODE OR INOPERATIVE/MALFUNCTIONING TRANSPONDER
5-2-15. INOPERATIVE OR MALFUNCTIONING INTERROGATOR
5-2-16. FAILED TRANSPONDER IN CLASS A AIRSPACE
5-2-17. VALIDATION OF MODE C READOUT
5-2-18. ALTITUDE CONFIRMATION- MODE C
5-2-19. ALTITUDE CONFIRMATION- NON-MODE C
5-2-20. AUTOMATIC ALTITUDE REPORTING
5-2-21. INFLIGHT DEVIATIONS FROM TRANSPONDER/MODE C
REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN 10,000 FEET AND 18,000 FEET
5-2-22. BEACON TERMINATION
5-2-23. ALTITUDE FILTERS
5-2-24. INOVPERATIVE OR MALFUNCTIONING ADS-B TRANSMITTER
Section 3. Radar Identification
5-3-1. APPLICATION
5-3-2. PRIMARY RADAR IDENTIFICATION METHODS
5-3-3. BEACON IDENTIFICATION METHODS
5-3-4. TERMINAL AUTOMATION SYSTEMS IDENTIFICATION METHODS
5-3-5. QUESTIONABLE IDENTIFICATION
5-3-6. POSITION INFORMATION
5-3-7. IDENTIFICATION STATUS
5-3-8. TARGET MARKERS
5-3-9. TARGET MARKERS
Section 4. Transfer of Radar Identification
5-4-1. APPLICATION
5-4-2. TERMS
5-4-3. METHODS
5-4-4. TRAFFIC
5-4-5. TRANSFERRING CONTROLLER HANDOFF
5-4-6. RECEIVING CONTROLLER HANDOFF
5-4-7. POINT OUT
5-4-8. AUTOMATED INFORMATION TRANSFER (AIT)
5-4-9. INTERFACILITY AUTOMATED INFORMATION TRANSFER
5-4-10. PREARRANGED COORDINATION
5-4-11. EN ROUTE FOURTH LINE DATA BLOCK USAGE
Section 5. Radar Separation
5-5-1. APPLICATION
5-5-2. TARGET SEPARATION
5-5-3. TARGET RESOLUTION
5-5-4. MINIMA
5-5-5. VERTICAL APPLICATION
5-5-6. EXCEPTIONS
5-5-7. PASSING OR DIVERGING
5-5-8. ADDITIONAL SEPARATION FOR FORMATION FLIGHTS
5-5-9. SEPARATION FROM OBSTRUCTIONS
5-5-10. ADJACENT AIRSPACE
5-5-11. EDGE OF SCOPE
5-5-12. BEACON TARGET DISPLACEMENT
Section 6. Vectoring
5-6-1. APPLICATION
5-6-2. METHODS
5-6-3. VECTORS BELOW MINIMUM ALTITUDE
Section 7. Speed Adjustment
5-7-1. APPLICATION
5-7-2. METHODS
5-7-3. MINIMA
5-7-4. TERMINATION
Section 8. Radar Departures
5-8-1. PROCEDURES
5-8-2. INITIAL HEADING
5-8-3. SUCCESSIVE OR SIMULTANEOUS DEPARTURES
5-8-4. DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL
5-8-5. DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS ON PARALLEL OR NONINTERSECTING
DIVERGING RUNWAYS
Section 9. Radar Arrivals
5-9-1. VECTORS TO FINAL APPROACH COURSE
5-9-2. FINAL APPROACH COURSE INTERCEPTION
5-9-3. VECTORS ACROSS FINAL APPROACH COURSE
5-9-4. ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS
5-9-5. APPROACH SEPARATION RESPONSIBILITY
5-9-6. SIMULTANEOUS
DEPENDENT APPROACHES
5-9-7. SIMULTANEOUS INDEPENDENT APPROACHES- DUAL &
TRIPLE
5-9-8. SIMULTANEOUS INDEPENDENT
CLOSE PARALLEL APPROACHES- HIGH
UPDATE RADAR
5-9-9. SIMULTANEOUS INDEPENDENT
CLOSE PARALLEL APPROACHES - HIGH UPDATE RADAR NOT REQUIRED
5-9-10. SIMULTANEOUS OFFSET INSTRUMENT APPROACHES
(SOIA) - HIGH UPDATE RADAR
5-9-11. SIMULTANEOUS INDEPENDENT APPROACHES TO WIDELY-SPACED PARALLEL RUNWAYS
WITHOUT FINAL MONITORS
Section 10. Radar Approaches- Terminal
5-10-1. APPLICATION
5-10-2. APPROACH INFORMATION
5-10-3. NO-GYRO APPROACH
5-10-4. LOST COMMUNICATIONS
5-10-5. RADAR CONTACT LOST
5-10-6. LANDING CHECK
5-10-7. POSITION INFORMATION
5-10-8. FINAL CONTROLLER CHANGEOVER
5-10-9. COMMUNICATIONS CHECK
5-10-10. TRANSMISSION ACKNOWLEDGMENT
5-10-11. MISSED APPROACH
5-10-12. LOW APPROACH AND TOUCH-AND-GO
5-10-13. TOWER CLEARANCE
5-10-14. FINAL APPROACH ABNORMALITIES
5-10-15. MILITARY SINGLE FREQUENCY APPROACHES
Section 11. Surveillance Approaches- Terminal
5-11-1. ALTITUDE INFORMATION
5-11-2. VISUAL REFERENCE REPORT
5-11-3. DESCENT NOTIFICATION
5-11-4. DESCENT INSTRUCTIONS
5-11-5. FINAL APPROACH GUIDANCE
5-11-6. APPROACH GUIDANCE TERMINATION
Section 12. PAR Approaches- Terminal
5-12-1. GLIDEPATH NOTIFICATION
5-12-2. DECISION HEIGHT (DH) NOTIFICATION
5-12-3. DESCENT INSTRUCTION
5-12-4. GLIDEPATH AND COURSE INFORMATION
5-12-5. DISTANCE FROM TOUCHDOWN
5-12-6. DECISION HEIGHT
5-12-7. POSITION ADVISORIES
5-12-8. APPROACH GUIDANCE TERMINATION
5-12-9. COMMUNICATION TRANSFER
5-12-10. ELEVATION FAILURE
5-12-11. SURVEILLANCE UNUSABLE
Section 13. Use of PAR for Approach Monitoring- Terminal
5-13-1. MONITOR ON PAR EQUIPMENT
5-13-2. MONITOR AVAILABILITY
5-13-3. MONITOR INFORMATION
Section 14. Automation- En Route
5-14-1. CONFLICT ALERT (CA) AND MODE C INTRUDER (MCI) ALERT
5-14-2. EN ROUTE MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING (E-MSAW)
5-14-3. COMPUTER ENTRY OF ASSIGNED ALTITUDE
5-14-4. ENTRY OF REPORTED ALTITUDE
5-14-5. SELECTED ALTITUDE LIMITS
5-14-6. SECTOR ELIGIBILITY
5-14-7. COAST TRACKS
5-14-8. CONTROLLER INITIATED COAST TRACKS
Section 15. Automated Radar Terminal Systems (ARTS)- Terminal
5-15-1. APPLICATION
5-15-2. RESPONSIBILITY
5-15-3. FUNCTIONAL USE
5-15-4. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
5-15-5. INFORMATION DISPLAYED
5-15-6. CA/MCI
5-15-7. INHIBITING MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING (MSAW)
5-15-8. TRACK SUSPEND FUNCTION
Section 16. TPX-42- Terminal
5-16-1. APPLICATION
5-16-2. RESPONSIBILITY
5-16-3. FUNCTIONAL USE
5-16-4. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
5-16-5. INFORMATION DISPLAYED
5-16-6. INHIBITING LOW ALTITUDE ALERT SYSTEM (LAAS)
Section 1. General
6-1-1. DISTANCE
6-1-2. NONRECEIPT OF POSITION REPORT
6-1-3. DUPLICATE POSITION REPORTS
6-1-4. ADJACENT AIRPORT OPERATION
6-1-5. ARRIVAL MINIMA
Section 2. Initial Separation of Successive Departing Aircraft
6-2-1. MINIMA ON DIVERGING COURSES
6-2-2. MINIMA ON SAME COURSE
Section 3. Initial Separation of Departing and Arriving Aircraft
6-3-1. SEPARATION MINIMA
Section 4. Longitudinal Separation
6-4-1. APPLICATION
6-4-2. MINIMA ON SAME, CONVERGING, OR CROSSING COURSES
6-4-3. MINIMA ON OPPOSITE COURSES
6-4-4. SEPARATION BY PILOTS
6-4-5. RNAV AIRCRAFT ALONG VOR AIRWAYS/ROUTES
Section 5. Lateral Separation
6-5-1. SEPARATION METHODS
6-5-2. MINIMA ON DIVERGING RADIALS
6-5-3. DME ARC MINIMA
6-5-4. MINIMA ALONG OTHER THAN ESTABLISHED AIRWAYS OR ROUTES
6-5-5. RNAV MINIMA- DIVERGING/CROSSING COURSES
Section 6. Vertical Separation
6-6-1. APPLICATION
6-6-2. EXCEPTIONS
6-6-3. SEPARATION BY PILOTS
Section 7. Timed Approaches
6-7-1. APPLICATION
6-7-2. APPROACH SEQUENCE
6-7-3. SEQUENCE INTERRUPTION
6-7-4. LEVEL FLIGHT RESTRICTION
6-7-5. INTERVAL MINIMA
6-7-6. TIME CHECK
6-7-7. MISSED APPROACHES
Section 1. General
7-1-1. CLASS A AIRSPACE RESTRICTIONS
7-1-2. VFR CONDITIONS
7-1-3. APPROACH CONTROL SERVICE FOR VFR ARRIVING AIRCRAFT
7-1-4. VISUAL HOLDING OF VFR AIRCRAFT
Section 2. Visual Separation
7-2-1. VISUAL SEPARATION
Section 3. VFR-on-top
7-3-1. VFR-ON-TOP
7-3-2. ALTITUDE FOR DIRECTION OF FLIGHT
Section 4. Approaches
7-4-1. VISUAL APPROACH
7-4-2. VECTORS FOR VISUAL APPROACH
7-4-3. CLEARANCE FOR VISUAL APPROACH
7-4-4. APPROACHES TO MULTIPLE RUNWAYS
7-4-5. CHARTED VISUAL FLIGHT PROCEDURES (CVFP). USA/USN NOT
APPLICABLE
7-4-6. CONTACT APPROACH
Section 5. Special VFR (SVFR)
7-5-1. AUTHORIZATION
7-5-2. PRIORITY
7-5-3. SEPARATION
7-5-4. ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENT
7-5-5. LOCAL OPERATIONS
7-5-6. CLIMB TO VFR
7-5-7. GROUND VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE
7-5-8. FLIGHT VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE
Section 6. Basic Radar Service to VFR Aircraft- Terminal
7-6-1. APPLICATION
7-6-2. SERVICE AVAILABILITY
7-6-3. INITIAL CONTACT
7-6-4. IDENTIFICATION
7-6-5. HOLDING
7-6-6. APPROACH SEQUENCE
7-6-7. SEQUENCING
7-6-8. CONTROL TRANSFER
7-6-9. ABANDONED APPROACH
7-6-10. VFR DEPARTURE INFORMATION
7-6-11. TERMINATION OF SERVICE
7-6-12. SERVICE PROVIDED WHEN TOWER IS INOPERATIVE
Section 7. Terminal Radar Service Area (TRSA)- Terminal
7-7-1. APPLICATION
7-7-2. ISSUANCE OF EFC
7-7-3. SEPARATION
7-7-4. HELICOPTER TRAFFIC
7-7-5. ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENTS
7-7-6. APPROACH INTERVAL
7-7-7. TRSA DEPARTURE INFORMATION
Section 8. Class C Service- Terminal
7-8-1. APPLICATION
7-8-2. CLASS C SERVICES
7-8-3. SEPARATION
7-8-4. ESTABLISHING TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS
7-8-5. ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENTS
7-8-6. EXCEPTIONS
7-8-7. ADJACENT AIRPORT OPERATIONS
7-8-8. TERMINATION OF SERVICE
Section 9. Class B Service Area- Terminal
7-9-1. APPLICATION
7-9-2. VFR AIRCRAFT IN CLASS B AIRSPACE
7-9-3. METHODS
7-9-4. SEPARATION
7-9-5. TRAFFIC ADVISORIES
7-9-6. HELICOPTER TRAFFIC
7-9-7. ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENTS
7-9-8. APPROACH INTERVAL
Section 1. General
8-1-1. ATC SERVICE
8-1-2. OPERATIONS IN OFFSHORE AIRSPACE AREAS
8-1-3. VFR FLIGHT PLANS
8-1-4. TYPES OF SEPARATION
8-1-5. ALTIMETER SETTING
8-1-6. RECEIPT OF POSITION REPORTS
8-1-7. OCEANIC NAVIGATIONAL ERROR REPORTING (ONER) PROCEDURES
8-1-8. USE OF CONTROL ESTIMATES
8-1-9. RVSM OPERATIONS
Section 2. Coordination
8-2-1. GENERAL
8-2-2. TRANSFER OF CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS
8-2-3. AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES INTERFACILITY DATA COMMUNICATIONS
(AIDC)
Section 3. Longitudinal Separation
8-3-1. APPLICATION
8-3-2. SEPARATION METHODS
8-3-3. MACH NUMBER TECHNIQUE
Section 4. Lateral Separation
8-4-1. APPLICATION
8-4-2. SEPARATION METHODS
8-4-3. REDUCTION OF ROUTE PROTECTED AIRSPACE
8-4-4. TRACK SEPARATION
Section 5. Offshore/Oceanic Transition Procedures
8-5-1. ALTITUDE/FLIGHT LEVEL TRANSITION
8-5-2. COURSE DIVERGENCE
8-5-3. OPPOSITE DIRECTION
8-5-4. SAME DIRECTION
855. RADAR IDENTIFICATION
APPLICATION
Section 6. Separation from Airspace Reservations
8-6-1. TEMPORARY STATIONARY AIRSPACE RESERVATIONS
8-6-2. REFUSAL OF AVOIDANCE CLEARANCE
8-6-3. TEMPORARY MOVING AIRSPACE RESERVATIONS
Section 7. North Atlantic ICAO Region
8-7-1. APPLICATION
8-7-2. VERTICAL SEPARATION
8-7-3. LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION
8-7-4. LATERAL SEPARATION
8-7-5. PROCEDURES FOR WEATHER DEVIATIONS IN NORTH ATLANTIC (NAT)
AIRSPACE
Section 8. Caribbean ICAO Region
8-8-1. APPLICATION
8-8-2. VERTICAL SEPARATION
8-8-3. LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION
8-8-4. LATERAL SEPARATION
8-8-5. VFR CLIMB AND DESCENT
Section 9. Pacific ICAO Region
8-9-1. APPLICATION
8-9-2. VERTICAL SEPARATION
8-9-3. LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION
8-9-4. LATERAL SEPARATION
8-9-5. COMPOSITE SEPARATION MINIMA
8-9-6. COMPOSITE SEPARATION ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENT
8-9-7. COMPOSITE SEPARATION APPLICATION
8-9-8. PROCEDURES FOR WEATHER DEVIATIONS AND OTHER
CONTINGENCIES IN OCEANIC CONTROLLED AIRSPACE
Section 10. North American ICAO Region
8-10-1. APPLICATION
8-10-2. VERTICAL SEPARATION
8-10-3. LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION
8-10-4. LATERAL SEPARATION
Section 1. General
9-1-1. GENERAL
9-1-2. SPECIAL HANDLING
9-1-3. FLIGHT CHECK AIRCRAFT
Section 2. Special Operations
9-2-1. AIRCRAFT CARRYING DANGEROUS MATERIALS
9-2-2. CELESTIAL NAVIGATION TRAINING
9-2-3. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) SPECIAL FLIGHTS
9-2-4. EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS
9-2-5. FAA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FLIGHTS
9-2-6. FLYNET
9-2-7. IFR MILITARY TRAINING ROUTES
9-2-8. INTERCEPTOR OPERATIONS
9-2-9. SPECIAL INTEREST SITES
9-2-10. WASHINGTON, DC, SPECIAL FLIGHT RULES AREA (DC SFRA)/ATC
SECURITY SERVICES
9-2-11. SECURITY NOTICE
9-2-12. LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS BY CIVIL AND MILITARY
ORGANIZATIONS
9-2-13. MILITARY AERIAL REFUELING
9-2-14. MILITARY OPERATIONS ABOVE FL 600
9-2-15. MILITARY SPECIAL USE FREQUENCIES
9-2-16. AVOIDANCE OF AREAS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION
9-2-17. SAMP
9-2-18. AWACS/NORAD SPECIAL FLIGHTS
9-2-19. WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS
9-2-20. EVASIVE ACTION MANEUVER
9-2-21. NONSTANDARD FORMATION/CELL OPERATIONS
9-2-22. OPEN SKIES TREATY AIRCRAFT
Section 3. Special Use, ATC
- Assigned Airspace, and Stationary ALTRVs,
9-3-1. APPLICATION
9-3-2. SEPARATION MINIMA
9-3-3. VFR-ON-TOP
9-3-4. TRANSITING ACTIVE SUA/ATCAA
Section 4. Fuel Dumping
9-4-1. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
9-4-2. ROUTING
9-4-3. ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENT
9-4-4. SEPARATION MINIMA
9-4-5. INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
Section 5. Jettisoning of External Stores
9-5-1. JETTISONING OF EXTERNAL STORES
Section 6. Unmanned Free Balloons
9-6-1. APPLICATION
9-6-2. DERELICT BALLOONS
Section 7. Parachute Operations
9-7-1. COORDINATION
9-7-2. CLASS A, CLASS B, AND CLASS C AIRSPACE
9-7-3. CLASS D AIRSPACE
9-7-4. OTHER CONTROL AIRSPACE
Section 8. Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) Reports
9-8-1. GENERAL
Section 1. General
10-1-1. EMERGENCY DETERMINATIONS
10-1-2. OBTAINING INFORMATION
10-1-3. PROVIDING ASSISTANCE
10-1-4. RESPONSIBILITY
10-1-5. COORDINATION
10-1-6. AIRPORT GROUND EMERGENCY
10-1-7. INFLIGHT EMERGENCIES INVOLVING MILITARY FIGHTER-TYPE
AIRCRAFT
Section 2. Emergency Assistance
10-2-1. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
10-2-2. FREQUENCY CHANGES
10-2-3. AIRCRAFT ORIENTATION
10-2-4. ALTITUDE CHANGE FOR IMPROVED RECEPTION
10-2-5. EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
10-2-6. HIJACKED AIRCRAFT
10-2-7. VFR AIRCRAFT IN WEATHER DIFFICULTY
10-2-8. RADAR ASSISTANCE TO VFR AIRCRAFT IN WEATHER DIFFICULTY
10-2-9. RADAR ASSISTANCE TECHNIQUES
10-2-10. EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER (ELT) SIGNALS
10-2-11. AIRCRAFT BOMB THREATS
10-2-12. EXPLOSIVE DETECTION K-9 TEAMS
10-2-13. MANPADS ALERT
10-2-14. UNAUTHORIZED LASER ILLUMINATION OF AIRCRAFT
10-2-15. EMERGENCY AIRPORT RECOMMENDATION
10-2-16. GUIDANCE TO EMERGENCY AIRPORT
10-2-17. EMERGENCY OBSTRUCTION VIDEO MAP (EOVM)
10-2-18. VOLCANIC ASH
10-2-19. REPORTING DEATH, ILLNESS, OR OTHER PUBLIC
HEALTH RISK ON BOARD AIRCRAFT
Section 3. Overdue Aircraft
10-3-1. OVERDUE AIRCRAFT
10-3-2. INFORMATION TO BE FORWARDED TO ARTCC
10-3-3. INFORMATION TO BE FORWARDED TO RCC
10-3-4. ALNOT
10-3-5. RESPONSIBILITY TRANSFER TO RCC
10-3-6. AIRCRAFT POSITION PLOTS
10-3-7. ALNOT CANCELLATION
Section 4. Control Actions
10-4-1. TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS
10-4-2. LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS
10-4-3. TRAFFIC RESUMPTION
10-4-4. COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE
Section 5. Miscellaneous Operations
10-5-1. EXPLOSIVE CARGO
Section 6. Oceanic Emergency Procedures
10-6-1. APPLICATION
10-6-2. PHASES OF EMERGENCY
10-6-3. ALERTING SERVICE AND SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
10-6-4. INFLIGHT CONTINGENCIES
10-6-5. SERVICES TO RESCUE AIRCRAFT
Section 7. Ground Missile Emergencies
10-7-1. INFORMATION RELAY
10-7-2. IFR AND SVFR MINIMA
10-7-3. VFR MINIMA
10-7-4. SMOKE COLUMN AVOIDANCE
10-7-5. EXTENDED NOTIFICATION
Section 1. General
11-1-1. DUTY RESPONSIBILITY
11-1-2. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
11-1-3. TIME BASED FLOW MANAGEMENT (TBFM)
Section 1. General Control
12-1-1. APPLICATION
12-1-2. AIRSPACE CLASSIFICATION
12-1-3. ONE THOUSAND-ON-TOP
12-1-4. SEPARATION
12-1-5. DEPARTURE CLEARANCE/COMMUNICATION FAILURE
12-1-6. PARACHUTE JUMPING
12-1-7. SPECIAL VFR (SVFR)
Section 1. User Request Evaluation Tool (URET) - En Route
13-1-1. DESCRIPTION
13-1-2. CONFLICT DETECTION AND RESOLUTION
13-1-3. TRIAL PLANNING
13-1-4. URET-BASED CLEARANCES
13-1-5. THE AIRCRAFT LIST (ACL), DEPARTURE LIST (DL) AND FLIGHT DATA
MANAGEMENT
13-1-6. MANUAL COORDINATION AND THE URET COORDINATION MENU
13-1-7. HOLDING
13-1-8. RECORDING OF CONTROL DATA
13-1-9. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AUTOMATED NOTIFICATION
13-1-10. CURRENCY OF TRAJECTORY INFORMATION
13-1-11. DELAY REPORTING
13-1-12. OVERDUE AIRCRAFT
13-1-13. USE OF GRAPHICS PLAN DISPLAY (GPD)
13-1-14. FORECAST WINDS
13-1-15. INTERFACILITY CONNECTIVITY
13-1-16. PRIMARY HOST OUTAGES
13-1-17. URET AIRSPACE CONFIGURATION ELEMENTS
Section 2. Ocean21 - Oceanic
13-2-1. DESCRIPTION
13-2-2. CONFLICT DETECTION AND RESOLUTION
13-2-3. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
13-2-4. CONTROLLER PILOT DATA LINK COMMUNICATIONS (CPDLC)
13-2-5. COORDINATION
13-2-6. TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES - MULTIPLE PERSON OPERATION
Appendix A. Aircraft Information Fixed-Wing Aircraft
Appendix B. Aircraft Information Helicopters/Rotorcrafts
Appendix C. Aircraft Information Specific
Amateur- Built/Experimental Aircraft
Appendix D. Standard Operating Practice (SOP) for the Transfer of Position Responsibility
PILOT/CONTROLLER GLOSSARY
INDEX
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