2 LP Intro Flashcards by Halie Harrington

FSSs stand for?

What is their primary responsibility?

Flight Service Stations

Providing pilot briefings, and receiving and processing IFR and VFR flight plans

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FSS

Inflight - what do they do?

Issues airport advisory's, 
relays Atc clearances, advisories, or request to Pilot 
monitors and restores NAVAIDs
 activates and closes the flight plans, 
assist pilots of lost aircraft.

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FSS

Flight data/NOTAM/coordinator

Disseminate IFR and VFR flight plans, initiates search and rescue
Disseminates NOTAMs
Performs customs notification

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FSS

Broadcast what do they do?

Makes recordings of weather and flight information, such as hazardous in-flight weather advisory service HIWAS

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FSS

Preflight what do the do?

Briefs pilots on whether,
NOTAMs,
And restrictions along proposed route, applies VFR not recommended (VNR) procedures

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ATCTs

Name 6 positions

Flight data
Clearance delivery
local control 
ground control 
tower coordinator 
tower associate

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TRACONs (terminal radar approach controls

Name the 4 basic positions

Flight data
Radar associate
radar controller
radar coordinator

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ARTCCs
(Air route traffic control centers)
Name the 4 basic positions

Radar flight data
Radar associate
radar
radar coordinator

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What position is in direct communication with aircraft?

Tracon/ artcc

Radar positions

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Name the two types of facilities that are referred to as terminal

TRACON

ATCT

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Generally, the first contact made to an ATCT by a departing IFR aircraft is the ____________ position

Clearance delivery

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What is Capping

Term to indicate aircraft will be cleared to an altitude lower than the requested altitude until they are clear of a particular airspace

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What is en route sequencing program (ESP)

Assigns departure times that will facilitate integration into the en route traffic Stream

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Airborne holding

Normally done when the operating environment supports holding and the weather conditions are expected to improve shortly

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Ground delay program (GDP)

Aircraft are held on the ground until a specific time

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Reroutes

Routing other than the filed flight plan designed to keep aircraft clear a special use airspace, congested airspace, or weather areas

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Ground stop (GS)

Overrides all other TM system programs aircraft remain on the ground until the program is terminated

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VORTAC stand for

Very high frequency Omni directional range/tactical air navigation navigational aid

It has VOR, TACAN and DME at one site

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VOR stand for?

Very high frequency Omni directional range navigational aid

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TACAN stand for?

Tactical air navigation

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MSL

Mean sea level

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NAVAID

What is it?

Navigational aid
Any visual or electronic device airborne or on the surface which provides point to point guidance information or position data to aircraft in flight

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DME

Distance measuring equipment

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NAS

What does it Stand for and what is it?

National Airspace System

It includes every airport runway and taxiway in the United States

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TM What is it? What does it do?

Traffic management system

What is the FAA's mission?

To provide the safest most efficient Aerospace systems in the world

How many regions and aeronautical center operations are there?

``` Niner! 9 Northwest mountain Western Pacific Southwest Great Lakes New England Central Eastern southern Alaskan ```

What is the ATO? And it's responsibility?

Air traffic organization Is responsible for ensuring the safety efficiency and security of air traffic operations across the entire national airspace system (NAS)

How many air traffic services service areas are there? | Name the 3 ATO service areas.

3 Western central eastern

What is the responsibility of the air traffic services? (AJT)

To provide safe , secure and efficient management for the national airspace system (NAS)

The ATO is managed by _______.

COO | Chief operating officer

What does the COO manage?

The ATO

What is the primary purpose of the ATC system?

The primary purpose of the ATC system is to prevent a collision between aircraft operating in the system and to provide a safe, orderly and expeditious flow of traffic and to provide support to national security and homeland events.

_____ priority is given to _____ and _____. | Duty Priority.

First, separating aircraft, issuing safety alerts.

What is the second priority? | Duty priority

Second priority is to provide support to national security and homeland defense.

_______ shall be used and prioritizing all other duties based on the__________ at hand or when encountering situations for which there is ________.

Good judgment, requirements of the situation, no written procedure.

Automation procedures are used in preference to non-automation procedures when_________.

Workload, communications, and equipment capabilities permit.

Radar separation is used in reference to non-radar separation when________.

It will be an operational advantage, and workload, communications, and equipment permit

Non-read our separation is used in reference to write our separation when________.

An operational advantage will be gained.

Air traffic control service to aircraft is provided on a ________ as circumstances permit.

First come first serve basis

Air traffic control services to aircraft is provided on a first come first serve basis at circumstances permit except the following: Hint: Don't allow stupid people fly sober or drunk

``` Distress - Aircraft in distress ambulance - civilian (medevac) SAR - search and rescue mission presidential aircraft flight check aircraft special military and civilian operations diverted flights ```

Aircraft in distress have the ______ over all other traffic

Right of way

Priority is also provided to_______and scheduled air carrier taxi flights when_______.

Military air EVAC | verbally requested

What are the four basic positions in a FSS?

Flight data/NOTAM coordinator broadcast preflight Inflight

T or F | FSS provided radar traffic advisories to VFR aircraft.

No! Atc does that!

The flight service station position that initiates required search and rescue situation is the ______ position.

Flight data/NOTAM/coordinator

The FSS position the issues airport advisory is in the _______ position

Inflight

What is the objective of airport traffic control tower ATCT

To provide ATC service to aircraft operating on or in the vicinity of the airport

What is the objective of terminal radar approach control TRACON

To provide radar service to arriving, departing and sometimes en route aircraft

ATCT team as a whole has responsibility for

The safe and efficient operation of that lower cab (work as a team)

Difference between interfacility and intrafacility

Inter- international, outside facilities | Intra- within the facility

ATCT Flight data (FD)

Compile statistical data, processes and forwards flight plan information, reports weather information

``` ATCT Clearance delivery (CD) ```

Issues clearances and ensures accuracy of pilot read back

``` ATCT Ground control (GC) ```

Initiates control instructions, has responsibility control of aircraft and vehicles on taxiways and run ways that are not active, ensures separation

``` ATCT Locals control (LC) ```

Initiates control instructions, has responsibility for control of active runways, ensure separation.

``` ATCT Tower coordinator (cc) (cab coordinator) ```

Performs in interfacility/intra- facility coordination, advises the tower positions of actions required to accomplish objectives.

``` ATCT Tower associate (ta) ```

Assists the tower position by performing coordination and helps to ensure separation by maintaining awareness of the tower traffic

TRACON | Stand for and definition

Terminal radar approach control. Uses radar and non-radar capabilities to provide control services to aircraft arriving, departing, and transmitting air space in terminal area

TRACONs are divided into _____

Sectors of airspace

The position responsible for compiling statistical data and forwarding flight plan data is ________ TRACON/ ARTCC

Radar flight data position

The position responsible for ensuring separation, initiating control instructions, managing flight trip information, and assisting the radar position with coordination is the ______. TRACON/ ARTCC

Radar associate position

What position is responsible for interfacility/intrafacility coordination? TRACON/ARTCC

Radar coordinator position

The mission of the traffic management system is to_______.

Balance air traffic demand with system capacity

Air traffic control system command center (ATCSCC) monitors and manages______.

The flow of air traffic throughout the NAS

Traffic management units (TMU) monitor and _________.

Balance traffic flows within their area of responsibility in accordance with traffic management directives.

Traffic management initiatives (TMI) are_______.

Techniques used to manage demand with capacity in the NAS

7 TMI types

- Altitude - miles in trail or minutes in trail - fix balancing or airborne holding - sequencing programs - reroutes - ground delay programs - ground stops

From what facility would you receive landing clearance?

ATCT

The operation of the TM system is the responsibility of the______.

ATCSCC | Air traffic control system command center

Monitoring and balancing air traffic flows within their area of responsibility is the primary function of the _______.

TMUs | Traffic management units

7 components of the NAS

``` Airspace and ATS route navigational aids NAVAIDS airports or landing areas aeronautical charts rules regulations and procedures personnel and equipment air traffic facilities ```

What is "D side"

Radar associate position

What is "A side"

Radar flight data position

What is "R side"

Radar position

Where are TMUs located?

- all ARTCCS | - busier terminal facilities

Objective of the TMIs

Properly coordinate teqniques uses to manage demand with capacity in the NAS

What is the current NAS modernization program?

NextGen

Types of ATS (air traffic service) routes used by pilots

- VOR airways "victor " airways, RNAV "Tango" routes, used for navigation below 18,000 MSL - RNAV "Q" and "J" routes, between FL180 and FL450