2 LP Intro Flashcards
FSSs stand for?
What is their primary responsibility?
Flight Service Stations
Providing pilot briefings, and receiving and processing IFR and VFR flight plans
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.
FSS
Flight data/NOTAM/coordinator
Disseminate IFR and VFR flight plans, initiates search and rescue
Disseminates NOTAMs
Performs customs notification
FSS
Broadcast what do they do?
Makes recordings of weather and flight information, such as hazardous in-flight weather advisory service HIWAS
FSS
Preflight what do the do?
Briefs pilots on whether,
NOTAMs,
And restrictions along proposed route, applies VFR not recommended (VNR) procedures
ATCTs
Name 6 positions
Flight data Clearance delivery local control ground control tower coordinator tower associate
TRACONs (terminal radar approach controls
Name the 4 basic positions
Flight data
Radar associate
radar controller
radar coordinator
ARTCCs
(Air route traffic control centers)
Name the 4 basic positions
Radar flight data
Radar associate
radar
radar coordinator
What position is in direct communication with aircraft?
Tracon/ artcc
Radar positions
Name the two types of facilities that are referred to as terminal
TRACON
ATCT
Generally, the first contact made to an ATCT by a departing IFR aircraft is the ____________ position
Clearance delivery
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
What is en route sequencing program (ESP)
Assigns departure times that will facilitate integration into the en route traffic Stream
Airborne holding
Normally done when the operating environment supports holding and the weather conditions are expected to improve shortly
Ground delay program (GDP)
Aircraft are held on the ground until a specific time
Reroutes
Routing other than the filed flight plan designed to keep aircraft clear a special use airspace, congested airspace, or weather areas
Ground stop (GS)
Overrides all other TM system programs aircraft remain on the ground until the program is terminated
VORTAC stand for
Very high frequency Omni directional range/tactical air navigation navigational aid
It has VOR, TACAN and DME at one site
VOR stand for?
Very high frequency Omni directional range navigational aid
TACAN stand for?
Tactical air navigation
MSL
Mean sea level
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
DME
Distance measuring equipment
NAS
What does it Stand for and what is it?
National Airspace System
It includes every airport runway and taxiway in the United States
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
