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4. Air traffic control in UK Flashcards

1
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What does FIR stand for?

A

Flight Information Region

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How many FIRs does the UK have and what are they?

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UK has 2 FIRS

  1. London
  2. Scottish
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Where is London FIR controlled from?

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London FIR is controlled by the London Area Control Centre (LACC) at Swanwick Hampshire.

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4
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How is Airspace over the UK divided?

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Into two Flight Information Regions - London and Scottish.

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What does LACC stand for?

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London Area control centre

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When did LACC start operating?

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The Centre started operating in January 2002

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How many and what are the operations rooms in Swanwick?

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There 3 Ops rooms: - London Area Control Centre (LACC) - London Terminal Control Centre (LTCC) - Military Air Traffic Control

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What’s LACC purpose?

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Manages en route traffic in the London FIR. This includes en route airspace over England and Wales up to the Scottish border.

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9
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What does LTCC stand for?

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London Terminal Control Centre

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What’s LTCC purpose?

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Handles traffic below 24,500ft flying to and from London’s airports.

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What area is covered by LTCC?

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Extends south and east to the borders of France and the Netherlands, west towards Bristol and north to near Birmingham

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What’s Military Air Traffic Control’s purpose?

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Provides services to civil and military aircraft operating outside controlled airspace. Work closely with civilian controllers to ensure safe co-ordination of traffic.

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13
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What does London FIR cover?

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The majority of England and Wales

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What does Scottish FIR cover?

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The whole of Scotland and Northern Ireland and the immediate surrounding areas.

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Where is Scottish FIR controlled from?

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Scottish FIR is controlled by the Scottish En-Route centre at Prestwick.

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How many and what are the operations rooms in Prestwick?

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There 2 Ops rooms: - Scottish Area Control Centre (ScACC) - Oceanic Area Control Centre (OACC)

17
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What’s ScACC purpose?

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Controls aircraft over Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, the Midlands, North Wales and the North Sea

18
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What altitude does ScACC cover?

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Controls aircraft from 2,500ft up to 66,000ft.

19
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What’s OACC purpose?

A

Controls the airspace over the eastern half of the North Atlantic from Azores (45 degrees north) to a boundary with Iceland (61 degrees north) and westward to longitude 30 degrees West.

20
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What does ATCO stand for?

A

Air Traffic Control Officers

21
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What are ATCOs mainly responsible for?

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For the SAFE, ORDERLY and EFFICIENT movement of aircraft

22
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What ATCOs’ role will entail?

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Whether working in a Tower or a Centre, the role will incorporate one or more of the following responsibilities:

  • Preventing collisions between aircraft in the air
  • Assisting in preventing collisions between aircraft moving on the apron and the manoeuvring area
  • Assisting in preventing collisions between aircraft and obstructions on the manoeuvring area
  • Expediting and maintaining an orderly flow of air traffic
23
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What ATCOs are provided with?

A

Details of any flight that intends to fly through the airspace they are responsible for, or
any flight that is due to arrive/depart from an aerodrome by means of an electronic or paper flight progress strip

24
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What details are displayed on the electronic or paper flight progress strip?

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  • Callsign
  • Route
  • Altitude
  • Speed
25
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How is the progress strip generated?

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It is generated by ATC computers when a flight plan is filed.

26
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How ATCOs and pilots communicate?

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Usually using VHF radio. Except over the Atlantic where HF is used.

Any instructions that the Controller issues to an aircraft must be read back by the pilot

27
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Do Controllers communicate with each other? Why? How?

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Yes, they must communicate with each other to pass details of flights as they move from one sector to another.
Often the information is passed by a computer link, but also by using telephones to communicate with these adjacent centres

28
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Name ATCO types

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  • Approach/ Aerodrome Controller
  • Area/ Terminal Controller
29
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What other ATC Centres must the UK coordinate with?

A

With Air Traffic Centres in
- Dublin,
- Shannon
- Brest
- Paris
- Brussels
- Maastricht
- Copenhagen.
Likewise, these adjacent centers must inform the UK about flights approaching UK airspace

30
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What are the different types of Controllers?

A
  • Approach/Aerodrome Controller
  • Terminal/ Area Controller

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