Air Law 3 - General Flashcards
Runway Markings
- Closed Runway will have X’s all over it
- If not hold short lines, stay at least 200’ from runway edge
Operations on Intersecting Runways
- Must be cleared by ATC
- Not for uncontrolled airports
Land and Hold Short
- Must be able to stop 200’ from intersecting runway
- Hold short line must be published in CFS
- Must be 1000 ft ceiling and 3 SM visibility
- Runway must be dry
- Tailwind must be less than 5 knots
- ATC will give specific clearance, must be read back
- Advise ATC ASAP if unable to hold short
Wind Socks (Parallel)
15 Knots
Winds Socks (30º Below Horizontal)
6 Knots
Visual Approach Slope Indicator System (VASIS)
- 2 separate bars, one forward, one back
- front white and back red means you’re on the correct glide path
Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI)
- The one with 4 lights aligned in a row
- Need two red and two white to be on correct glide path
Runway Lighting
- Must be visible for 2 NM when in flight
- red flags or lights to mark unserviceable areas
- Apron has orange lights
- Taxiways have blue lights
- Runways have white lights on sides
- Runway threshold has green lights
- Displaced threshold marked in red
- Runway marked in end
Aircraft Radio Control of Airport Lighting (ARCAL)
- Must be within 15 NM of airport to activate
- Depress push-to-talk button certain amount of times
ARCAL (Type J)
- Requires 5 clicks within 5 seconds
- Only 1 setting
ARCAL (Type K)
- Requires 3,5, or 7 clicks within 5 seconds
- 3 for low
- 5 for medium
- 7 for high
Types of NOTAM’s (NOTAMN)
New NOTAM
Types of NOTAM’s (NOTAMR)
Replacing NOTAM
Types of NOTAM’s (NOTAMC)
Cancelling NOTAM
NOTAM’s are filed as:
- Local Only
- Aerodrome
- FIR
- National
Flight Plans / Itinerary (General)
- Must file one for every flight, except where the flight is within 25 NM of departure airport
- DVFR flight plan / itinerary must be filed for flights into or through ADIZ
- Report any changes as soon as practical (route, duration, destination)
Flight Plans (Specific)
- Filed with ATC, Flight Service Station (FSS), or a Community Aerodrome Radio Station
- An arrival report should be filed as soon as practical but no later than the search and rescue time specified, if N/A, no later than 1 hour
Flight Itineraries (Specific)
- Filed with ATC, Flight Service Station (FSS), or a Community Aerodrome Radio Station, or a responsible person
- Responsible person is someone that has agreed to contact ATC, FSS, CARS, or Search and Rescue if aircraft is overdue
- An arrival report should be filed as soon as practical but no later than the search and rescue time specified, if N/A, no later than 24 hours
Airport Operations
- Traffic pattern is left hand unless specified otherwise
- Fly at no less than 2000’ AGL unless taking off / landing
- Circuit height is usually 1000’ AGL
- Aerodrome Traffic Frequency (ATF) established for active uncontrolled aerodromes (calls made to traffic)
- UNICOM could be 122.8, 123.0, 123.2
- Join circuit from upwind side
Mandatory Frequency (MF)
- Established at uncontrolled airports where there is a safety benefit (calls made to radio)
- All aircraft must have a radio
- FSS monitors frequency, can be on field or elsewhere
- Can join circuit in many more locations than ATF
MF Callouts
- State intentions when entering maneuvering area
- State departure intentions before moving onto active runway
- Report departing the circuit
- Report at least 5 minutes before entering area
- Report when joining circuit
- Report when on downwind
- Report when on final
- Report when clear of runway area
Required Aviation Documents
- Certificate of Airworthiness
- Certificate of Registration
- POH
- Weight and Balance Report
- Journey Log
- Proof of Insurance
- Crew Licences
Journey Log
- Must be carried for a cross-country flight
- Contains information for every flight
Aviation Occurence
- Any accident or incident associated with operation of aircraft
- Any situation or condition left unattended that could lead to and accident or incident
Reportable Aviation Accident
- Results directly from the operation of the aircraft
- Serious injury or death
- Serious structural damage to aircraft
- Aircraft is missing or inaccessible
Reportable Aviation Incident
- Results directly from operation from aircraft, must be have TOW greater than 5700 Kg
- Anything that doesn’t qualify as an accident
Accident Reporting
- Accident should be reported as soon as possible and by quickest means of communication available
Protection of Occurrence Site
- Can’t interfere with an aircraft involved in an accident
- Only to save people, or prevent further damage
- Must record conditions
- Everything should be preserved as best as possible
How to Read a NOTAM
- A is the location
- B is the start time (year, month, day, time)
- C is the end time (year, month, day, time)
- D is more times
- E is information
- “Z” implies a FIR (CZYZ)
Runway Condition codes
- Number from 0-6
- the better the conditions the higher the number
- Can be downgraded based on vehicle deceleration, pilot reports, etc
- Can only be upgraded if it’s a 0 or 1
- Reported in thirds
- Dry runway surface condition not reported for the most part
RSC NOTAM Validity Periods
- Maximum validity period for aircraft movement surface condition report (AMSRC) is 8 hours