Arrival and Approach

Question 1

When should arrival information be forwarded to a non-approach control tower?

Answer 1

Soon enough to permit adjustment to traffic flow, prior to issuing clearance which would require flight within the surface area

Question 2

What makes up an arrival clearance?

Answer 2

Name of fix or airport, route of flight, altitude instructions, holding instructions, EFC and additional delay information as required

Question 3

Transfer communications to an approach control facility when?

Answer 3

Early enough to allow the receiving facility to clear the aircraft beyond the clearance limit before the aircraft reaches it

Question 4

What is depicted on each approach chart?

Answer 4

IAF, nav data, comm info, airport sketch, missed approach procedure

Question 5

When must you ensure the pilot have the current weather?

Answer 5

Prior to beginning the approach

Question 6

What must be included in the arrival information provided to an aircraft?

Answer 6

NOTAMS, approach clearance or type of approach to expect, runway if different from approach, wind, ceiling and vis if reported below 010 or highest circling min vis less than 3, altimeter

Question 7

When issuing an approach clearance that is not under radar procedures or timed or a visual, when would you issue an approach to a second aircraft?

Answer 7

After the proceeding aircraft has landed or cancelled IFR

Question 8

When radar coverage does not exist how must an aircraft be cleared for an approach?

Answer 8

On a standard instrument procedure only and must commence at an IAF

Question 9

How do you authorize a pilot to execute any standard instrument approach procedure for that airport?

Answer 9

CLEARED APPROACH

Question 10

What must be done in order to specify a specific approach?

Answer 10

Specify the name of the approach…CLEARED (type) APPROACH

Question 11

When would you not need to specify the runway?

Answer 11

When only one approach of a particular type is published

Question 12

Where can you issue a circling approach?

Answer 12

Towered airport

Question 13

When must you include the destination airport in an approach clearance?

Answer 13

At airports without a control tower

Question 14

What must you do before instructing an IFR aircraft arriving at an airport not served by a control tower or FSS to change to advisory frequency?

Answer 14

Provide the pilot with instructions on how to cancel his/her flight plan

Question 15

Transfer communications at a non-approach control tower when?

Answer 15

Prior to operation within class D surface area

Question 16

Transfer communications at airports not served by control towers or FSS when?

Answer 16

Approve a change to advisory when you no longer require direct communications

Question 17

How do you acknowledge a cancellation of IFR?

Answer 17

IFR CANCELATION RECEIVED

Question 18

When an aircraft is inbound on an unpublished route when can you issue the approach clearance?

Answer 18

Only after the aircraft is established on a segment of a published route or IAP or you have assigned an altitude to maintain until established on a segment on a published route or an IAP (altitude must ensure terrain and obstruction clearance)

Question 19

What does a cruise clearance authorize?

Answer 19

• A pilot to make an approach at the destination airport when in conjunction with an airport clearance limit or at an airport which does not have a published instrument
approach procedure and provides means for an aircraft to proceed to destination airport, descend, and land in accordance with CFRs governing VFR procedures
• Pilot can climb descend or level off at pilots discretion but once verbally reports leaving an altitude may not return to it without ATC clearance
• A cruise clearance provides SAR protection until IFR flight plan is canceled or closed

Question 20

What is a cruise clearance not?

Answer 20

An authorization for a pilot to descend under IFR conditions below minimum IFR altitude

Question 21

When issuing a cruise clearance to an aircraft on an unpublished route what must you do?

Answer 21

Issue the appropriate crossing restriction to ensure terrain clearance until the aircraft reaches fix/point/route where altitude information is available to the pilot

Question 22

When issuing a cruise clearance to an aircraft at an airport where there is no IAP what do you do?

Answer 22

Do not issue a crossing restriction

Question 23

When a pilot is assigned a cruise clearance what altitude does he own?

Answer 23

ATC assigned altitude down to minimum IFR altitude

Question 24

If an aircraft wants an advance descent….

Answer 24

Coordinate with the receiving facility for lower altitude

Question 25

Issue an advance descent clearance when?

Answer 25

As appropriate and at a distance sufficient to allow for normal descent and speed reduction