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ATC Control Procedures and Responsibilities Flashcards

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What is the FAA?

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The FAA is the federal agency responsible for the agency of civil
aviation operations in the United States.

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What are some responsabilities of the FAA?

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  • Certification of pilots, mechanics, and
    other safety-related air carrier employees.
  • Promoting and regulating commercial space transportation and for developing programs to study and mitigate some of the adverse environmental effects of civil aviation.
  • Operating the National Airspace System, including civilian and military air navigation and air traffic control.
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Based on the FAA, what is Air Traffic Control and an Air Traffic Controller?

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According to the FAA, air traffic control means a service operated by appropriate authority to promote the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic.

An air traffic controller is a person who is responsible for the safe, orderly, and
expeditious flow of air traffic in the global air traffic control system

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What are an Air Traffic Controllers’ Duties and Responsabilities?

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  • Communication
  • Air Traffic Management
  • Safety Assurance
  • Emergency Response
  • Navigation Assistance
  • Record-Keeping and Documentation
  • Training and Mentoring
  • Continuous Monitoring and Professional Development
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Air Traffic Control Responsabilities

What does the Communication duty entails?

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Maintaining clear and effective communication.

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Air Traffic Control Responsabilities

What does the Air Traffic Management duty entails?

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Managing the flow of traffic in the assigned airspace.

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Air Traffic Control Responsabilities

What does the Safety Assurance duty entails?

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Ensure safety of aircraft and passengers.

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Air Traffic Control Responsabilities

What does the Emergency Response duty entails?

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Provide guidance and assistance in emergency situations.

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Air Traffic Control Responsabilities

What does the Navigation Assistance duty entails?

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Provide information on most efficient routes, airspace restrictions, and available navigational aids.

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Air Traffic Control Responsabilities

What does the Record-Keeping and Documentation duty entails?

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Maintain detailed records of all communications, clearances, and incidents.

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Air Traffic Control Responsabilities

What does the Training and Mentoring duty entails?

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Experienced controllers mentor, provide guidance, share their knowledge, and help train the next generation.

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Air Traffic Control Responsabilities

What does the Continuous Monitoring and Professional Development duty entails?

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Staying updated on the latest regulations, procedures, and technological advancements in the field.

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The FAA is designated as the federal agency with authority for the separation of both civilian and military aircraft within the controlled airspace overlying the United States.

To carry out this function, the FAA
divided the airspace into (#) what?

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24, Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC)

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What is the responsability of the ARTCC?

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ARTCCs have the ultimate responsibility for separating every IFR and participating VFR aircraft operating within controlled airspace.

The basic function of ARTCCs is to
separate aircraft between airports.

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What are ARTCC Duties and Responsabilities?

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  • Route assigment (ARTCC coordinates based on your clearance).
  • Verifies/assigns altitude
  • Provides traffic separation
  • Vectoring Service
  • Issues Notice to Air Missions (NOTAMs)
  • Provides current weather information as required (SIGMETs, Center Weather Advisories).
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What are the different types of ARTCC Controllers?

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  • Flight Data
  • Radar
  • NonRadar
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ARTCC Controllers

What are the Flight Data Controller responsabilities?

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  • Responsible for assisting other controllers who separate the traffic.
  • Flight Data Controllers effect coordination with other controllers and **passes along pertinent flight information **to controllers working in other sectors.
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ARTCC Controllers

What are the Radar Controller responsabilities?

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  • Radar Controllers issue altitudes, heading, or airspeed changes to keep the aircraft separated and in compliance with various letters of
    agreement and facility directives that may apply to that sector.
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ARTCC Controllers

What are the NonRadar Controller responsabilities?

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  • Radar Associates (Nonradar Controllers) assist the radar controller when separating aircraft that do not appear on radar display.
  • Nonradar controllers update the flight progress strips to accurately reflect every aircraft’s position, altitude, and route of flight.
20
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Complete the sentence:

Air traffic control towers provide ——— using an ——-.

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aircraft separation; airport.

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What is the primary responsability of a control tower?

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The primary responsibility of a control tower is to ensure sufficient runway separation exists between aircraft landing and departing.

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What are other responsabilities of control towers aside from providing sufficient separation.

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  • Relaying IFR clearances
  • Providing taxi instructions
  • Assisting airborne aircraft within the immediate vicinity of the airport.
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What are the General Categories of Control Towers?

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  • VFR Control Towers
  • Non-radar approach Control Towers
  • Radar-approach Control Towers

All three types of control towers are responsible for the separation of aircraft taking off or landing at the airport; and the duties of personnel assigned to control towers is subdivided into four categories.

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General Categories of Control Towers

What are VFR Control Towers responsability?

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  • VFR controllers are not delegated any significant separation responsibility. The primary responsibility for IFR separation around VFR towers is retained by the ARTCC or has been delegated to another control tower.
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General Categories of Control Towers

What are Non-Radar-Approach Control Towers responsability?

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  • Nonradar-approach controllers separate IFR aircraft using nonradar procedures.
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General Categories of Control Towers

What are Radar-Approach Control Towers responsability?

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  • Radar-approach controllers are usually housed in a separate room near the base of the tower, and they separate aircraft using radar separation procedures.
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General Categories of Control Towers

What are the subdivided personnel in all three types of control towers?

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  • Flight Data
  • Clearance Delivery
  • Ground
  • Local
  • Approach and Departure
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What are Flight Data Controllers’ duties and responsabilities?

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Flight data controllers assist other controllers in the tower and perform the clerical duties inherent in the operation of any facility.

Flight data controllers are responsible for obtaining IFR clearances from the ARTCC and relaying them to the clearance delivery controller.

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How are clearances recieved?

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Clearances are recieved over the phone and written dowm, or received automatically and printed mechanically on a flight data input/output (FDIO) device.

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What are the duties of a clearance delivery controller?

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They are responsible for obtaining and realying departure clearences to pilots, amending clearances as necessary, and ensuring the pilots route of flight is accurate.

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What are the duties of ground controllers?

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They are responsible for the safety of all aircraft taxiing on taxiways or inactive runways. They can only exercise authority in areas where traffic can be observed and controlled.

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What is a runway incursion?

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Any occurance involving the incorrect or unauthorized presence of any aircraft, vehicle or person on the designated area for landing and takoff of aircraft.

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What are some runway incursions contributory factors?

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  • Weather
  • Airport Design
  • Multisimultaneous line ups.
  • Conditional clearances
  • Simultaneous use of intersecting runways
  • Late issue of or late changes to departure
  • Phraseology
  • Concurrent use of more than one language for ATC communications
  • English language competence
  • Workload
  • Distractions
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What are critical areas?

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Areas other than the active runway where the ground controller may want aircraft to hold short. These areas include the localizer, glide slope, and precision approach critical areas.

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What are the duties of a local controller?

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Their primary responsability is the arranging of inboung aircraft in a smooth, safe, and orderly flow, while sequencing departure aircraft into this flow.

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What is Wake Turbulance?

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Is a turbulance which is generated by the passage of an aircraft in flight.

It will be generated from the point when the nose landing gear of an aircraft leaves the ground takeoff and will cease to be generated when the nose landing gear touches the ground during landing.

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