ATS Services & Positions Flashcards
4 types of ATS services
Information services
Advisory services
Control services
Alerting services
Information services at flight information centre (FIC)
“Radio”
Conduct pilot briefings
Process flight plans
Relay ATC clearances
Issue notices to pilots on airport conditions, NAVAID serviceability, surface weather reports
Flight service stations (FSS)
Staffed by flight service specialist
Provide AAS & RAAS
control vehicles
Provide alerting services & server for VFR aircraft
Monitor NAVAID
perform surface weather observations
Apron advisory
“Apron”
Adding gates
Issue pushback instructions
Clearance delivery
“Clearance delivery”
Issue IFR clearances
Provide IFR & VFR pilots with pertinent airport info
Create/ amend/ delete FDE (flight data entry) strips
Answer/ initiate phone calls
Ground control
“Ground”
Provide services normally performed by clearance delivery
Issue airport info to aircraft
Issue taxi authorizations
Tower control
“Tower”
Issue take off/ landing clearance
Pass traffic
Ensure separation between aircraft
Coordinated with groin controller & ACC controller
Departure control
“Departure”
Separates IFR departures
Arrival control
“Arrival”
Separates IFR arrivals
Terminal surveillance
“Terminal”
Separates all VFR aircraft
Enroute controllers
“Centre”
Handles aircraft flying through airspace but do not depart/ land in sector
Objective of control services
Maintain safe, orderly, expeditious flow of traffic
