ATSA General Knowledge Check Flashcards
What are the hangar numbers and where are they positioned?
H1- north of alpha on west side of FBO
H22- Other side of FBO north of Alpha
H-23- South of Alpha on corner with Twy C
H2- Next to entry barrier
H-10 and 12- West of H2 opposite H16 and H8
H16- Opposite H10 and 12 on the apron
H8- Behind H16 from the VCR
H11- Between H16 and H17 along the roadway
H17- Large hangar at the end of taxiway D
What are the runway lengths and widths?
Runway 23/05 main- 1964m x 45m
Runway 23/05 Grass- 900m x 35m
What types of aircraft require the Newmarket Road/ Coldhams lane traffic lights to be operated?
Any Upper Medium or Heavy aircraft
What day and time should the crash alarm and traffic lights be tested?
Tuesday 9am
What are the circuit heights for helicopters, fixed wings and twins/jets?
Bad weather cct- 600ft
Helicopters- 700ft
Fixed wing single- 1000ft
Twins/Jets- 1500ft
What are the airfield frequencies?
Tower- 125.905
Approach- 120.965
Director- 124.980
What information do you require for aircraft transponder testing?
What information do you require for ELT testing?
What to do with Royal flights and who to inform
Fax copy, if the royal flight is coming near cambridge, to Ops and notify in the spreadsheet on the Ipad, if for today print extra copies for ATCO’s
NOTAMS- how to compile and agencies to inform
What to do in the event of an AFTN failure?
Demonstrate an understanding of the facilities HUB system
Low visibility operations- what to implement and who to inform?
Based club aircraft and movement codes
IRVR display and appropriate settings dependent on events
Sending IFR and VFR flight planned messages and when its applicable?
Engine runs- how to log them and what aircraft need to be logged?
What are the standard departure routes and their levels out of cambridge?
ADNAM- 3000ft
EBOTO- 6000ft
Demonstrate how to request a departure clearance and correctly annotate it on the strip
What information needs to be passed to wittering ops in the event of them requesting us to standby?
Demonstrate a knowledge of aircraft emergencies
In what situations do we call GS airports?
When an aircraft is outbound to one of the TMA airports as noted on the desk cheat sheet, must be called before aircraft is cleared to start to determine if there is any delay.
When HLE is outbound in Stansted or Luton direction so that GS may create a strip for the Stansted or Luton Radar controller.
