Conduct Basic Radar Service To VFR Aircraft Flashcards
(7-1-3)
Approach Control Service for VFR Arriving Aircraft
What do you issue to arriving VFR aircraft where procedures have been established to contact approach control for landing information?
> wind, runway and altimeter setting at the airport of intended landing
-may be omitted if they have to ATIS code or states “have numbers”
> traffic info (workload permitting)
> time or place when the aircraft is to contact tower for further landing info
> an aircraft may be instructed to contact approach for landing and traffic info on initial contact with tower
(7-6-(all)
Basic Radar Service to VFR Aircraft-Terminal
What are the basic radar services for VFR aircraft?
> safety alerts
traffic advisories
limited radar vectoring when requested
sequencing when covered by an LOA
(7–7-1)
(TRSA)-Terminal
What does TRSA mean?
Terminal Radar Service Area
(GFK LOA: 6(note)
When should UND VFR arrivals (not practice approaches) be transferred?
Between 3 miles outside of the feeder fix and the feeder fix.
(GFK LOA: 7c(3)
Transfer of Arrival Information
What is required when forwarding IFR arrivals and VFR practice approaches to tower?
> wait for ATCT to accept the first handoff before initiating the next
verbally coordinate sequence changes
display the type approach and landing in the scratchpad
(GFK LOA: 7c(5)
Transfer of Arrival Info
What is the correct abbreviation for a five mile straight in?
5SI
(GFK LOA: 15(all)
VFR Procedures
RDR must terminate data blocks on arrival after doing what?
Issuing a frequency change
(7-6-(all)
Service Availability
Inform aircraft on initial contact whenever service cannot be provided due to:
Radar outage
(7-6-(all)
Service Availability
Arriving VFR aircraft are assumed to want radar service unless the pilot states what comment?
“Negative radar service” or a something similar
(7-6-(all)
Approach Sequence
Do not assign landing sequence numbers, when establishing aircraft in the approach sequence, unless it’s been delegated in a LOA or facility directive.
Why?
The landing sequence is ordinarily established by the tower
(7-6-(all)
Sequencing
What do you have to ensure before telling a VFR aircraft to following another aircraft in a sequence?
That visual contact is established with the aircraft to follow, and provide instruction to follow that aircraft
(7-6-(all)
Sequencing
When parallel runways are less than 2,500’ apart, do not permit what aircraft to overtake a small aircraft established on final within the facility’s area of responsibility?
> super
heavy
B757
large
(7-6-(all)
Sequencing
When parallel runways are less than 2,500’, do not allow a super, heavy, large or B757 to overtake a small aircraft when they’re established where?
On final within the facility’s area of responsibility
(7-6-(all)
Abandoned Approach
When a VFR aircraft abandons the approach, and there’s no immediate space in the approach sequence, what is tower going to do?
> instruct the aircraft to change to approach control for sequencing
(7-6-(all)
Termination of Service
Terminate radar service to aircraft landing at airports other than those where sequencing service is provided at a sufficient distance from the airport to permit:
The pilot to change to the appropriate frequency for traffic and airport information
RADAR SERVICE TERMINATED, SQUAWK 1200 or VFR, CHANGE TO ADVISORY FREQUENCY APPROVED or FREQUENCY CHANGE APPROVED
