Departure Procedures Flashcards
FOR CKT1 EXAM
What terms would you use to issue departure clearances when necessary?
Depart, Fly or Departure
What word should you avoid using unless in the tower/terminal environment?
Takeoff
What should be included in an IFR departure clearance?
Departure airport as needed, clearance limit (destination airport, short-range clearance limit as provided for any established procedures, when a NAVAID the type must be included), Name the waypoint or intersection by type.
What can be specified if necessary, in a clearance to an aircraft at an airport with a control tower?
Direction of takeoff/turn and or initial heading/azimuth
What can be specified if necessary, in a clearance to an aircraft at an airport without air traffic control services?
Direction of takeoff/turn or initial heading/azimuth to be flown (must solicit pilot’s concurrence before issuing the clearance, after issuing direction of takeoff and or
heading to pilot compatibility with a procedure issued may be verified by the pilot for compliance with local traffic pattern and terrain or obstruction avoidance
What can be specified if necessary, in a clearance to an aircraft at an airport not in controller airspace?
Nothing except a heading to be flown when entering controlled airspace
When would you include a departure procedure as part of the clearance?
Where only written departure procedures are published for an airport and pilot compliance is necessary to ensure separation
When is the departure airport included in a clearance?
When relayed through a non-control facility
When can a SID and Transition be assigned to an aircraft?
When necessary and with pilot concurrence (pilot must notify ATC if they cannot concur)
Define preferential departure route.
A specified departure route from an airport or terminal area to an en route point where there is no further need for flow control
Define preferential departure and arrival route.
A route between two terminals which are within or immediately adjacent to one ARTCC area
When issuing a route of flight specify one of the following:
Airway, route, course, heading, azimuth, arch, vector
What must be done when a short range clearance limit is utilized?
Must advise the pilot of the routing to expect beyond the short range clearance limit that differs from the filed route “EXPECT FURTHER CLEARANCE VIA…”
Altitudes should be assigned in what preferential order?
Requested by the pilot, nearest to the pilot requested (inform the pilot when the altitude will be available unless specified in a SID) (if requested is not available inform the pilot that the final altitude is expected to be and when/where to expect the final altitude) IS NOT AVAILABLE (issue final altitude prior to aircraft reaching fix/time specified in clearance)
When can you issue an abbreviated departure clearance?
If it reduces verbiage and filed route is unchanged prior to departure (by the pilot, company, operations officer, input operator, in the stored flight plan system) and all ATC facilities concerned have sufficient route of flight information to exercise control responsibilities and destination airport information must be relayed between facilities (when flight with depart IFR prior to departure) and assigned altitude is always stated in an abbreviated clearance
If it is necessary to modify a filed flight plan in order to achieve computer acceptance what must be included?
FRC or FRC until the initial fix and must always be the first item of intracenter remarks
How do you issue a clearance when a route revision is needed?
CLEARED TO ___ AIRPORT AS FILED EXCPECT CHANGE ROUTE TO READ____ MAINTAIN___
When issuing a clearance in non radar what must be specified?
One two or more fixes as necessary to identify the initial route of flight
When can you not use an abbreviated clearance?
For pilots requesting a detailed clearance, for military operations conducted within (altitude reservations, stereo routes, above FL600, other operations requiring special handling), when FRC appears in the remarks section
What can you assign for separation or to restrict or regulate departure flows?
• Clearance void time (provide alternative instructions, request the pilot to advise
ATC of intentions no later than 30 mins after the clearance void time if not airborne, the facility delivering a void time to a pilot must issue a time check)
• HFR (use this to inform a pilot or controller that a departure clearance is not valid until additional instructions are received, include departure delay information,
release aircraft as soon as conditions permit) (released-controller, released for departure-pilot or fss)
Define Release Time.
A departure time restriction issued to a pilot to separate a departing aircraft from other traffic. Issue a release time to specify the earliest time an aircraft may depart. Time check.
What do you do if you cannot issue a clearance at the time of the request?
EDC time
Define EDCT time.
The runway release time assigned to an aircraft in a traffic management program and shown on the flight progress strip as an EDCT
When can you release an aircraft applicable to a ground stop that is in effect?
Get approval from the originator of the GS
