Exam prep Flashcards
Define runway incursion
Any occurence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presecnes of an aircraft, vehicle, or pedestrian on the protected area of the surface designated for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
What do we do when two aircraft have similar callsigns or flight numbers?
Advise each of aircraft of the others prescence, for furthe clarification, do one of the following:
For emphasis, sestate the telephony designator of the aircraft after the flight number
Add the type of aircraft the the callsign
Instruct one of the pilots to use the aircraft registration
Instruct one of the pilots to use the telephony designator followed by at leats the last 2 characters of the aircraft registration
Define ATIS
Automated provision throughout the day, or a portion of the day, of current routine informations to arriving and departing aircraft by means of a continuous and repetitive recorded broadcasts.
What is the ATIS format
1) Aerodrome name
2) ATIS Message designation letter
3)Weather information
4)Type of instrument approach in use
5) landing runway
6) departing runway
7) aerodrome conditions
8) Restricitons or suspensing for landings and takeoffs
9) PIlot acknowlege receipt of broadcast
What is the exemption from ATIs information sharing?
Rapidly changing conditions. Outside of this we do not have to specify information that is in the ATIS provided the pilot acknowledges the receipt of the broadcast. The exception is the active runway number which we always specify.
Define Tailwind
When the angle of the surface wind excedes 90 degrees in relation to the active runway
What do we need to tell the pilot if we are using a runway with a tailwind.
We must specify wind direction and speed
Only if the tailwind component of the wind vector (including gusts) is less than 5 knots
The runway is dry
Define calm wind runway
Preferential runway for use in calm wind situations because it provides operational advantages like length, approach, taxi distance or noise abatement
What is the main difference between a flight plan and a flight itinerary?
THE SAR rescue time fram. Flight plan is a one hour window and a flight itinerary is a 24 hour window.
All IFR flights must file flight plans and any flight leaving canada must also file a flight plan
VFR must file either a flight plan or a flight itinerary if the flight is more than 25 nm from the departure aerodrome
Which operations take precendence over first come first served?
1) any pilot who delcares an emergency
2)any aircraft that appears to be in a state of emergency but is apparently unable to inform you
3) any pilot reproting they may be compelled to land because of factors afffecting operations other than a fuel emergency or minimum fuel
4)Medical evacuation flights (MEDEVAC)
5) Civilian or military aircraft identified by the radiotelephony call sign RESCUE and the designator RSCU followed by an appropriate flight number
6)Open skies treaty flights with the designator F or D
7) Military aircraft departing on operational defense flights or planned and coordinated defense exercises unless emergency conditions occur or may be caused by their departure
Define airport control service
A control service provided by airport control towers to all aircraft and vehicles operating in the manoeuvring area and to all aircraft operating in the vicinity of an airport
Runway protected area
Area around an active runway established to protect aircraft taking off and landing from taxiing aircraft and ground traffic. (commonly 200’ from the ruwnay edge in all directions)
What are the steps for relieving a controller?
2) observe operational situations and equipment
3) listen to communications
4) observe current and pending traffic
5) Verify the position relief checklist
6) Correlate information
ONce the above area done
7) Inform the controller being relieved that the position has been reviewed and request a verbal briefing
8) Echange all pertinent data and ask questions as appropriate to ensure understanding
9)After the verbal briefing state or otherwise indicate clearly to the controller being relieved that positional responsibility has been transferred
What are the 8 methods for identifying an aircraft?
1) Identification is transferred by a handoff
2)The appropriate change in the PPS is observed after the aircraft is asked to operate the tranponder ident feature (squawk ident)
3) The aircraft is observed on a situational display at a position that is within one mile of the departure end of the runway, consistent with the time of takeoff and the route of flight or assigned heading of the aircraft.
4)The appropriate change in the PPS is observed whe nthe pilot is instructed to change from one code to another
5)The position of the PPS is consistent with the position of the aircraft observed visually
6)The PPS disappears or changes to a PSR symbol after the pilot is requested to change the transponder to standby and the PPS changes back when the pilot is instructed to return the transponder to normal operation
7) the aircraft is observed on the surveillance display to have carried out a specified identification turn of at least 30 degrees where only one aircraft has carried out the turn and the track is observed consistent with the heading or track of the aircraft both before and after the turn
For successive departure from the same runway, you may authorize the second aircraft to depart provided that one of the following applies before the second aircraft begins its takeoff roll
1) The first aircraft has departed and turned to clear the departure path
2) The first aircraft has dpearted and reached a point on the departure path where it will not conflict with the second aircraft
For succesive departures from the same runway you may authorize the second aircraft to take off provided one of the following applies before the second aircraft begins its takeoff roll
1) The first aircraft has departed and reached a point on the departure path that it will not conflict with the second aircraft
2) The first aircraft has departed and turend to clear the departure path
You may line up more than one aircraft fro takeoff on the same runway, runway intersections, or non intersecting runways whose flight paths cross provided:
All aircraft are visible to the controller
You specify the name of the runway intersection, taxiway or threshold as appropriate
You issue a departure sequence to all subsequent aircraft
You provide traffic information to all subsequent aircraft
Waht do we need to authorize an arrival before a departure on the same runway?
When an aircraft arrives before a departure on the same runway, ensure that the arriving aircraft has landed and taxied off the runway or that it will vacate the runway before the departing aircraft begins its takeoff roll
Rule for arrivals following a departure on the same runway
You may permit an arrival behind a departure on the same runway provided that before the arrival crosses the runway threshold the departing aircraft is airborne and meets one of the following conditions:
It is at a distance from the threshold such that the arriving aircraft will not overtake it during its landing roll or in the event of a missed approach
The departure has turned to avoid conflict with the arriving aircraft (must remain true during a missed approach also)
If we are unable to ensure the runway will be clear of obstacles before an aircraft departs and the pilot chooses to depart anyways what do we do?
Inform the pilot that a clearance cannot be issued
Provide the reason
Request pilot intentions
If they decide to takeoff anyways and traffic permits:
Aknowledge the pilots intentions and provide takeoff information (traffic, obstacles)
Notify the airport operator
Complete the aviation occurence report
